Apple blames iPod nano screen defects on obese Americans/tight pants
Apple today officially acknowledged that a small number of iPod nano owners have reported problems with the hot-selling music player. Customers are reporting instances where after removing the iPod nano from their front pockets (much as Steve Jobs did during the iPod nano’s famous unveiling) finding that the nano’s LCD screen is cracked, and in some instances, no longer works at all.
Apple’s SVP of Marketing Phil Schiller said today in a press release “…this issue has affected less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the total iPod nano units that we’ve shipped. It is not a design issue. It has more to do with obese Americans in tight pants putting the nano in their front jeans pocket, and then sitting for extended periods of time.”
Blaming the nano’s screen issues on fat people is not the first time Apple has come under fire for attacking its super-sized customers. In 1998 the American Obesity Association filed a complaint against Apple charging the company’s hot-selling iMac computer shipped with a miniature keyboard and mouse that could not accommodate the enlarged fingers of obese Americans. In the complaint, the AOA alleges the keyboard made correct spelling all but impossible for large fingers that would sometimes accidentally press up to 3 keys at a time. The “hockey puck” mouse that shipped with the unit was also criticized for not being able to support the increased weight of a 7 pound hand. During extended use the track ball would often become oval-shaped, causing the mouse to stop functioning corectly.
The AOA’s Gabrielle Vargas says Apple computers have always been a favorite of husky Americans, due in large part to Apple’s insistance on using the 1-button mouse. The 1 button mouse is perfectly designed for fat fingers which often find multi-button mice unwieldy. Apple has also designed its operating systems to be navigated with a single-click mouse, eliminating the need for right-clicking. “It is this loyalty from our members” says Vargas, “that has helped Apple capture over 3% of the personal computer market. For Apple to now blame manufacturing defects in its newest iPod on ‘fat people wearing tight pants’ is just plain wrong.”
According to the AOA, Approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese. If Apple worked harder to actively cater (no pun intended) to the obese, it could mean a huge (no pun intended) increase in market share.
Apple, for its part, seems to realize this. It has offered to replace the “defective” nanos. However, they are insisting that all customers weighing over 230 Pounds also agree to sign a form stating they will carry their nano in an altoids case for protection.
September 29th, 2005 at 10:20 pm
very funny. I followed the link found on one of the posts on the Apple discussion board at the Motley Fool investment site. thx for the laugh.
September 30th, 2005 at 12:27 am
I have to side with apple on this one. If you’re fat, that’s your problem. Nobody elses. So for GODS SAKE wear some baggy clothes at least. I mean, I’m no male modeling superstar, but I fit through doorways, and I don’t crush iPods when I sit on them
September 30th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Of course. Blame people for their disabilities, for their poverty, for their lack of education. It’s never the fault of the designer or the corporation that they make and sell product which not everybody can use. Why? To save a few pennies per unit of product–more profit. “Why should we bear the additional cost when the cost can be displaced? Let someone else pay!” Looks to me like a fundamental flaw in our laws and in our way of thinking.
September 30th, 2005 at 8:14 am
uh, dave, you do realize this was a *joke*, right?
September 30th, 2005 at 3:19 pm
uh, matt, i think the poster above is a fat, fat, fatty fatty fat fat.
October 1st, 2005 at 11:00 am
lose some wait dave
October 1st, 2005 at 11:00 am
*loose
October 1st, 2005 at 11:17 am
i think lose is correct.
October 1st, 2005 at 12:49 pm
Dave…how about you take some personal responsiblity for a nice change of pace…
October 1st, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Dave,
You seem like a very angry person. Sorry you feel victimized by the big corporations who market useful products that you in turn voluntarily consume in exchange for money. How is that a fundamental flaw in our laws and way of thinking?
October 1st, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Dave
being fat is NOT a disabilitie.
/is fat
//does not have a nano
///will never have one
October 1st, 2005 at 4:16 pm
its becoming ok to be fat now a days. i mean, look at tv, fat men having sex and makin kids and having problems dealing with every day life with thier skinny(sp?) wifes. And i’m sure all of them have an iPod…or atleast a mini, ‘cuz the nano i guess it to much of a risk (lol).
we love you dave.
