and in a brief follow-up to last fridays post about the prankster who irked the democratic republic of apple, wired posted an article about the prank with even more notable quotes and excerpts from some of the fun email the prankster received.
Andy (the prankster) said his e-mail inbox quickly filled to capacity, with more than 1,300 messages, and an unknown number bounced. The mail he did receive was full of nice, kind thoughts like death threats, insults and all kinds of colorful invective.
“I hope your PC blows up and leaves your miserable face disfigured forever,” read one. “You will surely burn in hell for an eternity for this one.”
Another said Andy should be hung by his testicles and set on fire. (still one of my personal favorites)
“Turning a perfectly good dual G5 into a crappy PC was the ticket that got you to hell,” wrote another, citing the common eternal damnation theme. “And if you were in front of me I’d pop a corn-born Teflon bullet from my Glock in your fucking face.”
that last one was oddly detailed in its description of its non-lethal firearm. very considerate of them. i think the prankster said it best when he stated that “mac users are nuttier than a fruitcake…people have an unnatural emotional attachment to object(s) like computers. for some, their reaction was akin to me butchering their parents or a beloved pet.” which you know…is a pretty apt analogy. some people still dont believe it was a prank, and that andy claimed it was just to save his own ass. save his own ass? ok then. i mean, if i really had that kind of money to toss around…would i go out, buy a dual processor g5, gut it clean, and convert it into a (superior) dual pc just to get a reaction out of mac fanatics? fuck yea i would…but im also an asshole. whether it was a prank or not (im sure it was)…you still rock in my book andy.
> dont piss off mac fanatics or they might get humpty on you (via wired)