****ing Rich People

SakSquash · 11-20-2005, 09:16 PM

On November 22, 2005, countless numbers of people, who worked their asses off and saved up enough money for god knows how long, will go empty handed, not being able to get an xbox360 or from getting pushed back in their preorder due to shortages, and yet these people, for whom the price tag is mere chump change, walk away with these things given to them. Way to go world. Way to go.

Oh god kill me now!

Oh well, at least one nonfamous person got one.

*Jake* · 11-20-2005, 09:18 PM

Those people were in fact paid hundreds of thousands total to be handed those 360s.

SakSquash · 11-20-2005, 09:19 PM

Good god...please don't tell me that.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-20-2005, 10:27 PM

Why are you even posting pics of them when you hate them so much?

11-20-2005, 10:30 PM

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On November 22, 2005, countless numbers of people, who worked their asses off and saved up enough money for god knows how long, will go empty handed, not being able to get an xbox360 or from getting pushed back in their preorder due to shortages...

Wow. Will future 360 owners really be that lucky?

***tabacco*** · 11-20-2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by temporaryscars

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Sage · 11-20-2005, 10:43 PM

Temp, an XBox 360 is as close as your local Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Sam's Club, or Costco.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-20-2005, 10:53 PM

Ah, that's right! The console goes for sale one minute after midnight. Where I am that's an hour and four minutes away. Guess I could load up some KOTOR on my ancient, ancient Xbox right now to celebrate.

SakSquash · 11-20-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Why are you even posting pics of them when you hate them so much?

Uhhh...proof? Dur.

samIamsad · 11-20-2005, 11:48 PM

Is that the price tag those people are carrying around there? Seriously, why 360 anyway? That's so..... random. And it doesn't even sound cool.

artwking4 · 11-21-2005, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by samIamsad

Is that the price tag those people are carrying around there? Seriously, why 360 anyway? That's so..... random. And it doesn't even sound cool.

360 degrees = a full circle

Tobbe · 11-21-2005, 12:28 AM

If I just had the money... *sigh* So, do you have any adveices how I should raise money to buy me a Xbox 360? Or we could start a fund at helptmaneliusgetaxbox360.com?? Anyone??

seebaruk · 11-21-2005, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Why are you even posting pics of them when you hate them so much?

It's making me wanna put my phone through my monitor. I'm at work though, and I think that may be a fireable offence.

Every time I see that gurning slapper Paris Hilton I feel like tearing my own arms off at the injustice of the world. Only problem is, the first arm would be easy but then I'd have to use my teeth for the second one.

SCRUGAtes13 · 11-21-2005, 04:25 AM

Capitalism in its purest form.

Luckily i'm not fazed cause counter strike feels like its the game to end all games. But on the other hand Paris Hilton deserves torture incapable of being given by the mentally stable.

MdaG · 11-21-2005, 04:58 AM

Why the hype about a Xbox360 anyway? What's so special about these consoles that you can't get a similar experience with a computer? I haven't owned a console since Nintendo 8-bit. What's the point? Enlighten me.

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Who the snot feels that since Paris Hilton has a Xbox, must have one too ?!?!?!?!??

seebaruk · 11-21-2005, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MdaG

Who the snot feels that since Paris Hilton has a Xbox, must have one too ?!?!?!?!??

You'd have to be a pretty sad individual, that's for sure! I'm sure there's plenty of vacant-headed barbie girl wannabes out there who follow everything she does.

I bet her xbox will end up sitting in one of her many closets that isn't filled with random expensive clothes. After her dog takes a dump on it.

Oh, and as for whats the big deal with consoles, they're excellent for multiplayer gaming when you have a few mates round, you can all relax round the TV rather than crowding round a PC. And there's sometimes good games that are console-only too. And they're shiny and pretty.

UPtimist · 11-21-2005, 06:58 AM

What's so special about this? Those people get handed, or paid for, a lot of even much (and I mean much) more expensive stuff. An XBox is not that much of a deal...

SakSquash · 11-21-2005, 08:13 AM

It means something to us who will be waiting in line for 5 hours tonight shelling out their last dollars.

Sage · 11-21-2005, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by temporaryscars

It means something to us who will be waiting in line for 5 hours tonight shelling out their last dollars.

