"Apple’s ‘What’s a Computer?’ iPad Pro Ad Is Making People Furious"

that kid and her outfit is unattractive

buy more useless tech

So fucking stupid. Probably millennials came up with this who were commanded to grab generation z dollars. It just looks utterly stupid from start to finish - from her wardrobe & hair to the "vintage chic" location they filmed everything in.

r2

I think xir is non-binary.

As a semi-elder gay, I supported Apple through the good and the bad - and there was A LOT of bad. I'm torn on either Jobs was a genius or it was sheer luck (probably a bit of both), but there were TONS of people who supported the Apple brand through the rough years.

For them to toss it for iPads ... just ugh.

I wanted to say it, but thought I would get screamed at ...but that is part of the hideousness. She is dressed in "genderqueer" "non-binary" "trans" style.

More brainwashing.

And ugh Apple with their outsourcing and slave-labor working conditions

That child is an actor on Pamela Adlon’s “Better Things”, and plays a non-binary (I’m not exactly sure) tween. All the main female characters on the show have “male” names.

I happen to love the show, obviously.

I guess the point is that kids don’t call them computers anymore? Mine do, though.

I thought the same thing when I saw this ad. The kid is insufferable. Reminds me of that SNL character “Pat”.

[quote] “Better Things”, and plays a non-binary (I’m not exactly sure) tween

Does trans have to be pushed on every show now?

Talk about total brainwashing

[quote]I guess the point is that kids don’t call them computers anymore? Mine do, though.

The point is the computer is OLD and you have to hurry up and buy the NEW thing or YOU are OLD, too, and doing the WRONG, OLD, STUPID thing!

The kid is such a monster. I hated this commercial instantly, and was surprised I found a lot of people who agreed with me for once! Plus her style is such a rip off of "Stranger Things." Total Barb-wannabe and so calculated seeming on the part of whoever designed this ad.

This infuriating campaign, plus the new THOUSAND DOLLAR iPhone, plus not liking what Apple is doing with their laptops very much... are making me think of going back to Android/PC.

From a purely logical standpoint, it's stupid as well. We still talk about "taping" something - even though we haven't used tape in quite a while now, since everything is digital.

The locations are so weird. She's in a flea market (?) and then a coffee shop...then a tree... like ... wtf... Yes, we get the fact that tablets are portable. But now I'm concerned the girl has some kind of ADHD that she can't stay in one location for more than 10 minutes.

HAHAHAHA. Apple disabled the comment son YouTube.

Poor triggered, gender normative, elder fraus.

There is nothing more "gender normative" than trans ideology. It's ugly, too!

You can't comment on any apple video... it's not just this one. But, the votes are pretty clear.

She doesn't strike me as tranny, just a fat, unattractive girl who isn't pretty, and knows it, so she doesn't try.

"I don't like it so I have to slap a name on it" bigots.

There is a way you can dress that is not dressing up, and there is a tomboy style that isn't what they are showing.

That is the "genderqueer" "non-binary" style.

Where the fuck is this girl fat? Or do you want girls/women to blow away in the wind?

the fake "problem glasses" are a dead giveaway, this is a special snowflake 'nonbinary' raised by a Hillaryite frau.

Omg, R13-I know, the “curated” locations are obnoxious. They all SCREAM, “Look at me! Eclectic, artsy girl”

Is she sitting in someone’s sidewalk garage sale? Why? And the tree branch?! So dangerous and ridiculous.

And don’t even get me started on the way she slams down the iPad when she’s leaving the taco shop.

I want her to get a sense of aesthetics and I want her to throw the "ipad pro" in the garbage

Someone should do a parody video with a creepy guy in a van following her around.

The commercial turned me off because it's such a blatant attempt to make you buy something in order to stay relevant, and that message was delivered by the smack-worthy, "what's a computer?"

It's bad but still not as annoying as he one with the bitch that named her car "Brad".

R11 YES. my boyfriends nephew is four years old and he constantly tells people that they are too old. That gen Z is disgusting. They are gonna be a NIGHTMARE. A bunch of dummies.

The 21st trimester is awfully late to be considering an abortion.

[quote]YES. my boyfriends nephew is four years old and he constantly tells people that they are too old.

That child needs a whooping!

You people are the true snowflakes. It's just a commercial.

I am so glad to have seen this thread. I HATE this commercial and it's so good to feel validated. When she goes into the deli and then smugly collapses that iPad down in a way that doesn't really make sense to me because it's not protected. The keyboard and the screen are left exposed so she's just trying to be cute. Then, the "what's a computer?" part really makes me flip my shit! Reminds me of something the annoying millennials in my office might have thought pitched.

The iMac just had a new software upgrade today.

I love my iMac and will never move to just an iPad.

Am I the only one who loves a giant computer screen to look at?

So much hate for a TV commercial. Maybe people should watch less TV. What are you watching that you sit through commercials?

I used to travel with an iPad mini with a full keyboard when I made shorter trips so I wouldn't have to lug my macbook and I hated having to do laptop work on the iPad. It's really not made for that, no matter how they try and spin it.

I'm upgrading my hard drive in my 2013 macbook air because it's the 11 inch screen which they no longer make and I'll hang on to that fucker until it disintegrates.

[quote]Am I the only one who loves a giant computer screen to look at?

Me too. I have a 24 inch monitor on my desk I feel like its still not big enough

I upgraded to an iPad Pro thinking that I would kick my dependance on my Macbook but it just does not work for me. Sure, I can get away with it when I'm on vacation but when I'm home, I've got two large monitors, and a mouse and this is my preferred way to operate. My expensive iPad pro is used for Simpsons Tapped Out. A bit of a waste of money.

The real scary thing is that my aunt that lived in Alabama had those exact dressers with the yellow drawers in her single wide trailer in 1973 . My siblings and cousins where all texting each other when that commercial first ran lol " Look it Aunt's Louise's bedroom suite " lol

Same R35! They will have to pry mine out of my cold dead arms before I give it up!

The Millennials would be surprised that you were alive in 1973 and yet you still know how to text, R38.

R36 Anything less than 32” feels small. In fact the autists are using 40” TV’s now.