October 1st, 2005 at 4:18 pm
I’m sorry, but I don’t see a reason to complain, you bought the product, no one forced it on you. It is your responsibility to take care of it, not apple’s.
October 1st, 2005 at 4:29 pm
LOL..really funny!
I must agree with eric.
October 1st, 2005 at 4:42 pm
Eric, why should Apple replace every broken Nano when it’s their fault for being so fat? I agree that they should have a contract which needs to be signed and that the AOA is overeacting cos their all fat.
October 1st, 2005 at 5:09 pm
jesus christ… being fat isnt a disability its called lazy and too much food. get som exersice its not apples fault u break their nanos its yours. Obviously if u cant take care of a nano then just get an ipod mini or something.
October 1st, 2005 at 5:16 pm
I think seeing “lose some wait”, followed by a typo correction of “loose” is probably the funniest thing I’ve read this week.
October 1st, 2005 at 5:25 pm
Ummm… iPods arn’t made for fat people anyways. Imagine the iPod commercials with dancing fat people. That’s a lot of broken iPod screen, that is if they don’t think it’s a Twinkie-O-The-Future… or maybe a Triscut? Either way the’re probally sync them only once. Fat people make me sick.
October 1st, 2005 at 5:33 pm
Hmm, I wonder how Fat people can make use of the click wheel.
Are they then pushing everything at the same time?
Lol, Also I dont think its only fat people with tight jeans…
I think its safe to say that most EMO people wear tight jeans as well…
I could never follow that fad anyway…
October 1st, 2005 at 5:46 pm
Apple Blames Fat People For Nano Woes
Apple today officially acknowledged that a small number of iPod nano owners have reported problems with the hot-selling music player. Customers are reporting instances where after removing the iPod nano from their front pockets (much as Steve Jobs d…
October 1st, 2005 at 6:21 pm
… wow that is awsome, major props to apple stick it to the fat man lol. I’ve got a great idea we should design all products so that fat people can’t use them, your couch will have a weight limit of 300 pounds, your remote will have both an on and off button that are tiny and right next to each other, your fork will be designed to shock you when you eat too much. MUWAHAHAHA they won’t have a choice they’ll have to lose weight.
October 1st, 2005 at 6:24 pm
WASTING TIME……..Thats what this article really says
come on Fat-Nano and people crying look
apple has no fault on thios one you buy the nano you take care of the nano
it not apple’s fault it scratches very eaisly
come on people THATS WHY U TAKE CARE OF THINGS AND NOT COMPLAIN
apple has a one year apple care protection plan on it
BUT IT DOES NO COVER A SCRATED IPOD
how tech do you have to be SCRATCH YOUR IPOD
If you really want to be portectvie DO NOT BUY ONE….BUY A CD PLAYER
IM A BIG GUY I HAVE A NANO AND I BOUGHT A TUBE FOR IT IT DOES NO SCRATCH ALSO I HAVE A PROTECTIVE SCREEN YOU CAN BUY ONLINE
GET IT
GOT IT
GOOOD…..NIMRODS
October 1st, 2005 at 6:40 pm
I just can’t believe there is actually an American Obesity Association. Seriously people, if you are fat, lose the weight, or live with it. Don’t blame your fat asses on others.
October 1st, 2005 at 6:47 pm
Apple blames iPod nano screen defects on obese Americans/tight pants
This is the first time I have heard this explanation, but in a weird way it kind of make sense. We have all heard about there were some troubles with the brand new iPod Nano player.
Apple today officially acknowledged that a small number of iPod nan…
October 1st, 2005 at 7:10 pm
Obesity is not apple’s problem… The engineering marvel that is the iPod nano should not be held up or changed because of our over-weight population. I agree with the altoids idea.
October 1st, 2005 at 7:37 pm
I agree with Apples point. But I have to add that it isn’t just the over weight people. Look at the young females wearing the tight jeans and shorts. They are doing the same thing.
