# 'I'm assuming you're all illiterate'
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969
**Category:** random
**Created:** [January 9, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969 "2003-01-09T22:42:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Aislin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aislin)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/1 "2003-01-09T22:42:57Z")
Have you read the ‘Top 10 Reasons’ to buy a mac?
They’re good at first, ‘Simple Networking’ ‘Plug ‘n’ Play’
but then they reduce themselves to retarded things like ‘It just… works’ [actual words], and ‘It’s pretty’ and ‘We’re assuming you’re all illiterate.’
Any thoughts on this? I don’t know why I posted it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/2 "2003-01-09T22:45:34Z")
yah, they did a top ten because a “top 2” doesnt have the same ring to it.
idiots.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/3 "2003-01-09T22:57:44Z")
Do you have a link to this list?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/4 "2003-01-09T23:01:35Z")
yeah… i really like to see the actualy list 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/5 "2003-01-09T23:02:28Z")
Sure thing, lemme find it.
[http://www.apple.com/switch/whyswitch/](http://www.apple.com/switch/whyswitch/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/6 "2003-01-09T23:03:50Z")
hm… [this](http://www.apple.com/switch/whyswitch/) is the official list on [mac.com](http://mac.com)… nothing about ''We’re assuming you’re all illiterate."…
cheers
:A+:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/7 "2003-01-09T23:07:38Z")
_laughs_
Yes, well, I was going from my memory of the list a few days ago, AND the illiterate part was sarcasm, though it’s obvious they’re aiming at the ‘computer illiterate’ market.
If you’ve seen the why switch ads, you’d agree. It’s pretty pathetic.
“I just put the wire from here, to here! and it worked! I SAVED CHRISTMAS!” And she even included hand gestures to show plugging in wires. It’s rediculous.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/8 "2003-01-09T23:12:15Z")
_gets scared_
SureShot lives like… down the street from me.
…London Road is really really long… but I’m scared all the same!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/9 "2003-01-09T23:39:47Z")
I don’t think you understand that not everyone is a super computer expert like you.
😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/10 "2003-01-09T23:43:29Z")
I’m so flattered… but I’m hardly an expert.
I know how to restart when something doesn’t work, and I know how to unplug stuff and re-plug it in.
That’s how I fix my problems, and maybe some stuff in the control panel, then I just ask for help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/11 "2003-01-09T23:47:46Z")
Mac does that because it attracts people like my mom, blonde and dittzy, they just need words like ‘beautiful’ and ‘it works’ to sell it to her. My mom is cool, but she is not book smart or electronic smart, unless it’s a cell phone. She is business smart, it’s all you need to survive in the corporate world…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/12 "2003-01-09T23:59:33Z")
I think I consider myself a little above the “newbie” level… I, too, can unplug and replug something… but oftentimes that just doesn’t work… long story short - this results in many many trips to Fry’s Electronics for replacement or compatible parts. Many people get frustrated. These are the people Apple has been targetting with its Switch ads. By “It just works” they mean that if I want my digital camera to work, I just plug the thing in and it works instantly - no fussing over drivers or “compatibility.” This might not seem like a big deal to you, because you just might be used to installing drivers and thus everyone who craves a simpler, easier process is stupid. I don’t know about you, but if someone invents dishes that wash themselves, I think it’s a smart move to get them! It’s a good ad campaign, even if PC computer gurus (not Apple’s target, since, in my experience, these people pretty much already made up their mind) find them stupid.
And as far as their final reason “It’s beautiful,” again, you might not appreciate aesthetics, but some people do - again this is an audience Apple is marketing to. Some people like style.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/13 "2003-01-10T00:02:13Z")
Well said I reckon :cowboy:
Own em’ up RenGirl 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/14 "2003-01-10T00:09:10Z")
In regards to the commercials - so what if she uses hand gestures? A lot of people do that to express themselves, even if what he or she is saying is obvious. Is she supposed to stand still the whole time like a zombie? At least she’s a real person and not some [random stock photograph](http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1001-961994.html).
I’m assuming you only saw the Janie Porshe and Ellen Feiss commercials (or you are isolating them specifically to strengthen your argument) and based your opinion on that.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/15 "2003-01-10T00:14:04Z")
I guess when you want to prove a point you go the whole 9 yards!
RenGirl’s morph into battle mode:
 \>  \> 
RenGirl’s Challenger after battle:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/16 "2003-01-10T00:17:03Z")
more like
C:-) \> :evil:
…
Ok, you got me! I really just wanted to use the smiley with the fez hat.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/17 "2003-01-10T00:20:30Z")
Of course you do, cause that smiley is rockin, but it still can’t beat the cowboy hat! :cowboy:
RenGirl is the forum :rambo: and destroys all :evil: to make us all :beam: and go :crazy:.
Seriously I need to join SAR (Smileys Addict Rehab)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/18 "2003-01-10T00:27:39Z")
> _Originally posted by RenaissanceGirl \*
> \*\* At least she’s a real person and not some [random stock photograph](http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1001-961994.html)_\*
yeah… i did see that article before… i really laughed my \*\*\* off :beam::beam::beam::beam:… losers:P:P
:A+:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-assuming-youre-all-illiterate/10969/19 "2003-01-10T01:01:41Z")
Hey Aislin, dont be scared… I’m a nice guy 🙂
You live in the London Area do you? I see you said you are from Sarnia - I have a buddy who lives in P.town 🙂
I dont actually live in london - just outside of there. I work there though. Went to Fanshawe College for Graphic Design.