There is a $1000 phone now? Why? I guess people will get killed for them, too.

The iPad is far superior to a phone for reading DL on the couch etc, but fails at anything even remotely more taxing. Sick of my laptop overheating so I recently moved to a mini-itx desktop. Chic and functional.

Let's re-imagine the commercial. How about when Xe rides Xis bike under the bridge, a troll more hideous than Xim (if one can even imagine such a horror) jumps out, grabs Xim, and snaps Xis neck.

...........

R37 here. My nephews (who are the same age as this girl) are actually wanting huge gaming computers and barely using their iPads anymore so this commercial feels like a bit of wishful thinking on Apple's part because they want to focus their efforts on mobile devices.

[quote]So much hate for a TV commercial. Maybe people should watch less TV. What are you watching that you sit through commercials?

I never saw this commercial untill this thread & still am able to comment on it.

I don't get the fuss over "what's a computer?" I actually like this commercial.

And what's wrong with being genderfluid? I think she looks fashionable in this day and age; her glass are undeniably chic.

She’s an amazing actress and is terrific on Better Things. Her sexuality is not really discussed and she does whatever she wants on the show. Sometimes she’s more feminine, sometimes more masculine. It’s great how they deal with it, and I’m neutral as far as the trans thing is concerned.

I hate pretentious baby hipsters who hang out on top of a tree, in coffee shops and vintage furniture stores. Fuck that, and I dont even know if they actually exist but I hate them already.

The whole neighborhood was so expertly stage-managed and put together to check all the boxes of what Buzzfeed is masturbating to.

I think it's a great ad. We know younger generations are stoopid!

[quote]I’m neutral as far as the trans thing is concerned.

So, you're an enabler!

[quote]All the main female characters on the show have “male” names

So genderqueer means male!

if wutzacomputer is indicative of her acting abilities, let's hope she stays in school.

You folks got issues

Dis is not called a "computer."

Dis is called a "paduter."

Whats a computer? Its that thing that will take away your job and render you useless when you grow up.

Ha. The first time I saw this ad, I said, "It's that thing you're typing on, bitch." And, as for the effectiveness of the ad...I didn't even know what it was for after I saw it in passing.

“There is nothing more "gender normative" than trans ideology“

I’m saving this.

The thing that bugs me is her flippant attitude toward the older lady. “You’re a dinosaur! I’m gaslighting a dinosaur!”

R48 go fuck yourself newbie

R49 Agreed. She's amazing on BT, all the kids are.

But it sort of bothered me that at the end of season 1 they set her character up to be trans and then never brought it up again. Unless I missed an ep?

I was going to watch that show, but if it is full of "transkid" propaganda, I am not interested.

[quote]her glass are undeniably chic.

Her glasses were found in the giant bucket labeled "2 for $29" at Pearle Vision in 1983.

[quote]R24 I want her to get a sense of aesthetics and I want her to throw the "ipad pro" in the garbage

[bold]#WeCanSaveThisGirl!

The Trans mania is so repulsive, twee and predictable, right out of the gate it has been insufferable.

[quote] R61 [R48] go fuck yourself newbie

Why don't YOU go shut your [italic]WHORE MOUTH!?[/italic]

R30 haha. you have no idea. A very disrespectful kid.

That's the kid (Hannah Alligood sp?) that plays Frankie on "Better Things." Good for her!

I love the girl in the ad, and the trendy locations. Very fresh and [italic]au courant.[/italic]

What concerns me is she looks to be virtually glued to her computer screen the whole day.

She needs to come up for air.

Hannah Alligood is an actress known for her role as Frankie in the FX television series Better Things.[1] Hannah was born June 28, 2003, in Birmingham, Alabama, to parents Kelly and (unknown).

R69 Yeah...she's fantastic!

So straight people (including "C.K.") are writing shows pushing "transkids"?

[quote]R73 So straight people (including "C.K.") are writing shows pushing "transkids"?

Oh, the [bold]#TrannyPanic[/bold] crowd see them everywhere.

I want to kick that piggy-faced smug little cunt in the face with steel-toed boots.

Are there any kids that actually act like kids, these days?

Or are they all precocious, 'Little Adults'?

I read all of the comments here and then looked at the commercial expecting to hate every minute of it.

It's almost a parody of the predictable twee aesthetic that's been popular for the last 10 years or so, but it's also nicely done.

The girl is what would have been once called a "tomboy"... I don't see why some of you are so negative about her.

[quote]R77 The girl is what would have been once called a "tomboy"... I don't see why some of you are so negative about her.

[bold]#TrannyPanic[/bold]

What r77 said.

I don't watch much TV, but I've seen this commercial and found it vaguely annoying the way I vaguely dislike most of the pedestrian, uninispired "lifestyle"-driven ads that run these days.

I don't understand any of the true hate this one gets though, precisely because it IS so uninspired and predictable. And it's also, for all the oldies around here who don't seem to know this, totally realistic in showing how kids and teens today use their devices. They are on them all the time, everywhere, and they use them for everything from communication to schoolwork to artistic expression (all of which also overlap these days).

Yeah, "What's a computer?" is a dumb question, but ads today are generally dumb. And who cares what the kid looks like? At least he/ she is not being inappropriately sexualized, which is a much more serious problem in today's media landscape.

Y’all that’s not barb.

It’s just Apple managing to be both smug and tone deaf again, something they’ve had nailed for a while.

Besides, unless they make inroads into the ( huge ) serious gaming community belatedly, something they have missed out on, PCs and consoles will always win out. Apple locking their stuff down so tightly will never suit those of us who like to customise our stuff. I’d rather have a bespoke tower and be able to spend money on a state of the art graphics card when I need to than have to shell out the equivalent for something that looks good on a coffee table.

iPads are good for browsing. News, gossip and porn.

R77, R79, what the fuck is wrong with you?

That smug arrogant and STUPID "What's a computer?!?" line at the end is enraging... like she doesn't fucking know what's being referred to.

If I ever snap and go postal, it will be because I've been forced to see this goddamned commercial one too many times.

No sane person can watch this shit and not feel stabby with that line at the end.

lol I definitely think apple products are obnoxiously bourgie but the histrionics over this commercial are...unnecessary

LOL @ R51.

