Apple cult : Othor Games

» Thu May 19, 2011 2:23 pm

http://www.pcworld.com/article/229318/kid_sells_kidney_for_ipad_2_regrets_transaction.html

He was paid his 22,000 yuan (about $3400) right after the removal. He then went home. His mother questioned him after he showed up with a brand-new Apple tablet, and he confessed to her that he'd sold his kidney. She immediately contacted the police (by the way, selling organs on the black market is totally illegal), and they opened an investigation. They were unable to contact the agents Zheng had worked with -- because said agents' phones were mysteriously always switched off.

Zheng has since had post-surgery issues -- the hospital, after all, was reportedly not qualified to perform an organ transplant. The hospital also claimed they had no knowledge of the surgery, though they did admit to contracting out the urology department to a Fijian businessman. That's not sketchy at all.

» Thu May 19, 2011 1:58 am

lol

» Wed May 18, 2011 11:57 pm

Read this yesterday. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

» Wed May 18, 2011 11:28 pm

Read this yesterday. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

If he can't pay for 3G/Wifi, I think it is closer to cry.

» Wed May 18, 2011 11:59 pm

If he can't pay for 3G/Wifi, I think it is closer to cry.

Well, I ended up laughing, but that's because I'm a horrible, horrible person (and ok with that)

» Thu May 19, 2011 9:19 am

I mean what kind of a hospital would do this? Contracting their surgery rooms to three guys from another province, no questions asked?

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:18 am

What the hell is happening to this world? :facepalm:

:rofl:

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:43 am

lol

Lol as well.

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:04 am

the sad thing is that most people know at least one person that is just as brainwashed as that guy. :facepalm:

» Wed May 18, 2011 11:29 pm

I find it a sad reflection on this forum that people find the story funny. Whatever made him take such a drastic step in order to buy an iPad is probably something we will never understand, I only hope that he recovers fully from the potentially life threatening choice he made.

» Thu May 19, 2011 11:47 am

I read about this the other day and the whole thing made me feel quite ill. As judgemental as I can often be, I'm just left thinking "...?!", as well as feeling rather sad.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:47 am

the sad thing is that most people know at least one person that is just as brainwashed as that guy. :facepalm:

Not really. There's a difference between being a fan of something and being so completely off-the-edge so as to do something that crazy.

It really has nothing to do with Apple - you can point to similar articles about people starving to death while stuck online playing an MMO or Starcraft, or going bankrupt buying stuff off QVC, or any number of other things. Crazy people are crazy, regardless of their interests.

(Not to say there aren't crazy-sounding Apple forum posters. But, then, there's just as many crazy-sounding pro-Wintel forum posters. And, of course, pro-Wintel "journalists" who need to keep writing blogs on their Wintel-oriented websites, trying to make out Apple fans to be crazy. :whistling: )

» Thu May 19, 2011 11:18 am

I find it a sad reflection on this forum that people find the story funny. Whatever made him take such a drastic step in order to buy an iPad is probably something we will never understand, I only hope that he recovers fully from the potentially life threatening choice he made.

We find the story funny because it's a valid way to cope with how insanely stupid the human race is becoming.

» Thu May 19, 2011 5:47 am

I honestly don't know what they were thinking.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:25 am

I wonder what will go on in his mind when the iPad 3 is released?

» Thu May 19, 2011 3:00 pm

We find the story funny because it's a valid way to cope with how insanely stupid the human race is becoming.

I agree with Rohugh. Think about his "something we will never understand" comment. I find this event disturbing and do feel sad over it. I can't imagine what would drive this person to have done such a thing, but we also don't know anything about his background, psychological state, or possible mental deficiencies. If one of my family members came to me and admitted such a thing, I would cry for them, and so I can imagine what the mother felt, at least.

» Thu May 19, 2011 3:40 am

I wonder what will go on in his mind when the iPad 3 is released?

That was going through my mind too: a kidney for something that'll be obsolete in a year or two... :sadvaultboy:

» Thu May 19, 2011 11:35 am

That's a totally normal person right there.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:52 am

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

Sell my kidney of course!

» Thu May 19, 2011 8:01 am

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

Sell my kidney of course!

That's because Klondike Bars are sheer awesomeness.

» Thu May 19, 2011 3:51 am

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/19/apple-religion-mri-bbc_n_864396.html

» Thu May 19, 2011 12:11 am

What a [censored] moron.

» Thu May 19, 2011 1:08 pm

Thats hilarious :rofl:

» Thu May 19, 2011 12:32 am

That...shocks me. Yeah, you don't need two kidneys (But I've heard it's best if you do) but selling one for an iPad...
I could understand if it was for medcine, or education or something similar. But the world is pretty messed up when people start selling their organs for totally unnecessary stuff. And now it looks like he's going to die. In all honesty I don't really get the apple obsesion. Yeah, their stuff is fine, but not as big a deal as a lot of people seem to think. Have they done anything that 'new' with the iPods/iPhone/iPad? Or is it just good marketing?

» Thu May 19, 2011 11:51 am

Scary.