File This Under ‘Society Gone to Heck’
People injured in cheap iBook sale: A rush to purchase US$50 used iBooks turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over, according to a Fox News report. The story adds that one woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender… [ read more ]
Um, yeah… How totally absurd is this? People beating the crap out of each other for four-year-old iBooks? I’m totally speechless. How the heck did the organizers of this silly sale think this wasn’t going to happen? Someone should be held liable for injuries & damages, don’t you think?
As sad as it is, who wants to bet that we’ll wind up seeing a clip from this on Real TV or America’s Funniest Home Videos in the near future?
[UPDATE] This photo sequence shows just how nuts the thing became. Kind of reminds me of a Who concert…
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Independent Sources - 08.17.05
iBook: $50; iBook Riot: Pricelss!
We at Independent Sources have to admit, we live for stories like the iBook riot. Stupidity on steroids. It also allows us to make snarky comments like this one that we lifed from the Cookie Jar…
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