October 1st, 2005 at 7:40 pm
This article is great and brought a huge smile to my face but what really made the article hilarious are the comments from people who took this seriously… w00t
October 1st, 2005 at 9:07 pm
well why dont these lards get their fat asses away from the computer and do some aerobics.. then maybe they wouldnt have this problem!
October 1st, 2005 at 9:15 pm
hahahaha
this is great…just hilarious
October 1st, 2005 at 9:18 pm
I think eqrunner has a point.
I for one plan to start looking at all the young females wearing the tight jeans and shorts.
October 1st, 2005 at 9:19 pm
I wonder if Dave typed that on his GIANT keyboard, of with the aid of a special “dialing wand”, a la The Simpsons!
October 1st, 2005 at 10:37 pm
being fat IS a disability. Just pathetic.
October 1st, 2005 at 11:57 pm
S is right, its a proven scientific fact that some people are meant to be ‘large’…now how large is large…well who knows…but im sure dieting and exercising would freaking help…very cool article, and funny comments lol, are people really THAT lazy that they cant right click their mouse while freaking sitting down…cmon!
October 1st, 2005 at 11:58 pm
FUCK APPLE!! They have to make excuses as to why their products are a pos and break easily!
October 2nd, 2005 at 12:49 am
Steve Jobs and Apple are the fucking ANTI-CHRIST! Skinny people wear tight pants all the fucking time! How dare they? The mindless Apple lemmings will keep marching along with them though. I have half a mind buy an Apple just to smash it to pieces!!
October 2nd, 2005 at 1:01 am
Half a mind, indeed. And I bet Steve Jobs will be counting his money while you count the “pieces” of your Apple and the interest on your credit card you used to purchase it with just like every other American caught up in the Obesity known as Voracious Consumerism. Now THAT’S a disease/disability I wouldn’t mind contributing to combat.
October 2nd, 2005 at 1:02 am
It always amazes me just what rabbid little morons Macvangelists can be. I really think that sometimes Mac folks are the Jehovahs Witnesses of the computer world. I own a mac and have since 89 but this is just silly. Apple has ALWAYS had a problem admitting that anything is their fault. The broken screens are broken because of a manufacturing defect at one of the contracted factories that produce and assemble components. This is nothing new! Ford has been having problems like this for almos 100 years! For Apple to blame their customers for their manufacturing defects instead of recalling the product and replacing it (and charging their vendors for the cost, as is common in every industry) is just one more example of the nerdy kid in the corner who cant accept he got a B on his test! DEAL WITH IT!
October 2nd, 2005 at 1:05 am
I know, the word “Mac” is short for Macintosh and should therefore be capitalized…. I can just imagine some rabbid little Mac-puppy is just wetting himself and saying “He didn’t capitalize Mac, he’s wrong and im right… hehehehehe”
This is why Apple comes out with substandard products two for one to their amazing products, they are sniveling little twirps just like their fanbase…
October 2nd, 2005 at 1:08 am
If this really is a joke and not really what the Apple SVP said, it is truly hilarious. It is also a great example of what I read in the comments of any product review that dares not shower an Apple device with 100 percent praise…
October 2nd, 2005 at 2:33 am
I don’t get why fat people need tiny ipod nanos. They’re designed for thin people anyway. Thin people who are not as lucky as fatty-fats who have much more real estate to hang gadgets on their extra-long belts. Fat people are lucky because they can carry around more tech.
Therefore, I conclude that thin people are the disabled ones.
And, Chbbles, Schiller DID say something similar.
October 2nd, 2005 at 3:05 am
Has it occured to anyone to check the official press release page at Apples web site to find out if this is really a joke or not? You fucking morons.
October 2nd, 2005 at 3:41 am
Honestly I don’t care if thats the reason the Ipods are getting scratched up. Fat people are the real problem here! And while I’m very happy to hear that they are taking a step in the right direction and buying apples, buying Apple’s Ipod nano isn’t going to help them lose weight, they need to buy real apples… and then eat them. Besides where are fat people going that they need a portable music player? Theres already a CD player in the car, and one on the computer, god knows they are not taking it to the gym.
