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i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:18 pm

Can you believe that Apple didn't think that there would be any backlash when they started selling "baby shaker" for the i-phone?

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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:37 pm

That's horrible. I hate people.
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm

For some reason, that link didnt work for me.
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm

Jigar wrote:
For some reason, that link didnt work for me.


I think you need to shake your computer a bit for the link to work
 
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:42 pm

I thought it was funny as hell. Maybe you can snuff it out under a pillow, or drown it in a bathtub next!
 
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:03 pm

Oh God, that makes me sick.... :cry:
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:38 pm

Maybe they'll make one that you have to shake up and down repeatedly until you get a result... :o
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:00 pm

i dont get it. its not like apple is making this standard iphone software. why should anyone care if OTHER people have the ability to purchase very mildly innapropriate software? sheesh... these people need jobs
 
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:20 am

People need to lighten up a bit.
 
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:38 am

Throwing it into a casual conversation, or making an occasional dead baby joke is fine, but to make an actual app for it is just poor taste.
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:19 am

Yeah, lets pull this.

Come on, none of you have ever been in a restaurant and had a screaming crying baby that the parents were paying no mind to? You didn't want to run over and shake the **** out of that baby, and punch the parents in the face? Its a VIDEO GAME for christ's sake. Do you get offended at curb stomping people in GTA? Do you get upset about killing people americans when you're on the axis side in CoD?
 
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:06 am

Sick, but somehow very funny too.

They just need to stick Steve Ballmer's face on the baby and I'm sure Apple will start selling it again.

MethylONE wrote:
Maybe they'll make one that you have to shake up and down repeatedly until you get a result... :o


Yes, I just tried searching for iWank... no luck I'm afraid, seems iPhone owners don't need an app for that :wink:

Anyone got any more ideas for bad taste iPhone games...

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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:39 am

Hey, I thought it was morbidly funny. But then, I can be the epitome of bad taste.
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:05 am

The whole point of the app was to BE tasteless. If you find it tasteless, they succeeded. I find it tasteless, but it's also not meant for me. Meh. Sometimes people get too worked up over stuff. Red Xs over the eyes are a clear indicator that it was meant for people who like dead baby jokes.

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drown it in a bathtub next!

random aside, I lost a sibling that way (accidental, though) when I was not quite 5 years old.
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Re: i-Phone baby shaker

Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:08 am

This thread reminds me I need to play some kitten cannon.

Joking aside, some of the comments on Digg were pointing out how the iPhone app for Southpark wasn't allowed to be in the app store because it was inappropriate. How is this any better than anything that Southpark was to do?
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