Shuffling across the memetic landscape
March 10th, 2005 by Kelson. Posted in Apple and tagged for disclaimers, gum, happyfunball, iPod, memesTwo months later, 12,500 pages mention Apple’s “Do not eat iPod shuffle” joke.
Ironically, one page that doesn’t mention it is the one that started it all. Apple has removed the footnote from its iPod shuffle product page. Sure, the comparison to a pack of gum is still there, but I guess enough people thought it was a stupid-lawyer trick instead of, you know, a joke.
Something I didn’t notice at the time, though: the U.K. version was worded differently: “Do not chew iPod shuffle.” Perhaps reflecting the relative populations, this phrase only pulls 48 hits (soon to be 49, I expect).
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