I don't get why people are so enraged by the obvious pandering in this silly ad. ALL ads pander. It's their reason for being. Their whole purpose is to make you feel a certain way so you buy what they're selling. Buy an an iPad Pro = don't worry, you're not old, out of touch and obsolete.

To me there are far more annoying and condescending ads --car commercials that suck up to baby boomers, for instance. Loud classic rock songs playing in the background while buff looking old people rock climb, sky dive, and surf....LOL Then a masculine, rugged sounding voice over says things like ((cringe)), "sure you've had success, but you've never been one to settle. You live life to the fullest and on the edge." Ugh! So fucking annoying......and pure fantasy because most boomers are sitting at home on the couch.

[quote]What's a computer?!?" line at the end is enraging... like she doesn't fucking know what's being referred to.

Of course she knows what a computer is.

She was being ironic. What she was saying is: "Who needs a computer?"

Enraging? Really? I thing some of the people watching this commercial are even dumber than the commercial.

[quote]R84 Buy an an iPad Pro = don't worry, you're not old, out of touch and obsolete.

oh thank god

(hurrying into coat)

R85, no she's not being 'ironic'. She's being a fucking dick.

If you can't tell the difference, there's something wrong with you.

The dumb people are the ones that green-lit this ad, and the idiots actually bending over to defend it.

"I think some of the people watching this commercial are even dumber than the commercial."

Ya think, r77/ r85? Like, oh, say r82, whose definition of sanity seems...pretty heterodox?

You're the one defending this smug little cunt in this terrible ad that turns off nearly everyone who watches it. Dumbass.

I also thought she was kind of being a cunt to the nice neighbor lady (who just happens to be black).

Even if the neighbor said "What are you doing on your apokgoiho" - it's pretty clear she's referring to the thing you're using in your hand... it's already so bad in other ways though, as I covered in a few replies above.

I think it's about equal (maybe not as bad) as that horrid Pepsi Kendal Jenner commercial where she gives the cops a pepsi in the middle of a riot. Another millennial creation, no doubt. These agencies keep trying to get some kind of "vibe" that they don't understand or can't figure out how to translate to an ad (or shouldn't be translated to an ad).

In what possible way is an iPad Pro with a keyboard not a computer?

[quote]R90 I also thought she was kind of being a cunt to the nice neighbor lady (who just happens to be black).

Perhaps that was the maid...

“What’s an ‘automobile’?” “What’s a ‘telephone’?” “What’s a ‘condom’?”

What's a "cunt"? Why is everyone calling me one?

To those who wonder about the pro-trans slant of “Better Things”, it really isn’t. It’s pretty female-centered. I’m not sure that men - even gay men - would enjoy it so much. Sam has gay friends, she is very liberal and mouthy and I think her character would be appealing to a gay crowd, but I think the constant pondering of motherhood would be a turnoff.

But it’s funny and different and visually appealing. Maybe.

Black lady to the twerp "Boy, you being smart?" Twerp: "I'm not a boy, or a girl" Black lady "Motherfuckin' cunt, that's what you is, you little motherfuckin' wiggabo cunt"

You had me at wiggabo cunt.

That isn't a "tomboy" style - it is very clearly a "genderqueer" " non-binary" style . That was intended, along with the locations she goes to.

The tomboy style (and concept) seems to be banned. I think the last one we saw on TV was "Buddy" on "Family" in the 1970s.

Dear r77 the commercial is a celebration of dumbness

That girl is adorable. She embodies everything I’d love to have in a daughter. Like Lisa Simpson.

Unfortunately this thread embodies everything I hate about Datalounge.

The knee-jerk responses of the people on this thread is a celebration of dumbness. How pathetic are you that commercial triggers you into a rage? Forget measuring people's IQ. We should star measuring people's emotional age?

So many would be deemed "challenged".

I don't mind the girl's style, but it bugs me how they make it seem like she can do all these things and experience life with the tablet, how she is not tied to the computer, when in reality she barely looks away from the screen and is not interacting with anyone or anything.

The ad says that this kid doesn’t know anyone who knows what’s a computer since she never heard of them before this clueless black woman mentioned them. This kid is either extremely isolated or uneducated for not knowing what a computer is.

Or the black woman is meant to be shown as low class and ‘uneducated’ since she’s not aware that computers don’t exist anymore.

Either way, the ad is horrid.

Is Xe related to Pajama Boy?

[QUOTE]when in reality she barely looks away from the screen and is not interacting with anyone or anything.

It’s a series of snippets of her life. We don’t know what she’s doing away from the iPad. And frankly why would Apple care to show us? It’s a fucking 30 second commercial meant to showcase their product! They should spend a few seconds showing it in book bag while she’s at the lunchroom table eating with her friends?

Maybe that kid has been homeschooled, isn't allowed to interact with anyone and has been chained to her bed.

R107 you truly are sick. You hate this girl so much that you’re fantasizing about her being chained to a bed and repeatedly raped? Do you know how deranged you people sound?

The funniest part to me is when she's sitting way out of that tree limb. WTF? Old black lady should have said...."why don't you build a treehouse?" Then tranny kid could say, "what's a treehouse?"

R108 You introduced the "reatedly raped" fantasy. I would definitely encourage you to seek help for your derangement.

So that’s the source of DL’s animosity? You think she’s supposed to be transgender? 😂

"Wiggabo". That's one for the books. Hahaha.

If this ad sets you off, whatever you do, don't watch the "New Beginnings" shitfest. Besides the infomercial-like length of it, the multi-culti agit-prop is cranked up so high that even the most virtue-signall-y goodwhite's heads might explode.

OP's link has a completely obstructive ad-block nag. Here's the YT link without the B.I. bullshit.

I was referring to the Turpin family (not Durbin) that is all over the news. Look it up pearl clutching Mary @ R108

She’s so cute. I just want to punch her little nose.

Shame on you, DL.

pinch* her little nose

I keep hoping that the tree branch gives way and she and her computer fall to the ground, landing in pieces.

Don't touch children without their consent! #MeToo

The girl looks like a number of young girls I've known.

