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Apple CEO Tim Cook Featured in Latest South Park Episode

ginkobiloba said:
It seems most of the comments have not seen this part :
"Cook was derided on social media and in news articles for his bootlicking, but it has been successful for Apple. Apple continues to be largely exempt from the high tariffs that have been imposed on countries like China and India."

It's very easy to feel superior, pure and virtuous while sitting comfortably at home, but if the Big Mafia Boss comes to your company along with a bunch of thugs swinging baseball bats, and says "Nice company you have there. It would be a shame if something bad happened to it ", well, you pay the "protection" fee , because there is no police to protect you, the Don owns the police as well.

What would you have done instead ? Refuse and let him destroy Apple just to look like a heroic martyr ?
I actually feel bad for Tim Cook. He certainly knew he was going to be publicaly humiliated on social media , but he did what he had to do to protect Apple from the Orange Psychopath.
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Your question would have been the first sentence in my posting - but you were first. So I just quote your posting.
Curious about possible anwers from the audience here.
 
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BornAgainMac said:
Any notice that Governor Gavin Newsom is creating Trump-like posts in social media. Trump controlled media is responding and saying how unprofessional of his posts. But that is kinda of the point is to point how Trump normalizes insane posts that you would normally not see from a President. It is an interesting strategy to help point that out.

I still miss the South Park older episodes when they created a character to represented Trump without having to use his actual image. I guess not being subtle and just spelling it out is the new strategy going forward. South Park is not holding back anymore.
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Trump does it because that’s who he is. Newaome is doing it becaise he thinks it will help make him look cool. It’s so fake and cringeworthy. Whomever advised him it was a good idea should be fired.
 
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iPhoneFan5349 said:
It has nothing to do with being old. If you go watch the old episodes they are great, this here is just mediocre commedy. They are still relevant because they use today topics, if they didn’t people wouldn’t care about them anymore.
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I felt the same way. I don't wanna see di*ks every 5 minutes just to get some shock factor. The Boys ruined that pretty quick. it was like 1 DPE and now its like 5 DPE (Di*ks per episode)
 
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JamesMay82 said:
Is it fair to say this is a left leaning forum? He did win the popular vote but everything so far is negative about him on here
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I mean... You could be a Republican and still hate Trump. The way Americans are so obsessed over a person, especially a POLITICIAN is just strange to me. Having a two party system doesn't really help I guess. It's like watching Apple VS Android people fight. You'd think a president has the interest of ALL people on their mind, not just the ones that voted for that person for various reasons but the US is unfortunately leaning more into the whole "omg this idea is from the "other side?!" - REJECTED. This is why I prefer a multi party system. You can't decide anything on your own and always need the support of others to find a middle ground.
 
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ginkobiloba said:
It seems most of the comments have not seen this part :
"Cook was derided on social media and in news articles for his bootlicking, but it has been successful for Apple. Apple continues to be largely exempt from the high tariffs that have been imposed on countries like China and India."

It's very easy to feel superior, pure and virtuous while sitting comfortably at home, but if the Big Mafia Boss comes to your company along with a bunch of thugs swinging baseball bats, and says "Nice company you have there. It would be a shame if something bad happened to it ", well, you pay the "protection" fee , because there is no police to protect you, the Don owns the police as well.

What would you have done instead ? Refuse and let him destroy Apple just to look like a heroic martyr ?
I actually feel bad for Tim Cook. He certainly knew he was going to be publicaly humiliated on social media , but he did what he had to do to protect Apple from the Orange Psychopath.

What would you have done instead ?
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It is successful because it is corruption. Tim Cook and most CEOs and corporations are only about the bottom line. Cook's decisions with Trump have profited him and the company in the short term.

I'd have made a different decision, but people that would make a different decision don't rise to become CEOs of major companies. They don't become billionaires. History will not look back on this kindly.
 
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tk421 said:
It is successful because it is corruption. Tim Cook and most CEOs and corporations are only about the bottom line. Cook's decisions with Trump have profited him and the company in the short term.

I'd have made a different decision, but people that would make a different decision don't rise to become CEOs of major companies. They don't become billionaires. History will not look back on this kindly.
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So in the position "sink or swim", you would have sunk, right?
 
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tk421 said:
It is successful because it is corruption. Tim Cook and most CEOs and corporations are only about the bottom line. Cook's decisions with Trump have profited him and the company in the short term.

