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This is a link post The Edge discusses forcing iPhone 6 users to own U2's new album
Masterful irony, or deluded tool? Discuss.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 10:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus fucking christ
that quote is a man completely and irrevocably out of touch with reality etched in stone, to the point it is not just blissfully ignorant, but bordering on the realms of utter disbelief

A monumental fuckwit.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post smash the system
(without breaking it and in fact introducing it to a great many people)
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cuntknuckle

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Threadjack.....
I've just walked past someone on the street who said 'It's only incest if she puts it in her mouth' to whoever was on the other end of the phonecall.

Just thought I'd share that. Trying not to think too hard about the context...
 (FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post General opinion at work is that someone somewhere has been wanked off by their cousin.

(FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post *bert comment goes here*

(I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post In fairness, it seems to have worked for U2.
They haven't been fashionable for years and won't have lost any fans.

It's Apple who invest a lot on being fashionable and so saying "Hey - we're cool just like U2!" isn't the best marketing trick.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post You are kidding right?
I could think of nothing further than that debacle somehow making U2 'fashionable,' other than to mock them, or be reminded what a mediocre, sterile, and bland musical entity they have become
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, but U2's sales have gone up.
Not being a fashionable band, their fans aren't going to be put off by people saying they are shit. People have always said they are shit. It didn't make them fashionable, but it didn't make them less fashionable.

However, someone at Apple has decided that U2's brand is worth linking to their brand, which relies on people thinking they are fashionable.

I'm not sure Apple fanboys will be as loyal as U2 fans if they got the same reputation.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Emm
I may have overlooked the fact they have become sterile and bland, whilst still globally large enough, to be happily courted and used by Apple given the days of being 'punk rock' and actually saying anything have long gone from their music.

I guess bland has long been the marketing tool of choice. It doesn't offend anyone.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 19 Sep 2014, 11:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Does it count as "sales" if they were given away for free?

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 19 Sep 2014, 14:01, , Reply)