And she's wearing earrings, nail polish, pink glasses, blue laces ....so I just don't get where any "trans ideology" is happening here. You're all joking, right? She looks modern and cute.

If I had to nitpick : the only things that might find objectionable are her feet up on the train... and her snapping down the computer on the counter of a locale. I hate that kind of behavior. But c'mon, it's just a commercial.

NO! It is a threat to our very frauhood! Apple must be stopped!

And it's kind of refreshing that the Black woman is depicted as just a simple normal person going about her business...rather than as a sassy IT expert or something ridiculous like that.

If it's cold enough to require wearing a fucking down jacket why the fuck is she lying face down on the grass in the yard, trying to type.

And R120, the black woman is depicted as a clueless ancient old person who isn't hip or with it.

While the young girl is depicted as a fucked up snobby smug arrogant little shit with no social skills with her snide question at the end.

The ad is horrid, and I can't believe anyone where is defending it.

Theresa Vaiuso tried runnin' through Brooklyn with that new iPad. She didn't get no more than two blocks before some mulignan clocked her and took off down the fuckin' street with it.

I enjoy the ad for no other reason than it triggers lunatics who put on a show of screeched dysfunction

It doesn't trigger lunatics.

But those who enjoy the ad expose themselves as wannabe hipsters who are to be avoided at all costs.

It kind of scares me that the people on a gay site are such knee-jerk conservative reactionaries about "the different-than-me".

It's not conservative, knee-jerk, or reactionary, to loathe this terrible hipster smug-ass ad.

R126 is a deranged lunatic

I think what is most annoying about the commercial is that it promotes every unsavory facet of the aspie gender-fuckery moronnials.

Perfectly mentally healthy people often unleash vitriol on innocuous TV commercials.

She's very disrespectful to the older, black lady. Not only does she not give her the courtesy of actually looking at her when she answers her question, she then answers it in a very smark aleck, sarcastic way with "What's a computer"?

Girl needs a good smack in the mouth.

Xir name is "Scout"

[quote]It doesn't trigger lunatics.

The evidence in this thread contradicts you.

You all do realize that millenials are in their twenties-mid thirties... right? Teenagers of today are NOT millenials.

Love my iPad Pro! 😍❤️❤️❤️

I never use my iPad.

My phone is fine for everything that doesn’t require a keyboard. For work, I prefer a computer.

[QUOTE]You all do realize that millenials are in their twenties-mid thirties... right? Teenagers of today are NOT millenials.

Wrong. All future generations will fall under one umbrella known as Millennials.

What’s a laptop? 💻

My 12 year old niece once walked in on me using my Dell 17” laptop, and the first thing she said was, “WTF is that?”

Is your niece's last name Turpin R138? Because any 12 year old NOT living in a cave or chained to their bed knows what a computer is.

R135, What’s a computer?

I thought the Pepsi commercial was good. I know I’m the only one in the world but I thought it was cute.

I do understand how people would take t the wrong way but that is not what was intended.

[quote]Or the black woman is meant to be shown as low class and ‘uneducated’ since she’s not aware that computers don’t exist anymore.

That's it. And she doesn't even deserve to be looked at when she is answered dismissively.

The tween girl is too young to be a millennial and the black neighbor isn't old.

Here's her big brother/sister/they

One thing I hate is that ad people will purposefully make ads irritating in the name of edginess, because they know it will get their ads attention.

But I think they often forget that if it's too irritating it makes people pointedly NOT want to buy their product. Contrary to popular belief, there [italic]is[/italic] such a thing as bad publicity.

OP is a gay Republican hangout. The comments here read like Free Republic.

DL is a gay Republican hangout now. The comments here read like Free Republic.

Trans ideology is Hitler and Mengele

The screeching always comes down to fraus and Peter Pan types refusing to grow old gracefully, doesn’t it?

My God, some of you are acting as if the girl was eating a meatball sandwich right out in class.

I can’t believe anyone thinks that the neighbor was meant to be depicted in a bad light. The girl was clearly joking around with her.

r96 made me laugh the hardest...

Btw, I doubt anyone is in a "rage" over this commercial. At least I'm not. I just criticized it / made fun of it - like I'd do with any other stupid commercial. A lot of people hated this commercial...it doesn't mean it made them filled with rage. It's more like it made me cringe for 5 seconds and perhaps my face looked like I smelled an errant fart.

It's literally the only commercial on TV that makes me change the channel.

[quote]The girl was clearly joking around with her.

On what planet? The snide, smug delivery has zero-percent 'joking' in it

When I first saw it I thought she was a Barb from Stranger Things knockoff. The ad is kinda twee. The park made me think Prospect Park Brooklyn so made me think of how Brooklyn is sold back to people. She's a hip kid. Not sure it's the only way to see her, but her look is not inconsistent a genderqueer presentation. She's not being an asshole or ironic about "what's a computer?" I think they were trying to say she don't care while unintentionally making her look stupid for saying it while looking at one. She's so liberated in her bug drawings that she doesn't know her ipad is a total closed system or care one whit about how it operates or came into being. Thanks Apple.

Little Girl: Why'd you drop a [italic]brick[/italic] on my head??!!

Black Neighbor: What's a brick?

Yes, because black people are violent neanderthals with no self control.

The neighbor was a nosy cunt and lil scout dealt with her accordingly

The real problem is how she clacks the thing shut at the counter of the coffee place. You're not allowed in here again if you use your, sorry...oh yes, iPad at the counter one more time!!

What's a computer? Oh I dunno Apple, just the damn mac that I own. I also own the iPad Pro. I do still use my computers

Seriously stupid commercial

R160 has stated her boundaries.

I'm the same as R152. Commercial is annoying but it in no way makes me want to jump off a bridge or post videos of myself on social media while sobbing, "I LITERALLY can't breathe."

I love when screeching SJW libtards think any criticism or intelligent debate equates to fear or rage. LOL. No, dears, OTT emotion, completely out of all proportion to the issue at hand, is 100% YOUR domain.

Have you read this thread?

R162 clearly jumped to the bottom and went up 10 posts before writing that post.

Clearly, he didn't, R163. I love it when someone makes such a fool of themselves on a thread where it's easy to see that he's a fool.