I'd have made a different decision, but people that would make a different decision don't rise to become CEOs of major companies. They don't become billionaires. History will not look back on this kindly.
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Exactly! And what people always fail to either mention or realize, is that companies in the US don't have to go public and throw all morals, honor, and integrity out the window to boost the bottom line to appease the board and shareholders. People make that decision.
 
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ginkobiloba said:
It seems most of the comments have not seen this part :
"Cook was derided on social media and in news articles for his bootlicking, but it has been successful for Apple. Apple continues to be largely exempt from the high tariffs that have been imposed on countries like China and India."

It's very easy to feel superior, pure and virtuous while sitting comfortably at home, but if the Big Mafia Boss comes to your company along with a bunch of thugs swinging baseball bats, and says "Nice company you have there. It would be a shame if something bad happened to it ", well, you pay the "protection" fee , because there is no police to protect you, the Don owns the police as well.

What would you have done instead ? Refuse and let him destroy Apple just to look like a heroic martyr ?
I actually feel bad for Tim Cook. He certainly knew he was going to be publicaly humiliated on social media , but he did what he had to do to protect Apple from the Orange Psychopath.

What would you have done instead ?
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As it’s always been; “Ya’gotta’ pay ta’ play” — especially with the crooked GRIFT the trump crime family plays!
 
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tk421 said:
It is successful because it is corruption. Tim Cook and most CEOs and corporations are only about the bottom line. Cook's decisions with Trump have profited him and the company in the short term.

I'd have made a different decision, but people that would make a different decision don't rise to become CEOs of major companies. They don't become billionaires. History will not look back on this kindly.
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So if Cook did the "right thing" and didn't bootlick him, and Apple got slapped with a 3000% tarriff ( or whatever number TACO feels like that day ), you would accept paying $2000 or $3000 for an iPhone ?
 
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contacos said:
I mean... You could be a Republican and still hate Trump. The way Americans are so obsessed over a person, especially a POLITICIAN is just strange to me. Having a two party system doesn't really help I guess. It's like watching Apple VS Android people fight. You'd think a president has the interest of ALL people on their mind, not just the ones that voted for that person for various reasons but the US is unfortunately leaning more into the whole "omg this idea is from the "other side?!" - REJECTED. This is why I prefer a multi party system. You can't decide anything on your own and always need the support of others to find a middle ground.
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Yeah it does turn into an apple v android type debate.

I’m more right leaning but that doesn’t mean I agree with everything they say and I sometimes like ideas from in the middle and left. We just need the best ideas.

I miss being in my 20’s when I didn’t watch the news and coasting through life blissfully unaware!
 
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iMac The Knife said:
Exactly! And what people always fail to either mention or realize, is that companies in the US don't have to go public and throw all morals, honor, and integrity out the window to boost the bottom line to appease the board and shareholders. People make that decision.
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I'll make you a bet that it will make zero difference and people will continue to buy Apple just as they have in the past. Very different to the world where Apple gets slapped with crazy tariffs all over the place for not falling in line, then the "people" will stop buying
 
JamesMay82 said:
Yeah it does turn into an apple v android type debate.

I’m more right leaning but that doesn’t mean I agree with everything they say and I sometimes like ideas from in the middle and left. We just need the best ideas.

I miss being in my 20’s when I didn’t watch the news and coasting through life blissfully unaware!
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Oh you and me both. I also feel like the media has to give everything a negative spin nowadays like there simply cannot be good news?

For instance, a new train line opened here in Berlin and now it takes only 25 minutes to get to the airport and it runs 4 times an hour instead of only 2 times as before. What does the media do? WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION!

Another example. Finally rain after a heat wave but nooooo now it will potentially maybe maybe not cause flooding. We can't just be happy that it rains after a month? ****

/Rant over
 
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iMac The Knife said:
I would if they were made in the USA. I already pay $2,000 for my phones as it stands today, so I wouldn't sweat it at all.
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Even if somehow this happen, all this would mean is a robot in US made it vs one somewhere else and we would have to pay for all the investment cost to build factories.
 
pdaholic said:
Guess I'm just getting old. I used to love South Park, but I stopped watching it years ago and couldn't get through the first episode of this season after it was recommended to me.
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Gee, I can't imagine why you'd be upset with it and not be able to watch it. Hummm. I guess, wait. Should we all guess? Satire works on bullies, thus the old man in orange face make-up has only bluster and cruelty. But I still wonder what changed for you?
 
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iPhoneFan5349 said:
It has nothing to do with being old. If you go watch the old episodes they are great, this here is just mediocre commedy. They are still relevant because they use today topics, if they didn’t people wouldn’t care about them anymore.
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Eye roll.
 
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