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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: metafour on Sun, 18 March 2012, 12:46:51

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: metafour on Sun, 18 March 2012, 12:46:51

Do you use Instapaper? If so, how good do the new Instapaper fonts look on the retina display?

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 18 March 2012, 13:12:30

Maybe I should feel guilty about buying so many Apple products, but at least Apple is giving these factory workers raises. If they were not making Apple products they would be making something else so I don't feel bad.

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: eth0s on Sun, 18 March 2012, 13:16:14

I bought an ipad 3 on Friday, but I gave it to my wife, so it's her soul that will burn in hell for all eternity, and not mine.

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: noog on Sun, 18 March 2012, 13:17:04

True they could be working the rice patties or something. And why don't they bring up the other big companies that use the place as well?

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 18 March 2012, 13:20:06

Quote from: noog;549786

True they could be working the rice patties or something. And why don't they bring up the other big companies that use the place as well?

I mean they make Xbox's at foxconn too, but you don't hear anyone trying to lynch Microsoft over it.

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 18 March 2012, 14:36:34

Whenever one of those poor Foxconn people jumps their blood is on YOUR hands ripster...

(http://www.everythingicafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/500x_500x_foxconn-workers.jpg)

Oh wait I think Foxconn fixed that issue.

(http://media.bestofmicro.com/I/E/253382/original/500x_foxconn_nets.jpg)

(http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/foxnet-sg.jpg)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZ_1-8nyRZM/Tyc9b6YjxHI/AAAAAAAAC1o/8jOqKoWTSUM/s1600/foxconn-nets.jpg)

(http://www.iandaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/10435-newly-installed-nets-to-prevent-workers-from.jpg)

Hey you! Get out of damn net and get back to work!

(http://hothardware.com/newsimages/Item13311/Foxconn_Worker.jpg)

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Sun, 18 March 2012, 15:18:20

I have a 4S and miss my droid :(

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: mbc on Sun, 18 March 2012, 15:31:49

hey apple is the good guy here, it's not like they are making any profits off these so called oppressed workers.. they should be thankful to have a job in this economy anyway ...

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 18 March 2012, 15:57:48

These factories put their workers' safety first.

Look how they encourage the use of safe recycled products to replace bluetooth devices:


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Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: jwaz on Sun, 18 March 2012, 19:15:34

Glass is a great journalist and fantastic storyteller (The kind of glasses he wears doesn't change the quality of his work). Daisey is riding a hype wave on Apple's back and twisting fact/ flat out lying to better sell his story. Glass stands behind his work to the point of immediately coming out with corrections because he has journalistic integrity and professionalism while Daisey just dodges his question and hides behind his "art"...

Keep hype alive.

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 18 March 2012, 20:43:05

If those Foxconn workers were all fired because the company was shut down over in humane working conditions. I wonder how many would be jumping then if they couldn't feed their families. It's not a perfect system, but it is better then nothing.

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: REVENGE on Sun, 18 March 2012, 21:03:11

Quote from: ripster;550123

Chinese Sushi

I hope you're vaccinated.

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: yttrium on Mon, 19 March 2012, 12:15:49

Quote from: ripster;550143

I was one of those obnoxious iPad people

I hate those people...

Title: Why Ripster is NOT Guilty About Buying a iPad from Opressed Chinese Workers
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 19 March 2012, 12:30:37

Quote from: ripster;550143

Actually I was one of those obnoxious iPad people showing off their iPad in the restaurant to my parents.

Mom wasn't impressed.  But then she accused one of the waiters of being hispanic.

Here it's the other way around.  The waitstaff is Asian and the cooks are Hispanic.