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Apple's iPad: Will It Blend?
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that guy who blends stuff should be sent to an underdeveloped country and be thrown in the middle of the street with no food and in danger of getting raped by 4 bear bikers...that guy and the whole production behind that stupidity should get a hard lesson on hard work ethics to realize they are wasting money on machines that could've been useful for someone not so fortunate..shame on these people.
How sad, I could have had that iPad.. Could you imagine being that iPad, being so excited to make someone's life become so awesome, then you get blended... Lucky iPad's don't have feelings, or do they?
Very effective advertising for the blender, but the owner missed an opportunity to come out with a larger sized "iPad compatible" carafe.
Like many, I understand that this act isn't hurting the economy. It probably even helps the economy in a weird and perverted way. I also understand that we humans waste an enormous amount of perfectly good food, drinking water and other non-replaceable natural resources every day. And no, I don't shed any tears when some old and worn television is taken to the local recycling depot.
So why does this stupid 'will it blend' series anger me so much? I think it's to do with the cynicism and the willful destruction of a brand new and perfectly good device that was never used in any meaningful way. And it's to do with the completely meaningless purpose of that destruction: getting attention.
For all the idiots who defend this series purely because it succeeds at getting attention and therefore helps BlendTec make money, let's see where your moral boundaries lie. Because these commercials would attract even greater audiences if they blended puppies. Or kittens. Or donor organs. What's that? No living things? Okay, sissies. Let's blend rare drugs. Expensive replacement heart valves. Like any iPad, they're just objects. Right? Or try the ultimate cynicism: blend a million dollars. (Actually, that's been done.)
By the aloof and detached financial argument, if it makes them any money it's okay right? And it's cool. From reading this thread, laughing about these stupid pranks and muttering rationalizations is what makes you a man.
Personally, I think the world right now would be better off without these MTV Jackass-inspired boys who equate masculinity to stupidity. Being dumb ain't cool. Showing that you care takes far more courage.
So why does this stupid 'will it blend' series anger me so much? I think it's to do with the cynicism and the willful destruction of a brand new and perfectly good device that was never used in any meaningful way. And it's to do with the completely meaningless purpose of that destruction: getting attention.
For all the idiots who defend this series purely because it succeeds at getting attention and therefore helps BlendTec make money, let's see where your moral boundaries lie. Because these commercials would attract even greater audiences if they blended puppies. Or kittens. Or donor organs. What's that? No living things? Okay, sissies. Let's blend rare drugs. Expensive replacement heart valves. Like any iPad, they're just objects. Right? Or try the ultimate cynicism: blend a million dollars. (Actually, that's been done.)
By the aloof and detached financial argument, if it makes them any money it's okay right? And it's cool. From reading this thread, laughing about these stupid pranks and muttering rationalizations is what makes you a man.
Personally, I think the world right now would be better off without these MTV Jackass-inspired boys who equate masculinity to stupidity. Being dumb ain't cool. Showing that you care takes far more courage.
These ******s are just stupid. Destroying every new gadget that comes out because they are high school dropouts with no income source... I hope they try blending butane tanks next. That would make my day!
Blending expensive gadgets and having a globally famous marketing exercise make this a ridiculous statement!
I'm pretty sure that these douchers are commissioned by the Blend Tec company as advertising. They don't have to buy the gadgets themselves.
Exactly! Those Blendtec blenders aren't cheap!
And for anyone "hatin" on this company, don't buy a Frap at Starbucks then, they're made with these blenders...
Well there's one video that opens with him about to put a metal crowbar in, but stops just before and blends a bunch of phones. So I'm assuming a crowbar WILL NOT BLEND
Are you insane? This is amazing marketing. Not only do they show how great their blenders are but they piggyback on apples <insert other brand> marketing dollars at the same time. These guys are genius.
Uh, dude these guys are geniuses. Spending $500 in order to get 10 million views on YouTube? Any company would do that in a heartbeat.