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Does anyone else feel like a douche, using their iPad?

Just don't walk in the mall with your iPad in your hand.

That's about as bad as the douche bag talking on his Bluetooth Headset in the mall.
 
I am a college student, and at my college I get called the spoiled rich kid all the time when I pull mine out. Of course I continue to use it all the time regardless.
 
jayem1234 said:
I would take my iPad almost everywhere I went if I didn't feel like such a jerk for doing that. Every time I whip it out in public I feel like I'm making people believe that I'm just showing it off to brag that "I have an iPad." What's worse is that I'm in college so the student to iPad ratio is probably around 2000/1. Not good. I would love to be in the library reading a book off of it, but I just feel like an ass. Does this happen to anyone else?
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Nope didn't ever felt like that... Even used it in the buss, I mean common I got the thing for its portability, better make use of it!

Also is the ratio that low? In my class alone we have like 4 iPads (4/21), also plenty of MacBooks, so I never really had any issue with using mine.
 
I did 3 years ago but now it's so commonplace the only thing I worry about is "Which shifty looking character started eyeing me when I pulled it out" cause low life scum are everywhere!
 
Depends on where you are using it and what you are using it for.

  • If you are on a bus or train and using it to read or browse the web, you look like a normal person.
  • If you are in a classroom or business meeting and doing something other than taking notes, you look like a douche.
  • If you are in a coffee shop and typing out a serious document rather than using a laptop, you look like a douche.
  • IF YOU ARE TAKING A PICTURE IN PUBLIC WITH YOUR IPAD, YOU ARE A DOUCHE
 
comatose81 said:
Depends on where you are using it and what you are using it for.

  • If you are on a bus or train and using it to read or browse the web, you look like a normal person.
  • If you are in a classroom or business meeting and doing something other than taking notes, you look like a douche.
  • If you are in a coffee shop and typing out a serious document rather than using a laptop, you look like a douche.
  • IF YOU ARE TAKING A PICTURE IN PUBLIC WITH YOUR IPAD, YOU ARE A DOUCHE
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So you're basically claiming if someone uses the ipad for anything other than reading- they are a douche.

I do not really agree with that, but I do believe tablet use is a 90% reading/watching media device.

If true- get a kindle or NookHD.
 
lexar said:
But would it of not been easier and more efficient to use a smartphone or p&s camera that does HD video?

Smaller, lighter, more easy to hold, etc..
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Tbh because my hands are kinda shaking, i think an ipad (mini) would do a better job at pictures and video than an iphone.
In the other hand, a 19 inch ipad is a little too much, but hey! You use whatever you have!
Also, shouldn't people with iphones be more afraid of mugging? An ipad costs half the money an iphone does...
 
Bokes said:
So you're basically claiming if someone uses the ipad for anything other than reading- they are a douche.
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In public, yes. At your home, doesn't matter, you can do whatever you want with it.

E-mail or game playing is okay, too.
 
How about all the woman and girls walking down crowded Manhattan Sidewalks with their heads down and thumbs a-blazing- like zombies- crashing into innocent bystanders?

IMO- that's the Grandest of all Douche moves.
 
comatose81 said:
Depends on where you are using it and what you are using it for.

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  • IF YOU ARE TAKING A PICTURE IN PUBLIC WITH YOUR IPAD, YOU ARE A DOUCHE
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It's arrogance like this that makes me actively want to use my iPad as a camera. To hell with the haters!
 
I use mine for work in schools that I run workshops in. For videos I plug it into the smart board, for books I show the elementary kids the screen and the pictures. I also use it for email, web browsing and other work related duties. I never feel like a douche because this product is the new millennium Swiss Army knife.
 
One of the reasons I actually bought a Mini is so I can use the camera when we take vacations. I don't have a digital camera (never really been interested in buying one) so I use my iPhone for all our photos. The Mini is small enough that I wouldn't feel TOO silly taking pictures with it.
 
KimMelton661 said:
One of the reasons I actually bought a Mini is so I can use the camera when we take vacations. I don't have a digital camera (never really been interested in buying one) so I use my iPhone for all our photos. The Mini is small enough that I wouldn't feel TOO silly taking pictures with it.
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Just buy a proper digital camera and not feel silly at all.....Heck a decent point and shoot digi cam will even be cheaper...Just admit that you needed some kinda excuse to buy the latest igadget:p
 
D.T. said:
Yeah, I don't feel at all douche-tastic. Took it with us to bar and grill on Tuesday with an outside area, used it to keep up with email, gen up some development docs, it was all good.
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All due respect...this is the height of douchery.

You go to a bar and grill to get some grub and throw down some suds. Gotta love the douche who thinks they are so important that they can't stop to eat and drink!!
 
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