October 30, 2014

Oh, good grief

Tim Cook (CEO of Apple) just came out as gay. So now all the Mac users can add an additional layer of smug to their demeanor -- not ONLY are they using the finest computer in the universe, not ONLY is it non-Microsoft, but it's also politically correct! A blow against heteronormativity!

Moan... (Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Apple?)

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Weird World at 03:54 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 What do you mean "just came out"? He was called "the most powerful gay man in Silicon Valley" back when he succeeded Steve Jobs. Jeez.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at October 30, 2014 06:24 AM (RqRa5)

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 30, 2014 06:39 AM (+rSRq)

3 "I'd never use that Office-normative Unix-phobic cis-Windows garbage!"

(and, yes, Tim Cook's been out for a long time, but in the run-up to the midterm elections, he's joined the ranks of the in-your-face)

-j

Posted by: J Greely at October 30, 2014 07:18 AM (1CisS)

4 Whatever you might say about the idiocy of a vocal segment of Apple's userbase, not to mention the horrible, horrible design aesthetics of iOS7...  Retina iMac.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 30, 2014 08:05 AM (PiXy!)

5 Yeah, the only Pride that really bugs me at Apple is the 20-something designers who are Proud of their ability to put thin gray fonts on gray backgrounds, with transparency effects thrown in to eliminate any residual legibility. And they're extra-Proud to be migrating this nonsense to the Mac.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at October 30, 2014 08:13 AM (1CisS)

6 So he's not "coming out". He was out for a long time. He's just playing the divisive identity politics in the eve of the elections. And one of my friends have already rushed to lick his posterior on Twitter. So predictable.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at October 30, 2014 08:41 AM (RqRa5)

7 I wonder if he's doing this as a way of getting out from under the shadow of Steve Jobs?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 30, 2014 10:44 AM (+rSRq)

8 I suspect that the widespread coverage of his announcement would be a little different if he'd said "I'm proud to be worth $400 million", or worse, "I'm proud to be a white male", perhaps to the tune of "Sweet Home Alabama".

-j

Posted by: J Greely at October 30, 2014 11:44 AM (fpXGN)

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