Apple Customers Not Attractive Enough For Wired.co.uk
by John Walker on May.28, 2010, under The Rest
Right – I’m removing this because the editor of Wired.co.uk sincerely explains that they didn’t mean to insult the man’s looks, and agrees that it looks as though they were, and has changed it accordingly. So all is well.
Although I doubt they’ll be offering me work any time soon : )
May 28th, 2010 on 10:39
If it’d been “Yup, HE was the first UK iPad buyer to emerge from the Apple Store this morning. Looks pleased” would it not be essentially the same?
You’re right that they seem to be repulsed by the idea of somebody who’s not a photogenic cutie being the first to buy the iPad, but I don’t think the “this” means they’re treating him like a sub-human.
That’d be the whole thing.
May 28th, 2010 on 10:41
Having said that, the photo is clearly a set-up anyway.
Apple customers are all super-cool young hipsters. Their adverts told me this, so it must be true.
May 28th, 2010 on 15:53
I only found this in my RSS feed once the dust had settled, so what happened? Near as I can tell:
Wired made fun of ugly people at the iPad launch, you blogged, they relented, you redacted?
May 28th, 2010 on 20:22
Hey, was it launched today? I guess the one that arrived in the post yesterday must have been early.