I read something interesting today at Gizmodo, a gadget news site I frequent. It was an article about a news reporter who said some pretty rude things to the people standing in line for an iPhone. Someone left a comment about the video:
“Really, what is the difference between this and waiting in line to buy concert tickets or sports team season passes?
That’s one thing that bothers me, you’re a geek if you dress up as a
Star Trek character, but there’s nothing wrong if you go to a sporting
even with no shirt on with one half of your body painted blue and the
other half orange and watch a bunch of grown men make millions of
dollars playing a game.
Different strokes for different folks. But why is it socially acceptable to make fun of one but not the other?”
It’s an interesting thought to chew on.