October 2nd, 2005 at 6:13 am
Why should Apple do anything more? if 99.9 percent of their products are accepted by average & thin people, there is no valid reason that Apple should cater to those lard butts who supersize their own butts.
If your massive enough to take two seats in an airplane, then pay for two seats.
I am tired of fat butts complaining they encounter “Cheap” furniture that breaks when they sit on it.
Have a doctor sew your lips together for a few months so you drop 200 pounds.
October 2nd, 2005 at 8:31 am
Igor,
I got the exact same reaction when I wrote this:
http://mashable.com/2005/09/12/is-the-ipod-nano-too-thin/
Great post.
October 2nd, 2005 at 8:37 am
Why should Apple change a product because Americans are fucking fat. Period, as you yanks put it.
Why should over people have to change thing’s for the week-minded?
“I don’t get why fat people need tiny ipod nanos. They’re designed for thin people anyway…” Great point! Next they will moan that it’s to small for them, well why the fuck did you buy it chubby? Maybe its like fat people buying Diet Coke.
October 2nd, 2005 at 12:17 pm
Apple does not like Fat People
October 2nd, 2005 at 12:41 pm
*lose some WEIGHT dave*
Yes Stace, i am retarded
I barely remember posting this, I was most probably intoxicated at the time :S
October 2nd, 2005 at 12:42 pm
George Bush - That is because fat people do not likes apples
October 2nd, 2005 at 1:55 pm
wow this is retarted blaming the fat kids (well adults) as an obese kid i think that he is just finding something to blame for his shooty product, well the screen atleast, if he would have paid 10 cents more per screen to buy a beter plastic, this would have never happend
October 2nd, 2005 at 2:28 pm
You’re Too Fat For An iPod Nano!
Since the Nano’s launch customers have been complaining about how easy it is to crack the Nano screen whilst the player is in there pocket. Apple have finally acknowledged the issue and suggested a reason too.
…
October 2nd, 2005 at 4:37 pm
im fat as crap and bone ProjectR’s mother w. my nano-sized member.
October 2nd, 2005 at 4:57 pm
Obesity is not a disability. In all but the rarest of cases it is the result of a lifetime of poor dietry choices. It’s a bit unpolitic of Apple to issue an official statement blaming “fatties”, but really, if you stick a tiny stick of plastic and silicon in your front pocket and sit for a while with it there, you deserve it busting, fat or not. :-/
October 2nd, 2005 at 5:18 pm
Uhmmm iMac keboards were too small? uhmmm isn’t the whole Nano like the size of a few keys. I mean for gosh sakes, their little fat digits couldn’t even turn the Nano on. The fats should stick to bomb-boxes, rock on 80s
October 2nd, 2005 at 5:19 pm
boom and bomb LOL
October 2nd, 2005 at 5:20 pm
OMG can I type? Boom-boxes NOT Bomb-boxes! There we go
October 2nd, 2005 at 6:54 pm
fat people should just stop eating shit like macfuckingdonalds and burger-fuc-king. if they ate normal shit like regular, non fat people, apple wouldnt have a problem
ur all a fat fhuckers!
October 2nd, 2005 at 8:51 pm
This posting is obviously in very poor taste and also probably slanderous against Apple. The only thing interesting about it is how many idiots posting comments believe that its real.
October 2nd, 2005 at 9:18 pm
This is not true, they stated The ipod nano screen flaw affected less than 1/10th of 1 percent of the nanos that were shipped and it was from a vender flaw! You guys are trying to spread bad rumors about apple and thats just sad, act more mature.
October 2nd, 2005 at 9:27 pm
Please check the category of the post before you rant.
This is HUMOR.
We love Apple.
We are trying to spread rumors in our RUMOR section.
October 2nd, 2005 at 9:42 pm
Disabilities? You must be fat.
October 2nd, 2005 at 11:33 pm
I think Dave needs to start eating apples instead of sitting aroung getting fat by playing with his apple (hehe). I’m surprised he didn’t loose the ipod in his rolls
October 2nd, 2005 at 11:41 pm
Quote: # David G. Says:
September 30th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Of course. Blame people for their disabilities, for their poverty, for their lack of education. It’s never the fault of the designer or the corporation that they make and sell product which not everybody can use. Why? To save a few pennies per unit of product–more profit. “Why should we bear the additional cost when the cost can be displaced? Let someone else pay!? Looks to me like a fundamental flaw in our laws and in our way of thinking.