No he didn't... you can't always interpret emotion from typed text, especially on here where the word "cunt" is more prevalent than the word "the". And there are emotionally hysterical posters on EVERY topic...including spaghetti draining.

-r51- Spot-on analysis! Overall, really kind of insulting the way it is stage-managed. And the kid is annoying. Doesn't she have chores to do around the house?

R130 Nothing says "good manners" like violence against children

[quote]No, dears, OTT emotion, completely out of all proportion to the issue at hand, is 100% YOUR domain.

Oh, absolutely, that's why that guy who repeatedly called to threaten CNN reporters and anchors was clearly an SJW, as was the guy who took a rifle to Comet Pizza.

Oh, wait....

they have another ad starring xer.

Love the new ad too, and she's completely 100% feminine. I don't know what some of you are going on about with her being trans or genderfluid.

She is wearing very hip and trendy clothes, but they are quite girly. She's stylish and you can see lots and lots of younger girls just like her walking around Brooklyn, or do some of you never venture past the boundaries of Hell's Kitchen to see that?

I need a new computer but I’m afraid Apple is fazing out the MacBook for the iPad.

The Mac ain’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Please tell me R171 is a parody post.

Neighbor lady should hit her upside the head with that broom.

I think part of the commercial's attempted appeal is to parents who want to see their children as independent, active and creative.

Yet 99.9 percent of them would never let their own kid bike all over town, climb trees, etc.

r152, you thought r96 was the funniest? I thought r96 was racist and offensive.

Different strokes.

R173 The MacBook hasn’t been elevated in years. Far behind the Surface Pro.

For that matter, the iPad Pro is a complete joke compared to the Surface Pro.

Ha ha.

Xhe is Juno level annoying. That precocious twat who thinks they are so smart, but was so dumb she got pregnant.

Augment reality.

When reality isn't interesting enough for you.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates every frame of this commercial. She's (Xhe? They?) hanging out wearing used clothes and at crappy garage sales and doing "work" on three thousand bucks worth of electronics. Gold Medal level irritating.

What's a computer? It's that thing you're Idaho lesbo mother ordered the sperm from in 2004.

I hate the other iPhone ads where the 20 something women have this 'I'm a tough bitch' air about them. Also, I'm so cool, as if being engrossed with your device like the rest of the planet is somehow 'alternative'.

R177 I win, I win!!!!

- R96

I think she is aspie

I think some of you are just jealous that you don't have iPad Pros yourselves.

Personally I love mine.

[quote] She is dressed in "genderqueer" "non-binary" "trans" style.

She's dressed like a Brooklyn kid. Are you angry that she's not wearing a dress?

[quote] What's a computer? It's that thing you're Idaho lesbo mother ordered the sperm from in 2004.

Deplorable

Let's be honest: the only people complaining about this are older people with no lives. The reason this triggers people is because it reminds them how old they are. Now of course this chick knows what a computer is (the actress) but the gimmick is that tablets are replacing computers similar to how smartphones replaced flip phones. It's similar to how eldergays get pissy when younger people don't know about Stonewall (something that happended awhile ago). It's not the younger generations job to remember your memories. It's a joke move on. How much could a commercial affect you?

R170 She's a break out star!

[quote]R71 She's stylish and you can see lots and lots of younger girls just like her walking around Brooklyn, or do some of you never venture past the boundaries of Hell's Kitchen to see that?

a lot of eldergays here have brains clouded by using poppers too much back in the day. so they're not too in touch

And I like how people are implying she's trandgender because she isn't wearing makeup and a dress past her ankles. But yanno EVERYONE else is pushing the trans agenda?

Transgender*

[quote]R194 I like how people are implying she's trandgender because she isn't wearing makeup and a dress past her ankles.

They want to go back to the Victorian Age.

(Ooops....SORRY....boy is trans!!)

R122 I was just thinking about that thread. Whatever happened to Frankie and Angie?

Kid's mom be all like "I don't know where the fuck she is" at her hot yoga.

Agreed, R191. Who gives a shit about Stonewall.

The commercial is fine until the what’s a computer line. Before that I thought the commercial was giving me modern day Harriet the Spy vibes

R191, what's it like to be so completely wrong about everything?

Do you have to TRY, or does it just come naturally?

[quote]It's not the younger generations job to remember your memories

R191 = troll

R191 Except tablets are not replacing computers. iPad sales have been falling for years now, and laptop and desktop sales have levelled out and may begin to grow. ‘Tablets are useless for what you pay’ is a widespread sentiment. This ad is about Apple’s own commercial desperation to stay relevant which accounts for the tone deafness.

[QUOTE]This ad is about Apple’s own commercial desperation to stay relevant which accounts for the tone deafness.

😂 Yes Apple is so irrelevant. Like they don’t have the most innovative, most talked about smartphone in the iPhone X. Like the Apple Watch didn’t just overtake Rolex as the top selling timepiece globally with enough revenue and profit to be its own Fortune 500 company. Like they’re not on the verge of becoming the first Trillion dollar company. Like they weren’t just ranked the #1 most admired company by Fortune for the 11th consecutive year.

Take a hike, bozo.

This add caters to the kids that can’t afford one.

R203 Apple is doing fine. It's still a billion dollar company regardless of well their tablets sell. The fact you think they need this commercial to be relevant is retarded

R201 What's wrong? Hit to close to home?

Yeah, right. Kids who live in a Brooklyn brownstone with a backyard can't afford tech.

This add caters to the Virtue Signallers.

Screeches gotta screech

[quote] She's dressed like a Brooklyn kid. Are you angry that she's not wearing a dress?

Seriously, she looks like girls I went to school with back in the 80s, but people are acting like this is some crazy agenda pushing look. It’s like talking to the Duggars on here sometimes.

Now I wonder if the Official Datalounge Trans Obsessive is Russian. It's hard to believe anyone doesn't recognize that kid as ......a typical kid.

I remember when my son started kindergarten in NYC and I saw all the little girls back then wearing dresses AND pants together. The more the patterns of the dress and pants clashed, the better. Blue striped dress, red paisley pants, grey and white fake fur jackets, bright yellow socks. I had no idea they were dressing like "genderqueer trans."

