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 Is This iPad the World’s Most Grotesque Display of Wealth?Posted on Nov 1, 2011
What do you give the oligarch who has everything? Why not an $8 million iPad 2? This device, which normally has a starting price of $499, has been dipped in gold, covered in diamonds and, because he’s no ordinary 1-percenter, styled with the bone shavings of a 65-million-year-old tyrannosaurus rex. (Source: Engadget) From Stuart Hughes, the maker of this ostentatious paperweight:
Mr. Hughes has also wrapped overpriced cellphones in gold, but he doesn’t mention that metal interferes with cellular signals. Being rich doesn’t buy good reception. —PZS Advertisement Previous item: Surprise: Study Says Perry’s Tax Plan Would Help the Rich Next item: Assange Loses Extradition Appeal New and Improved CommentsIf you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy. |
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By damon shea, November 2, 2011 at 8:31 am Link to this comment
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This fu*king psychotic. How many starving mouths could that feed, over a
Report thisvanity device that will be obsolete in 2 years. A poor nutjob goes to the
mental ward but rich nutjobs can do whatever they want whenever they
want and be greeted with a smile. Absolutely disgusting.
By diman, November 2, 2011 at 5:27 am Link to this comment
Would somebody please stuff one of these faggoty pillows down his throat already.
Report thisBy blogdog, November 1, 2011 at 10:50 pm Link to this comment
dinosaur ornamentation for dinosaurs - works for me - just so as the handful of
Report thisthese communicators that ever get sold are later preserved in a museum, as are
the toilet utensils of Marie Antoinette, after the current crop of dinosaurs meet
their equivocal fates
By David, November 1, 2011 at 6:18 pm Link to this comment
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This is a little bit sick, but honestly, I wouldn’t pay more for a gold plated iPad or whatever. Why add the extra weight? You know, being really rich can’t really be all that great these days. I mean what “rich people” items are available these days that weren’t available before? Yeah, rich people have fancy iphones, but poor people have exactly the same ones. Check your city bus. I’m not kidding. This tech boom isn’t really making anything that makes the rich feel their privilege, so they resort to this absurd “icing” of poor-people consumer electronics, because even the poor in North America can afford the best phones on Earth. If you have insurance (like the vast US majority), you get better health care than the ultra rich did 20 years ago.
What the rich can still do it buy influence and access, but they only do that to get more money. So what fulfilling thing can they do with that money that we poor people can’t do?
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