/End Quote
Of course. Forget the fact that the vast majority of people on the WORLD, not just the United States (since the iPod sells just as well in Europe as it does in the US) are NOT obese. How can Apple be held accountable for making sure that the iPod will be compatible with every single person in the world. I’m sure that the American Institute for the Blind isn’t complaining because the iPod doesnt support Braille. Believe it or not, being obese is NOT attractive or healthy, no matter what the American Obesity Association. In addition, Mr. G., if a skinny person sat on their glasses, and they broke, is that the fault of the optician? No. It is the fault of the person who sat on their glasses. This case of iPod screens goes by the same token. I once owned a Game Boy Pocket, and I went skating with it in my pocket. When I fell down and cracked the screen, did I complain to Nintendo for not making their screens fall-on-my-ass-and-crack-proof? No. It was my fault.
You can never please everyone.
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:31 am
apple does not like fat people
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:41 am
THIS IS A JOKE.
October 3rd, 2005 at 2:07 am
Fat People Suck
October 3rd, 2005 at 2:10 am
Fatty fat fatterson. Why fat don’t fat you fat eat fat a fatty Tripple fat Bacon fat Delux fat FREEEEEAAAAAKING fat fattington fatter fat Burger!?!
LOSE SOME WEIGHT!
tuh tuh tuh TODAY JUNIOR!
October 3rd, 2005 at 2:44 am
Don’t complain about the screen, its all about the looks!
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:14 am
LOL! It’s a joke you fat ninnies, a JOKE!
Or is this a case of people losing their sense of humour because they’re way-y-y-y too fat, but don’t want to admit and that it’s their own fat fault.
(BTW, started a diet 4 weeks ago, lost 4.7kg so far).
October 3rd, 2005 at 9:07 am
yeah honestly, saying being fat is a dissability is jus the kind of excuse to slack off and continue to be fat and feel guilty about it … we all have problems, learn NOT to make excuses, get off your lazy ass and do something! … or just learn to accept / enjoy what you are, excuses suck!
check out Yuri, lost 4.7kg in 4 weeks, pretty darn cool~
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:56 pm
Hey,
I am not the skinniest person, but I know that it is not apple’s responsibility. I have lost some weight but if my nano broke i would not complain to apple nor do i take offense when someone tells me I’m fat. So if your fat and you take offense and your complaining to apple
GO F YOURSELF, LOSE SOME WEIGHT STOP EATING ALL THE MCDONALDS AND WORK OUT
October 3rd, 2005 at 1:04 pm
The guy writes, “lose some wait dave” and then corrects himself incorrectly by changing the word ‘lose’ to ‘loose’. Dude, it’s not ‘wait’, it’s ‘weight’…and lose is correct
So, you meant to write ‘lose some weight’ but ended up with ‘loose some wait’. You might want to learn the English language before you actually use it.
October 3rd, 2005 at 2:31 pm
Gee, this point has been pointed out add nauseum. The Irony has been ironed out.
tee hee!
October 3rd, 2005 at 3:48 pm
Hilarious - It’s so funny. OK So this IS NOT A REAL ARTICLE it’s a joke. But so so funny, especially that one saying:
“Fatty fat fatterson. Why fat don’t fat you fat eat fat a fatty Tripple fat Bacon fat Delux fat FREEEEEAAAAAKING fat fattington fatter fat Burger!?!
LOSE SOME WEIGHT!
tuh tuh tuh TODAY JUNIOR! ”
AND
“I’m surprised he didn’t loose the ipod in his rolls”
HA HA! That’s Great!
People seriously need to take a joke - and take note of that whole “HUMOUR” section lol.
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:08 pm
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use a chair.
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use a table.
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use a car.
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use a comb.
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use a TV.
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use a door.
It’s nobodys fault if you can’t use an iPod.