R207 you just proved my point. The parents can. The kids can’t.

Sometimes queens on this board are so dumb.

R204, it's sad you think the iPhone X is the most innovative. I guess you think Animoji is amazing or something. Seriously, what a dog of a phone, and that 'notch' is hideous and stupid. And it FINALLY gets features that other phones have had for literally YEARS. It's not innovative, it's playing catch up. Never mind how buggy as fuck iOS 11 is.

Yes, Desperation for Apple to remain relevant... it's stale, boring even... but still so goddamned smug and arrogant and elitist. And sales have been seriously disappointing. Just like iPad sales. And klunky watch sales.

R213 is another Apple-hating Droid user spouting complete nonsense and outright lies. The sales of none of those devices have been disappointing. Stop letting your emotions get the better of you.

She's (he's?) a thinly veiled younger version of SNL's Pat. Apple's attempt to be hip and progressive, featuring an actor of questionable gender.

[quote]210 It’s like talking to the Duggars on here sometimes.

ie, DataTards.

I assumed she's supposed to be Brooklyn hipster spawn, so I'm surprised they named her Scout. Didn't that become passé a few years after Demi Moore used it for her daughter in 1991?

That kid is soooo clearly meant to look like a transgender Barb from "Stranger Things".

"Apple sees a big jump in iPad unit sales"

Scout can augment reality with xer iPad Pro by snapping a selfie and overlaying a cis-peen on xer image.

Comments have been pulled at YouTube...yep, it’s that bad

I really don't understand the "trans" comments, either. Her appearance is basically me in 1983. I liked garage sales and running around on my own, on a boy's bike that I bought from a friend. (I never would have been given something, like an iPad Pro, that is expensive and easy to lose.) That said, I would have answered the neighbor with, "I'm doing a report for school" and waited for the grown-up to respond.

[quote]I really don't understand the "trans" comments, either

We have a few [italic]really[/italic] obsessed individuals here who can bring transgender comments into any conversation. "That woman removed from Southwest Airlines looks trans!" "I ghosted a friend because they were spouting 'transtapo' propaganda!" "Relationship deal-breaker for me is when they support transgender issues!" "Democrats can never win an election if they support transgender rights." Etc., etc., etc.

Just ignore them and move on.

[quote] The girl was clearly joking around with her.

[quote] She is very hip and girly

You are both erasing my gender. I am not a "girl," I am a persxn, and my preferred gender pronouns are "ze," "zim," and "zir."

If you continue to misgender me I will report you.

[quote] [R207] you just proved my point. The parents can. The kids can’t.

Wow you're retarded. Children don't buy iPads. Children watch television, see a product and ask their parents to buy it for them. This has been going on since Saturday morning cartoons debuted in the late 50s or early 1960s.

i dont know any families that •don't• have tablets for their kids. This commercial is aimed at kids to make the apple tablet seem the coolest, so kids will ask mom and dad to get that specific one for them for Christmas or their birthday or as a reward for good grades. I know this seems alien to you, but that's how families -- and how advertizers-- work.

You just know this kid does not know Cursive. Can't read it. Can't write it. Doesn't want to.

So, when the EMP hits, the kid will be lost, wandering in a desert of ignorance.

Too bad. So sad.

What's a nitwit?

These fucking kids and their lack of cursive handwriting makes me sick.

Doesn't the fact that the actress plays a trans adjacent character on her TV show indicate they were looking to pander to that crowd?

Or it could indicate that she auditioned for the commercial and they liked her.

'The people who don't get this thread or the comments are the clueless ones defending it

1. First of all people here are having fun joking about the ad. There is zero hysteria or rage. A lot of the comments are very funny . ' 2. The most clueless comment might be "what do you want her to do , wear a 'dress?'

the kid is not dressed tomboy style, but very affected intentionally ugly "genderfluid trans nonbinary' style of 20 sometihngs that have been indoctrinated in this bs. Why is she dressing like a 20 year old and doing things older kids would do? The point of the ad is to push "hip" things and they think it is even more "now' and "young" to have a kid doing it.... plus the latest accessory "transkids"

No kid dressed like that in 1983. Kids rode around on their bikes sure, but they were not seeking out the trendiest bullshit like this kid. The 80s had their ugly moments but no one cool was wearing those glasses. Secretaries and some poor kids maybe.

Along with the rudenss of the what' s a computer line and it its delivery - we are supposed to be charmed by that, .

This was NOT going on in the 80s

"What's a computer?"

"That thing you're working on. Do you know what a kick in the cunt is?"

Seriously, if any of you haven't had an Android device, make the switch. Their technology is ahead of Apple's by miles. Apple was boasting of finally having wireless chsrginf, but I had it with my s6 years ago.

Droids are a better choice fiscally, and is more user friendly. The one thing I'll give to iPhone, is their camera. Unless taking the perfect selfie, and having an iPhone for the hell of it is important to you, go Android.

I bet that little cunt can’t even chisel cuneiform!

R228 you just proved my point, moron.

Yeah, R228 isn’t very bright

[quote]R230 These fucking kids and their lack of cursive handwriting makes me sick.

LOCK 'EM UP!

My fave "Scout/Sport" is Mary Badham -- she's the real deal . . .

smart kids know cursive

scientists are discovering that learning cursive is an important tool for cognitive development

. When the children composed text by hand, they not only consistently produced more words more quickly than they did on a keyboard, but expressed more ideas.

What practical real world purpose is there for learning cursive? Think of all the writing you do all day long. Is even 10% of it by hand? It’s hard to think of anytime that you’re not typing on a computer, iPad or phone. I bet you think kids need to learn how to change typewriter ribbon and switch out the records on the phonograph too!

r244 those sound like activities the nonbinary child in the ad would love to do, to show how adorkable xhe is.

well, the iPad ad says anything "old" is very bad and to be avoided, R245

I guess you didn't read the articles at R243 and R242 that basically says cursive makes you more intelligent , R244

The fact some are still arguing about what little girls should and shouldn't wear shows how invested we are in molding them into a traditionally subservient role [bold]: ([/bold]

If a girl wants to cut off her hair, run around in geeky glasses and wear jeans, work on your own look if it bothers you.

