{"id":645812,"date":"2010-01-27T20:08:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T01:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5458497"},"modified":"2010-01-27T20:08:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T01:08:56","slug":"lets-get-the-ipad-jokes-out-of-our-systems-cause-steve-doesnt-care-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/645812","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Get the iPad Jokes Out of Our Systems &#8216;Cause Steve Doesn&#8217;t Care [Apple]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" class=\"left gawkerVideo embeddedVideo videoObject_0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YFNQE_TzQNI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;fmt=22\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/object>I don&#8217;t know whether to go to an Apple store or the feminine care aisle to purchase an iPad. Oh, don&#8217;t groan! You cracked <a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/5458338\/that-time-of-the-month-the-internets-best-period+related-ipad-jokes\">similar jokes<\/a>. And let&#8217;s face it: They&#8217;re all kinda lame and won&#8217;t bother Steve whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no escaping the iTampon, iMaxiPad, iMenstruate quips. Hell, they&#8217;re a <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5458412\/itampon-is-the-2-trending-topic-on-twitter\">trending topic on Twitter at this point<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/5458428\/graphic-humor-with-apples-new-ipad\/gallery\/\">gals at Jezebel are having a blast with them<\/a>. But despite adding to the sad mess of pseudo-comedy, I agree with Kara Swisher when she quotes good ol&#8217; Walt Mossberg:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You forget, but they made fun of iPod name when it came out. What matters is the product and what it means to consumers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So yes, Steve Jobs won&#8217;t care about our jokes, nor will they affect the iPad&#8217;s chance of being a success. Might as well get them out of our systems now.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus points for the first knock-knock iPad joke. [<a href=\"http:\/\/kara.allthingsd.com\/20100127\/memo-to-geek-dudes-the-inevitable-maxipad-jokes-about-the-ipad-are-lame-and-steve-jobs-doesnt-care-anyway\/\">All Things D<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnpaczkowski\/status\/8299498129\">John Paczkowski<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=465c528cb62722d066284e820c4c8181&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=465c528cb62722d066284e820c4c8181&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Bvdg7NoXq9w:n0s4CO40zuI:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Bvdg7NoXq9w:n0s4CO40zuI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Bvdg7NoXq9w:n0s4CO40zuI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=Bvdg7NoXq9w:n0s4CO40zuI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Bvdg7NoXq9w:n0s4CO40zuI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=Bvdg7NoXq9w:n0s4CO40zuI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/Bvdg7NoXq9w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know whether to go to an Apple store or the feminine care aisle to purchase an iPad. Oh, don&#8217;t groan! You cracked similar jokes. And let&#8217;s face it: They&#8217;re all kinda lame and won&#8217;t bother Steve whatsoever. There&#8217;s no escaping the iTampon, iMaxiPad, iMenstruate quips. Hell, they&#8217;re a trending topic on Twitter at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":953,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2I0k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/953"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}