# Pathetic

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [May 22, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888 "2008-05-22T13:11:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/1 "2008-05-22T13:11:26Z")

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> **[iPhone line forms at Apple's flagship for absolutely no reason](https://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/iphone-line-forms-at-apples-flagship-for-absolutely-no-reason/)**
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> So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apple's flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City (see ab...

Phone releases June 9th…

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### Author: ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/2 "2008-05-22T13:17:37Z")

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:lol: iSHEEP

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### Author: ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/3 "2008-05-22T13:19:24Z")

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what the F

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### Author: ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/4 "2008-05-22T13:21:43Z")

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They didn’t learn after the release of the first one?

a week after it was released, you could walk into any store and just ask for it.

iTards

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### Author: ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/5 "2008-05-22T13:26:04Z")

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I doubt they are waiting in line for iPhone. They are waiting to get in the store. That store is a tourist attraction and Apple limits the amount of people in there at once because it gets nuts.

That or its some type of prank

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### Author: ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/6 "2008-05-22T13:28:18Z")

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idiots buying that pos will never learn.

all brainwashed.

they should put a sony store right next door so they can kill 2 birds with one stone

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### Author: ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/7 "2008-05-22T13:37:30Z")

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lol

their 1984 commercial is so ironic, it’s not even funny

edit: per one of the responses, it’s an improv everywhere stunt

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### Author: ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pathetic/48888/8 "2008-05-22T13:45:19Z")

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They are not the only store in NYC to do this.