I’m fat, but at least i know what my body can do. Nobody can be held reponsible for my actions unless i’m forced to or unconscious.
October 4th, 2005 at 3:32 am
haha fat bastards… they need to stop complaining to everyone about them being fat
its McDonalds fault for making you all fat
its the Planes fault if you cant sit in the chair
its the cars fault if u cant sit in
fat people need to stop blaming others for their obesity!
YOUR ALL FAT, ITS YOUR FAULT, YOU DO IT TO YOURSELVES
stop whining, the skinny people dont care anymore
get a bigger ipod if your fat, the nano’s too small for you all. Youd probably swallow it in your Big Mac.
Im Out
October 4th, 2005 at 11:06 am
Man this kinda shit only happens in America. WTF is wrong with the people in your country. Im not saying you’re all dickheads, just the people in your courts.
October 5th, 2005 at 8:20 am
The iPod’s functionality is insensitive to deaf people.
October 6th, 2005 at 8:13 am
OMFG i cant believe u people
although this is very typical of the amercians comedy!! sorry i just cant watch your comedy… why the fuck do u have ppl laughing in the background? is that to tell u to laugh cause u are so stupid. maybe this should have a heading “ipod comedy”
LOL idiots
October 6th, 2005 at 10:27 am
why blame obese people when they cant make a good fine proper working product
i say pull down the company if they cant
and stop blaming people
this is always a peoblem with these big corps
we consumers arent their slaves
they better provide peoper products worht the money consumers pay
otherwise as i said earlier
shut down shop and sell vegetables
October 6th, 2005 at 8:19 pm
plEase the faets paeople is to stop eatnig the pizzaz and the hambrugers.
it is vary yuk for me when i is walking the streat and see the feats paeople!.
plaese the gfeat paople no buy ipads! you is too fats and too uglies!
thanks for your times!
p.s team taem is still givings the dota tutoriol for maneys and also gives the autgroaphs for NZ 5$. thanksyous!
plz if u wants to give us the maneys go to http://www.paypal.com/teamtaem
October 6th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
I’VE WASTED MY TIME READING ALL THESE POSTS, TO FINALLY GET DOWN HERE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE VERY FEW OF YOU REALIZE THIS IS A JOKE ARTICLE!! FOR THOSE WHO DO, BRAVO, BUT FATTY FAT FATS LIKE DAVE NEED TO LOOSEN UP AND WAKE UP.
October 7th, 2005 at 12:39 am
If they made the iPod nano for fat people, it wouldn’t be very small anymore
October 7th, 2005 at 1:26 am
Hmmm. Now you know what it’s like to be fat. Not very fun. If you’ve been fat all your life you kind of get numb to it all. I think it was about 4th grade when I started to tune it out. You don’t want to be fat but you are and everybody laughs at you - you just become an object of hostility. It’s fucking cruel. I think it’s great that there is an Obesity Association, just so I don’t go crazy and know that I am not the only one who has been the target of hostility all my life. Diet? please. You fucking skinny people don’t know what the fuck that means because no one ever told you to go on one. Let’s see, I think it would be like telling you fucks to go without the god dammend internet for an hour. forget about it. You don’t give change to homless, you think little people are midgets, and you think porn stars do it because they love the business. You’re as narrrow minded as your asses!!!!
October 7th, 2005 at 1:57 am
Word up Josh. Fat is Phat and that’s that. I’ve been fat all my life. Yes, I love to eat. I have “the hunger” - you know what I’m talkin’ bout. It kinda sucks that you can’t be a functioning fat ass like a functioning alcoholic ( of which I’m sure a few are present at this lovely gathering). Anyhoo, I salute you my fat friend for stating the truth. Let me tell you you think being fat is hard, try fat black and articulate. Talk about no place to hide. THANK GOD FOR THE INTERNET. Everyone’s hidding here yet they show their true colors don’t they? You just can’t explain it away like some iron maiden tattoo you got when you were 16. Yeah, we all carry stuff around, did stuff we’re not proud of, don’t have great bodies. Whatever. Life moves on. If it’s any cosolation, your not alone. in our pain and public shame we all learn that deep down we’re all the same. We want to live, to love, and get rich or die tryin’. But seriously, your on the fast track to rock solid self esteem if you stick with humor and a higher power. You have no other choice. Everyone else here will put this off indefinately - Until they’re old and slow and by then it’s too late…they’ve pissed their lives away serving the ego and they don’t have the grace or the will to die with dignity.