Go buy your own bonnet if you love them so much.

[quote]R244 What practical real world purpose is there for learning cursive?

You can bet kids in private school still learn cursive handwriting. It means they have a tool, and social status, kids from public school don't. It will become a very strong marker between the [italic]haves[/italic] and the [italic]have-nots[/italic] as time goes by.

It also means the individual will be completely dependent on accesories in the workplace. One power failure and they're useless. If they're going to become a car mechanic or cafeteria worker maybe they don't need it, but working with others at higher levels they do.

I like the image of them bringing a Post-It to their boss' office and interrupting to ask what instruction is written on it...or what the scribbles on their proof-read rough draft for a proposal mean.

Maybe we could introduce her to Barron.

The tone-deaf idiots who think this is about a dress are clueless

TRANS are the ones pushing the stereotypes in clothing and toys etc. and kids are paying for this right now

r226, thanks, I was getting upset, and being reminded of that handy "ignore" option helps.

I wonder: Do these people that leap at every opportunity to say these eerily familiar things about transfolk have [italic]any[/italic] friends, family, coworkers or neighbors who are trans? Have they forgotten that those are the same aggressions hurled at non-heteros over the decades -- or are they merely shit-stirring trolls?

R249 A great idea brought to you by DL's creepy child obsessives

Our children are the CORNERSTONE of America's FUTURE!

[quote] TRANS are the ones pushing the stereotypes in clothing and toys etc. and kids are paying for this right now

Your postings on DL are the punishment?

They don't give a fuck about your deranged, pearl-clutching hysteria. And neither do the rest of us, really.

trans are responsible for an extreme anti-gay cleanse going on right now

do "trans" supporters realize this is part of a long history of anti-gay cruelty and prejudice - along with shock treatment, mental hospitals, medical experiments, prison , execution, and concentration camps?

R253 cannot address the point because it is true

T always resorts to deflection, lies, slurs, threats

[quote]R254 do "trans" supporters realize this is part of a long history of anti-gay cruelty and prejudice - along with shock treatment, mental hospitals, medical experiments, prison , execution, and concentration camps?

When I count to three, you will waken from your sweaty nightmare....feeling calm and refreshed.

Trans are NOT the enemy of gay people. They support us and we should support them. We’re all queer brothers and sisters together.

It's just so fucking twee. And I have to worry about the nature of a kid who climbs up in a tree way out on a branch to type, or who lies on her stomach in the grass to type when there's a chair nearby. And to be so dismissive and rude to the neighbor lady, not even glancing her way.... this commercial is just terrible, and the kid is terrible, and the product is terrible and over-priced....

I can't believe there's anyone defending anything about this commercial.

It's so bad it's made me hate the music. I hear that intro and immediately change the channel. I feel bad for whatever group did that music, hoping to get a really popular hit out of it. I love the music with some of the other Apple ads (the ones that don't completely suck). But man, this is the worst ad I've ever seen and it's made me HATE the music.

[quote]Trans are NOT the enemy of gay people. They support us and we should support them. We’re all queer brothers and sisters together.

They are absolutely the biggest enemy of gay men and lesbians right now

They are pushing a gay cleanse of children

They destroyed gay organizations

They are destroying gay progress

They insult and attack gay men and lesbians

The word "queer' is a slur against gay people

You are crazy, R259 and should seek help.

And you cannot refute any of that R260, so you insult

Seriously, r259, you don't sound like you're "clutching pearls", you sound like a danger to yourself or others. Seek help.

[quote]R257 Trans are NOT the enemy of gay people. They support us and we should support them. We’re all queer brothers and sisters together.

It's sad this even has to be said. But Yes (obviously)

Part of the problem for some is there's so few trans people in our everyday lives (they're a tiny minority) that some people just react to what they see on the Internet. [talic]("If it's on the Internet, it MUST be true!")[/italic] So they read some article about a supposed "trans rebelion" and go into meltdown mode.

It's like when conservatives who would use footage of Dykes on Bikes, or extreme gays in drag and assless chaps, from Pride Marches and cry, "THIS is the gay community! STOP THEM!" When really, that was only a small percent of gay people's lives.

Surely there are angry, crazy trans people with a spiteful agenda, just like there are angry, crazy field workers, housewives, bank presidents etc. with a spiteful agenda. But again, they're a small number that doesn't necessarily represent all those classes of people.

I don't know what makes some fear trans individuals. It's probably because they don't really know any. So they don't see them as individuals...but rather as a scary THEM.

Bravo, R263. It's rare to find someone with such good sense on DL these days!

T can only insult. They cannot defend their homophobic, sexist insanity.

Couple of things. First, Apple is feeling the heat from Microsoft for their line of Surface products. I draw for a living in a real office at a real firm, and I have a Surface Studio. I also have a Surface Pro. It makes anything Apple has come up with look like and feel like shit. The stylus on the shitty Apple stuff feels like you are drawing with a plastic straw. The Microsoft Surface line is amazing with the feel of the pen, and it's more responsive.

The kid was beat by an ugly stick, and fits the bill for the product. I don't care what you want to call her, but she's an obnoxious little weirdo.

True Apple is going for every hot button in this creepy commercial, but they have to. They suck.

The girl actually does look up & she looks back to the neighbor when answering. I had to watch it again to double check. I thought she didn't look up from the tablet either...from memory.

The commercial is so bad that it actually changes your memory of it - no joke. This kind of thing is studied in cognitive psychology. I remember a class in college where we studied experiments where similar kinds of things happened. Maybe it's social psychology too actually. I think I remember it being common in stereotype research - like you more easily remember the things congruent with your existing beliefs.

[quote]I don't know what makes some fear trans individuals. It's probably because they don't really know any. So they don't see them as individuals...but rather as a scary THEM

Hi, Meredith! Stop plugging that god-awful mag of yours, THEM.

I've never met a neo-nazi before but I guess by applying your logic my dislike of them is irrational because I've never met one. Darn! I'll make sure to met one full blown tranny and one neo-nazi soon to make sure my dislike of them is warranted or not.

[quote]R266 I draw for a living in a real office at a real firm...

BUT CAN YOU WRITE CURSIVE??

I am still fixated on this...

