Apple Founder Steve Jobs Passes Away at 56

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

Oh fuck off. Go copy/paste your "profound" somewhere else. How many of those millions were as influential as Steve Jobs?

@Sooty said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

It really makes me cringe when I see people quote that, it's one of the most barbaric and insensitive quotes of all fucking time.

Barbaric and insensitive? It's the unbridled truth.

@Sooty said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

It really makes me cringe when I see people quote that, it's one of the most barbaric and insensitive quotes of all fucking time.

And yet it's still true and living in a fantasy world doesn't change it.

Thanks for everything Steve Jobs! I'm buying an iPhone this weekend because ever since I left for android my life has been troublesome, phone-wise. I can't wait to get back to your sleek, and fast awesomeness, which I have grown to love.

Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.

Gone, but never forgotten. RIP.

Man...this sucks...RIP Steve Jobs!!

Sad day. RIP

Even worse, Charles Napier died today.  A real duketastrophe.

It's tempting to berate Apple for making electronics a fashion statement, but you know what? If it wasn't for Steve Jobs, there's a very good chance that computers would still just be behemoths sitting in university labs and the Pentagon. They'd be much faster, of course, but would anyone have been there to convince us even the layperson could benefit from a personal computer? Would the World Wide Web have been developed? Would we be gabbing on this website's comments section?

I don't know, but I doubt it.

@Bluegizz said:

People always say "It's the 21st century, where's my rocket ship?" You know what, it's right there in your pocket, that thing you now just take for granted every day. Ten years ago, if I had described to you an iPhone it would have BLOWN YOUR FUCKING MIND, you would have refused to believe such a device would exist so soon in the future. But it does, as does the rest of the smartphone market, because Jobs willed it into existence. And changed the way we work, play, communicate, learn, basically do everything. Anyone claiming he was just a savvy marketer and not a tech visionary doesn't have a fucking clue what they're talking about.

Did you take that from Gary Whitta's Google+?

@TheDeadComedian said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

Oh fuck off. Go copy/paste your "profound" somewhere else. How many of those millions were as influential as Steve Jobs?

Every single one of them.

man, as soon as I saw a tweet speaking about his death, my heart dropped... and pit in my stomach formed. RIP, he will be missed.

RIP Steve, you actually had the vision to make phones interesting.

@RE_Player92: From his NeoGaf post :(

RIP Steve.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs. I will miss you terribly :(

That is extremely sad it sucks to see great people go. Rest in peace Steave Jobs.

What does it say about my life that this is the first place I heard of Jobs's passing?

Video games!

Oh wait.

@Bluegizz said:

@RE_Player92: From his NeoGaf post :(

Would be nice to credit him.

@Crono said:

@Sooty said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

It really makes me cringe when I see people quote that, it's one of the most barbaric and insensitive quotes of all fucking time.

Barbaric and insensitive? It's the unbridled truth.

@Hero_Swe:

Uhh, while yes you won't remember the names of so many victims, I am not going to say one persons death is more tragic than something like the freaking holocaust.

But sure, the media can really pull on heart strings when they are only reporting on the death of a single person.

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Wow, that is awful, sad to see a true visionary pass away hopefully this doesn't sink apple they have been forcing Microsoft to make a better product would hate to see that go away.

It breaks my heart to see him go. He quite simply changed the world, and he did it with elegant simplicity.

news like this kinda takes the shine off the fact that the iOS 5 gold master dropped today :(

The world is a darker place. Fair thee well, Steve.

@cooljammer00 said:

Video games!

Oh wait.

Dude was part of the team that made Breakout on the Atari 2600. Video games!!

@CakeBomb said:

Meh, he did somethings right, some wrong, but meh. Other "visionaries" will come.

Wow, real compassionate of you.

@TheDeadComedian said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

Oh fuck off. Go copy/paste your "profound" somewhere else. How many of those millions were as influential as Steve Jobs?

Ugh. What you just said is far more barbaric than anything his quote could've achieved. They were all human beings. Just like Jobs.

R.I.P. I hope you're in a better place Steve.

@CakeBomb said:

Meh, he did somethings right, some wrong, but meh. Other "visionaries" will come.

Wow, that's kind of a dick thing to say about a guy who just died.

I went to take a nap after watching the poster shenanigans, and I wake up to this... :(

In a way, I'll miss you Steve Jobs.

In 2 years, RIP Apple.

@durden77 said:

@TheDeadComedian said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

Oh fuck off. Go copy/paste your "profound" somewhere else. How many of those millions were as influential as Steve Jobs?

Ugh. What you just said is far more barbaric than anything his quote could've achieved. They were all human beings. Just like Jobs.

R.I.P. I hope you're in a better place Steve.

The ground?

@CakeBomb:

Name one other person who has revolutionized as many different industries as Steve, and remember, the only reason we are looking at a desktop environment on the computer is because of him, have some respect

Obama just released this statement:

Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.

The last bit of how most of us learned the news on a device he invented really struck me as I did in fact learn of the news on my iPad.

@sins_of_mosin said:

His crapple was over hyped, over priced, and for the tools/dbags.

@CakeBomb said:

Meh, he did somethings right, some wrong, but meh. Other "visionaries" will come.

You know you don't have to make a comment right? I can't think of any other reason why you'd make posts like that, unless you felt it was compulsory.

One of the geniuses and visionaries of our time, preference on hardware doesn't matter. The world lost a great human today. RIP

I just got a new iPhone. You'll live on, sir. You'll live on.

@RE_Player92: I second that, sitting at my iMac as the news broke.

@sins_of_mosin said:

His crapple was over hyped, over priced, and for the tools/dbags.

The real tool/dbag is the person who makes gross, inaccurate generalizations.

@durden77 said:

@TheDeadComedian said:

@Grayvern said:

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

Oh fuck off. Go copy/paste your "profound" somewhere else. How many of those millions were as influential as Steve Jobs?

Ugh. What you just said is far more barbaric than anything his quote could've achieved. They were all human beings. Just like Jobs.

R.I.P. I hope you're in a better place Steve.

Of course I know they were all human beings that were loved by others and were important in their own ways. I just hate assholes like him that try to to impress in a situation where people should either give their condolences, contribute something noteworthy, or just shut the fuck up.

It's in really poor taste.

RIP Steve. The world will miss you.

RIP Mr. Jobs.
 
Man, it's always depressing when this happens.  I feel sorry for his family, and his friends.   

@sins_of_mosin said:

His crapple was over hyped, over priced, and for the tools/dbags.

@CakeBomb said:

Meh, he did somethings right, some wrong, but meh. Other "visionaries" will come.

prime examples that show how much of a set of pricks some of us can be, and that some of us has no ambition and all were gonna goona do is sit here in front of a computer and post dumb fucking shit like this for our 2 seconds of internet fame,to which i say go fuck yourselves,

as we head for that deus ex esque future steve jobs was the "kevin flynn" of our generation and he will be severely missed

RIP. The word "visionary" gets tossed around too much. Not in this case. He really did change the way we live.

iPods. Dude, iPods.

We need more thinkers like him.

@TheDeadComedian: You know what I am sorry that was not my intention I am sad he has died.

Steve Jobs was a brutally honest and arrogant man, but he was also right. Here's to one of the pillars of change in human communication.

Dark Souls releases on October 4th. Steve Jobs passes away on October 5th. Coincidence?