Oh yeah, just put the Nano in your shirt pocket. Works great for me.
October 7th, 2005 at 1:58 am
There are no fat people on the internet.
October 10th, 2005 at 6:23 pm
lol
October 12th, 2005 at 6:41 pm
man… u bunch of fat dicks, jus wtf are u talking about??? calm ur flabby fat asses down. No jus go home(by the way, dont destory ur newly build double door with ur fat ass)
yer, i m thin, and wot
October 14th, 2005 at 3:34 am
Big Foot, come home and bang me like you did last night to your father.
October 15th, 2005 at 4:05 pm
couldn’t apple make a giant nano for fatties
October 18th, 2005 at 12:22 am
hey yo was up wut the fuk yall b complaining aboputs being fat that damn nano was made for thin people not fo u guys u guys would ruin the word nano
October 19th, 2005 at 1:35 pm
all you fat asses need to get ahold of your self and lose the damn weight…i mean come on u cant blame no one but ur amn self……..
October 19th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Funny wish I could see the looks on the fat peoples faces when they read this
October 19th, 2005 at 10:01 pm
The word ‘nano’ means extremely small.
The nano itself
is very small.
If it were big, the name would be hypocritical.
So lose some weight.
(If you’re cool with being fat, props to you. But don’t bother corporate America with your complaints. They won’t care anyways.)
October 21st, 2005 at 4:51 pm
howabout a giganto then?
October 21st, 2005 at 4:55 pm
bytheway, perhaps it is humour.
but thanks for explaining what nano means
October 21st, 2005 at 4:58 pm
hahaha
October 24th, 2005 at 2:42 pm
did any of the people that actually disagree with apple think that they could have actual proof? they know who bought he ipod and they know who has problems with it. it is that much easier to prove that that person is obese or not
November 29th, 2005 at 8:15 pm
I have had my Nano since late september. I was cleaning the screen today and it cracked after I frimly rubbed my finger over the right corner. I didn’t push hard at all and it just cracked!!!!!!!!!!! How Gay Is That!!!!!!!! I would definately say that I am not fat considering I weigh 145 pounds and am 5′10.
So I am not going to side with the fat people, but I will say there is definatelly a defect. So before you assholes make fun of fat people why don’t you get a nano from the early shipments and push on the bottom right corner of the screen firmly before you talk about things you know nothing about you freaking nubes.
December 1st, 2005 at 3:33 am
pff…i didn’t see the person but it probably could have been another one of those annoying emo kids, who wear girls clothes…they were probably major small, and was crushing the Ipod…the same thing probably happened with their cellphone and other sheeet
December 7th, 2005 at 7:01 am
Oh the irony. Right after the article an ad was displaying the “wonder shake plan” and “lose up to 20 pounds a month.”
January 9th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Today, I made myself chicken marsala. It is my favorite home meal. I only ate two servings of it too, and when i was going to get another serving, i stopped myself. But then 2 minutes later i grabbed 2 cookies out of my pantry =[
January 22nd, 2006 at 3:20 pm
time for the iPod Jumbo !
January 22nd, 2006 at 8:07 pm
You’ve got to be really stupid not to know that there’s an American Obesity Association.
Idiots.
And it’s funny to see how many ignorant and narrow minded some people are. I guess the internet gives wimpy and coward people a chance to make fun of people who are overweight. Sure, it’s their own fault they’re overweight. And if you feel superior by making fun of them, go ahead.
Anyway, the moral of this article: Don’t sit on your freaking ipods. Any idiot who sits on their ipod nano is bound to break it. Holy crap.