Dear R268

R269 after reading my post at R268

I know logic is difficult for members of the trans cult!

oh and R270 too

r199 has to be [italic]pretending[/italic] to be some sort of stereotypical "lazy-thinking Millennial", just to stir up division. None of the self-respecting younger queers I've met have ever been that vacuous.

[quote]What's a computer? It's that thing you're Idaho lesbo mother ordered the sperm from in 2004.

LOL. Best post by a landslide.

[quote]Surely there are angry, crazy trans people with a spiteful agenda, just like there are angry, crazy field workers, housewives, bank presidents etc. with a spiteful agenda. But again, they're a small number that doesn't necessarily represent all those classes of people.

Nope. It's all of them. There are no normal trannies. All are damaged and dysfunctional.....mentally unstable. If they were normal they wouldn't be going around telling everyone the sky is green. There is no such thing as being born the "wrong" sex. There is only acceptance of what is.

[quote]I don't know what makes some fear trans individuals. It's probably because they don't really know any. So they don't see them as individuals...but rather as a scary THEM.

Here we go again with the "fear" accusation. No one fears trans. LOL. Things can be extremely annoying without being scary. Like gnats in summertime. You just swat them away. LGB needs to take a big can of RAID and spray it all over T.

R275 sounds exactly like a bigoted right-winger insisting there's no such thing as homosexuality.

Exactly, R276. When did DL turn into Freerepublic?

Pretty sure R199 was being sarcastic, R273.

The bigots are the ones supporting the transing of kids. That is a big crime pushed by T because of their backward, bigoted, homophobic and sexist ideas. T = bigotry and ignorance.

This commercial has nothing to do with trans or cursive

Sales of the pricey new iPhone X are reportedly much lower than Apple expected.

There were no lines at Apples Stores for the iPhone 8/X release this time.

The bloom is off the rose.

And if this ad affects most people the way it affects me, their sales will drop further.

Not a fan of this commercial either. There's something annoying about that smiling girl at 0:11 that makes me want to change the channel.

[quote]T = bigotry and ignorance....

....writes an ignorant bigot.

[quote]Exactly, R276. When did DL turn into Freerepublic?

It didn't. We just managed to acquire a few obsessive loons, who have been working to turn multiple threads, no matter the topic, into bigoted free-for-alls like this one. One of those loons, in particular, is even more persistent, with multiple accounts and clear signs of having ... issues.

They've been posting the same shit here for about the past two and a half years, with hundreds of threads and thousands of posts. You can't talk to them, they are immune to logic, reason, or actual data, so your best bet is just to ignore them and move on.

Yes, trans are very supportive of gays

Super tranny Sophia Banks:

The most annoying part of this commercial to me is the background music. Doop, doop, whereisityouwanttogo, whereisityouwanttogo?

is the black woman xir's maid?

[quote]We just managed to acquire a few obsessive loons... They've been posting the same shit here for about the past two and a half years, with hundreds of threads and thousands of posts. You can't talk to them, they are immune to logic, reason, or actual data, so your best bet is just to ignore them and move on.

ikr? Like wtf, how are there suddenly so many fucking lunatics on this site, a GAY-FRIENDLY SITE, pushing the insane trans agenda every chance they get? Insisting that trannies were the real heroes of Stonewall, accusing lesbians of "transphobia" (which isn't a real thing, btw) when said lesbians don't want to suck their dicks, insisting that dicks can be feminine and men can give birth... it's a fucking madhouse here!

R288, I think it is just one or two Ts posting over and over. They do this on every T-related thread. They have nothing credible to say and just call people names and try to shut threads down. The t madness cannot stand scrutiny so they try to silence discussion.

Your part of the rebel alliance and a trader. Take her away!

What’s an Android?

R291, it's a more powerful, flexible, feature-rich, and customizable phone operating system than iOS will ever be.

[quote] well, the iPad ad says anything "old" is very bad and to be avoided,

Really, grandma? Where does the iPad ad say that? And could you please use the belt on your bathrobe and tie it tightly at your waist instead of leaving it open? Thanks a bunch, hon.

r293 you're not exactly the queen of spotting subtext, are you?

Show us your subtext, R294

The iPhone X is such a groundbreaking phone Apple is already halving production of it...

[quote]The iPhone X is such a groundbreaking phone Apple is already halving production of it...

Apparently many people aren't stupid enough to spend up to $1000 for a fucking cell phone. Maybe there's hope for humanity yet.

[quote] Apparently many people aren't stupid enough to spend up to $1000 for a fucking cell phone.

My 20-y.o. nephew is, the fucking idiot.

He even bragged about it, like he thought I would be impressed!

I think the ad is trying to appeal to Brooklyn-ish parents, who put up the cash for these products.

They want to be believe that rather than creating a device zombie by wielding to their brat's request to buy one, they are buying their children some 'freedom' and maybe some 'individuality'. Their child won't be locked up in a room with the tablet, they'll be out exploring the world, doing cool things.

But we know better DL.

Oh, all iPhone sales are down...

[quote]Their child won't be locked up in a room with the tablet, they'll be out exploring the world, doing cool things.

Like sitting way out on the limb of a tree, with her nose in her iPad Pro (instead of enjoying nature) ----which she could do more comfortably and safely at home?

That lil shaver is goin’ places

I hate this commercial with the fiery heat of a thousand suns.

I will never buy another Apple product so long as I live.

Lol. I just found this thread. I find the commercial mildly annoying, but that's most commercials. I had no idea there was this sort of backlash.

Sign O the Times, R304...

"I love my iMac and will never move to just an iPad.

Am I the only one who loves a giant computer screen to look at?"

I just bought a new desktop computer. Of course I have mobile options (laptop, tablet). But, if I'm going to be at home in place, I much prefer to work on the desktop.

I see we're still processing our PTSD caused by this commercial. Each city should have a support group to help these people before they hurt someone.

Lol, R307. Sure I can see it being a tad annoying, but 95% of commercials are a tad annoying. Why is this commercial causing meltdowns among DLers?

I want to punch myself in the face after watching this.

This is my favorite response ever to those "get a mac" morons... Mac laptops are so far behind the curve it's not even funny: