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Merriam-Webster Adds 'Sheeple' to Dictionary and Lists Apple Users as Example
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I'll take it in stride knowing that Windows and Android users' lives are hard enough as it is
At least they don't have to deal with overpriced and outdated hardware that's soldered and glued together.
Depends on the circles you are in. In the tech world, yeah, it's Apple. It's always been common in certain fringe communities where there is a belief that they know something everyone else doesn't. Conspiracy theories/NWO/etc. And then it spills over into the overlapping communities from there.
But yeah, I definitely think it's been the tech fanboyism that brought the word into the mainstream.
Yikes. Now even dictionaries are using Apple for headline/click bait!
I'll take it in stride knowing that Windows and Android users' lives are hard enough as it is
Are you gonna be okay?
I am a very long time Apple user ... more than two decades. But, I laugh at this and agree with the sentiment. I think most Apple users just want something that they can be spoon fed. The rest of us, just like using the systems.... because it just works. No serious hardware critical thinking involved.
I don't own everything Apple throws out there. Some if the devices are absolute rubbish in my mind. But, than again ... that is an opinion.
I don't own everything Apple throws out there. Some if the devices are absolute rubbish in my mind. But, than again ... that is an opinion.
I'm not offended per se, but Oxford and Webster keep adding these stupid words to their dictionaries... Case in point: "literally" also now means "figuratively"...
Hilarious how offended so many are by this. Pathetic!
Yep, "sheeple", "snowflake", and "MSM" are often pretty good indicators of somebody who has a substantially skewed view of reality yet is claiming they have a better view of reality than those they oppose (and, ironically, they generally got the terms as part of a package deal of beliefs and language that sort of makes them their own different kind of sheeple/snowflake).
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No, see, literally literally means figuratively now when it use to just figuratively mean figuratively. Sigh. Still waiting for them to declare one of the acceptable meanings of "loose" to be "lose" since so many people can't seem to understand the difference.
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That is possibly my favorite XKCD ever.
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I was looking at Windows ultrabooks the other day, and I'm not entirely convinced we're not all in the exact same boat on this point.At least they don't have to deal with overpriced and outdated hardware that's soldered and glued together.
I'll take it in stride knowing that Windows and Android users' lives are hard enough as it is
Clearly you haven't used Windows in a long time. Windows 10 is stable, compatible, and runs amazing on older hardware. You can also buy really capable desktops for about $300. The same cannot be said about Macs.
In fact, doesn't everyone here complain that there aren't any new Macs? Not a problem in the Windows world. I guess I'll take this comment in stride knowing Mac users lives are as hard as it is.
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You have had a very very privileged life then.
Deflection at its best.I'll take it in stride knowing that Windows and Android users' lives are hard enough as it is
Or like an apple fanboy once said - "baaaaahh"
I'll take it in stride knowing that Windows and Android users' lives are hard enough as it is
Interesting, I use a Mac at home, Windows at work (don't have a choice here but also don't mind Windows), an Android phone as my daily driver, and at times an iphone 5S (mostly for running cuz it's smaller) and life is pretty good. I just stay away from most Apple apps other than Apple Music, which has an android app because Apple can make money on it, since they don't seem to believe in making things for cross platforms. iMessage and Apple maps might be great but they're pointless if half my friends and family use Android devices.
Yes I know you were half joking but felt like making the point still since it seemed relevant.
I just like good tech that is easy and efficient to use, reliable and preferably looks aesthetically pleasing Apple or not Apple.
I would have agreed back in 2011. But then they started going the thin and useless route.
The military has been using this word for decades describing the masses. Nothing new here.
I remember where there were SO many sheeple who were buy Apple products in 1995-1997 that Apple was practically printing money.
Oh wait, others were just saying that people buying the Mac were sheeple, brainwashed, in the "reality distortion field" etc. The sheeple from the early 1980s when the IBM PC came out until relatively recently were the ones buying IBM/Windows because, as was said, "no one ever got fired for buying IBM."
Oh wait, others were just saying that people buying the Mac were sheeple, brainwashed, in the "reality distortion field" etc. The sheeple from the early 1980s when the IBM PC came out until relatively recently were the ones buying IBM/Windows because, as was said, "no one ever got fired for buying IBM."
Based on Apples half baked 2016 lineup I would describe sheeple as the perfect word for anyone who unnecessarily upgraded to any of the crap released last year. Wake me up when the 10.5 Pro and iPhone 8 are released, Thanks.
And "decimated" is used incorrectly nearly all the time.
wasn't a dictionary something people used last century before ubiquitous access to the internet?
edit: I'm just being snarky back, I really like the OED.
edit: I'm just being snarky back, I really like the OED.
It's weird for the dictionary to use opinions in their definitions. First of all, the iPhone's battery life isn't bad compared to the competition: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10685/the-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-review/5. Second of all, the case is pretty lumpy and IMO, an ugly design. But it just seems weird to use that as the example. I usually see conspiracy theorists using the word sheeple.
Ever since switching from PCs to Macs and flip phones to the iPhone, my productivity went up immensely. With my old PC I was always having to mess around with updating unstable drivers, repairing registry hives, removing malware, defragging hard drives, bad power supplies, and troubleshooting port issues with burned out connectors due to crappy static electricity shielding for the motherboard—among a range of many other issues. Apple occasionally has problems, but they usually happen less frequently and they take care of me making it a lot less of a headache. The real sheeple are the people who think Windows is fine even though it forces updates on them and uses tactics to trick users into updating.
Bottom line is that the people who call Apple users sheeple are the people who either have too much free time to tinker around with their machine, enjoy doing that as a hobby and look down on people who just want to do work on their computer instead of be an IT person for their computer, the people who don't care about their privacy and don't mind selling all of their personal info for free/cheap crap, or they just don't have the money and it makes them feel better to make fun of others. A lot of people out there—and I mean a lot—wouldn't recognize good design if it bit them in the ass. People pay more for nice cars, nice houses, nice jewelry, nice everything—and those people are often made fun of by jealous people behind their back for having those nice things. So it's not surprising that people crap on Apple users because they like having nice technology. I don't understand the hate, but then again I'm not the type of person to cruise around Android or Windows sites trolling and hating on what those people enjoy.
Ever since switching from PCs to Macs and flip phones to the iPhone, my productivity went up immensely. With my old PC I was always having to mess around with updating unstable drivers, repairing registry hives, removing malware, defragging hard drives, bad power supplies, and troubleshooting port issues with burned out connectors due to crappy static electricity shielding for the motherboard—among a range of many other issues. Apple occasionally has problems, but they usually happen less frequently and they take care of me making it a lot less of a headache. The real sheeple are the people who think Windows is fine even though it forces updates on them and uses tactics to trick users into updating.
Bottom line is that the people who call Apple users sheeple are the people who either have too much free time to tinker around with their machine, enjoy doing that as a hobby and look down on people who just want to do work on their computer instead of be an IT person for their computer, the people who don't care about their privacy and don't mind selling all of their personal info for free/cheap crap, or they just don't have the money and it makes them feel better to make fun of others. A lot of people out there—and I mean a lot—wouldn't recognize good design if it bit them in the ass. People pay more for nice cars, nice houses, nice jewelry, nice everything—and those people are often made fun of by jealous people behind their back for having those nice things. So it's not surprising that people crap on Apple users because they like having nice technology. I don't understand the hate, but then again I'm not the type of person to cruise around Android or Windows sites trolling and hating on what those people enjoy.