March 4th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Is this a joke? sure, i bet way more fat people break their stupid little ipods than some little skinny emo kid, but it doesnt matter whether your fat or skinny, stupid or smart, if you sit or fall on your ipod, its going to break. If you really care about the thing, dont be an idiot and break it. Oh, and tight pants? how many fat people do you see wearing tight pants? I know I dont see many, but hey, if its another reason to screw with fat people, why not? were all dying to point a finger at someone for an issue that really doesnt concern us. Fact of the matter is that apple doesnt need to blame anyone for their tiny little mp3 players breaking. Buy something with a little substance to it if your afraid of breaking it, morons.
March 23rd, 2006 at 1:12 pm
I was just reading all the comments about the NANO. I have never owned an MP3 player and was considering purchasing one, just didn’t know which one to choose. What I do think is sad about this entire post, is he way people are attacking overweight individuals. As a member of the medical profession, we see those that are overweight due to eating, and a large number who are overweight due to medical problems. These problems include thyroid conditions, and also increase in weight due to medications. Did you know many of the medications on the market make you gain a significant amount of weight. Anyone with Asthma, arthritis and any other condition where steroids are used will GAIN WEIGHT. Do you know how many people that affects? Please people educate yourselves before you make statements that make you look retarded.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:40 am
I own an Ipod Nano and was very happy with it at first. I had heard about the screen defect and I asked the sales person about it when I was purchasing mine, and they reassured me that It was a small number of Ipods that were effected. Low and Behold no more then 5 months ofter purchase, my Ipod nano’s screen is cracked and the ipod itself is no longer working. I did not sit on my ipod nor did I fall on my Ipod. I do not know why it has cracked. All I know is for $350 dollars I expected better quality, especially from a well known company like Apple. I am not obese nor am I american, but I just felt I should contribute this.
March 31st, 2006 at 4:48 am
i don’t think that people do get bad eyesight as i am not an american
March 31st, 2006 at 12:55 pm
no matter what you shouldnt put a thin electroinc device in your pick anyways…it is their own fault, but i do not undersatnd….my friend go one and she had hers in her pocket and it broke. she is 115 lbs and she was wearin sweats…so y is this focused on obese people with tight clothes?
August 5th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
im fucking pissed my shitty ipod broke and apple wont even do the fucking right thing and replace the sucky piece of japanese crap i hope all apple employes rot in hell and by the way i am not fat and do not wear tight ass pants mabye if they make the ipod bitgger than my penis then maybe just mabye there will be less reports of cracked screens
September 29th, 2006 at 11:49 am
you know why he is so fat? he is full if chit man, eats crappy. keeps it all pent up inside. let it go bro… your too heavey…
October 11th, 2006 at 3:02 am
mine cracked while in my pocket. then it stopped working alltogether. can i get the screen fixed? or replaced?
tklawrence123749@hotmail.com
October 26th, 2006 at 2:50 am
yeah we should all go on a meth diet and be skinny faggots with no muscle……………I hate skinny people grow some muscle.
June 30th, 2007 at 1:40 am
OK, I am not fat and I don’t carry my Ipod in my pocket & the screen still cracked. I actually have it in a padded protective case. So what’s up with that??
August 31st, 2007 at 11:34 am
GO JIMBO! I weigh about 150 pounds, but I’m fat in spirit. I just have a fast metabolism.
anyway, it’s, uh… rather disturbing how so many people are taking this seriously. it’s kind of a good idea to make sure you’re not in the humor section or something of the like. and what the hell is everyone’s problem with fat people? just goes to show how shallow we are as a society… what a generation I was born into. >_>
November 29th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Anybody who sits on their iPods have a high chance of breaking it, whether you’re fat or thin.
Btw, this is probably just a joke so I’m not going to bother taking this seriously.
The other day I sat on a cheap calculator and it broke. I’m not going to complain to the company about that. So why should anyone complain about breaking their iPods?
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
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December 26th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Well it still doesnt fuckin help me does it, ipod nano 3rd gen Screen stopped workin they blame fat people, well what about me i have a fuckin case an im not fuckin fat!
December 30th, 2007 at 2:40 am
This is the most pathetic crowd I’ve seen.
This is not real, fat people weren’t complaining about their i pods breaking. Besides Ipods are