As opposed to those who will just walk in a store on Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday and buy one off the shelf? Not to mention those who will wait for the inevitable price drop after Christmas?
I myself will be waiting greedily for all the nice, used, regular XBoxes to start pouring into the thrift stores after Christmas. I'm cheap that way.

SakSquash · 11-21-2005, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

As opposed to those who will just walk in a store on Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday and buy one off the shelf? Not to mention those who will wait for the inevitable price drop after Christmas?
I myself will be waiting greedily for all the nice, used, regular XBoxes to start pouring into the thrift stores after Christmas. I'm cheap that way.

They won't be able to walk into a store and buy one like that until January.

11-20-2005, 09:16 PM	#1
SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	**ing Rich People On November 22, 2005, countless numbers of people, who worked their asses off and saved up enough money for god knows how long, will go empty handed, not being able to get an xbox360 or from getting pushed back in their preorder due to shortages, and yet these people, for whom the price tag is mere chump change, walk away with these things given to them. Way to go world. Way to go. Oh god kill me now! Oh well, at least one nonfamous person got one.**

11-20-2005, 10:27 PM	#4
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Why are you even posting pics of them when you hate them so much? __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

11-20-2005, 10:43 PM	#7
Sage Bad Influence Last Online: 11-08-2015 11:06 PM Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Birmingham, Alabama USA Posts: 5,547	Temp, an XBox 360 is as close as your local Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Sam's Club, or Costco. __________________ Ignorance is bliss, denial is divine, and willful ignorance is a religious experience. Share the love. <3

11-20-2005, 10:53 PM	#8
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Ah, that's right! The console goes for sale one minute after midnight. Where I am that's an hour and four minutes away. Guess I could load up some KOTOR on my ancient, ancient Xbox right now to celebrate. __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

11-20-2005, 11:48 PM	#10
samIamsad capsized. Last Online: 06-28-2010 09:16 AM Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,534	Is that the price tag those people are carrying around there? Seriously, why 360 anyway? That's so..... random. And it doesn't even sound cool. __________________ Look, Mr. Bubbles...!

11-20-2005, 09:18 PM	#2
Jake The Dartmaster Last Online: 11-14-2016 08:15 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Rafael, California Posts: 3,084	Those people were in fact paid hundreds of thousands total to be handed those 360s.

11-20-2005, 09:19 PM	#3
SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	Good god...please don't tell me that.

11-21-2005, 12:28 AM	#12
Tobbe Living with my love Last Online: 02-14-2013 09:53 AM Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 1,453	If I just had the money... sigh So, do you have any adveices how I should raise money to buy me a Xbox 360? Or we could start a fund at helptmaneliusgetaxbox360.com?? Anyone?? __________________ ''My names George. It means... Well, its just a name'' George Stobbart-Broken Sword

11-21-2005, 04:25 AM	#14
SCRUGAtes13 Party On Dudes Last Online: 11-05-2010 08:10 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 1,290	Capitalism in its purest form. Luckily i'm not fazed cause counter strike feels like its the game to end all games. But on the other hand Paris Hilton deserves torture incapable of being given by the mentally stable. __________________ (zombies) ATE MY NEIGHBORS! www.myspace.com/rabhiphop

11-21-2005, 04:58 AM	#15
MdaG Master of time and space Last Online: 09-24-2011 02:43 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sverige Posts: 1,480	Why the hype about a Xbox360 anyway? What's so special about these consoles that you can't get a similar experience with a computer? I haven't owned a console since Nintendo 8-bit. What's the point? Enlighten me. edit Who the snot feels that since Paris Hilton has a Xbox, must have one too ?!?!?!?!?? __________________ ... Last edited by MdaG; 11-21-2005 at 05:35 AM..

11-21-2005, 06:58 AM	#17
UPtimist Life and times of... Last Online: 04-13-2014 04:36 AM Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Up there in the mist Posts: 6,025	What's so special about this? Those people get handed, or paid for, a lot of even much (and I mean much) more expensive stuff. An XBox is not that much of a deal...

11-21-2005, 08:13 AM	#18
SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	It means something to us who will be waiting in line for 5 hours tonight shelling out their last dollars.