tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post115938819679722393..comments2024-03-21T00:25:49.444-04:00Comments on Disability Studies, Temple U.: Mac's "Accident"Mike Dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373835106026166507noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-58081389273613923722007-02-17T18:50:00.000-05:002007-02-17T18:50:00.000-05:00Well, it's not the first ableist-type commercial f...Well, it's not the first ableist-type commercial from Apple recently, so I'm not surprised... <BR/><BR/>It wasn't long ago that they had another one with a similar pair. The PC was just like the awkward socially-inept 'geek' stereotype of some neuro disabilities that is the target of bullying and pushed into "therapy" so he looks more like the Mac guy. In fact, the PC guy looks like Bill Gates, Moggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478100266654459194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-1159773689469064332006-10-02T03:21:00.000-04:002006-10-02T03:21:00.000-04:00okay, you can all feel free to take away my member...okay, you can all feel free to take away my membership, but I totally disagree. I think even the least socially educated can tell the difference between the stuffy PC guy with plaster casts in a wheelchair and, say, me. And the thing is - parts of me <B>are</B> broken. Guaranteed if certain parts of my body worked more the way they were designed to, I would not be in this chair out of choice. <BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-1159451712449379592006-09-28T09:55:00.000-04:002006-09-28T09:55:00.000-04:00Apple- open mouth insert foot...They need to do a ...Apple- open mouth insert foot...<BR/><BR/>They need to do a retraction or pull the commercial. It is patronizing on the best end, and demeaning on the worst.Future Doc Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340897802019123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-1159393537668972842006-09-27T17:45:00.000-04:002006-09-27T17:45:00.000-04:00Yeah, though Hodgman isn't really that old in year...Yeah, though Hodgman isn't really that old in years--he's 35, according to IMDb. And Justin Long is older than the kids he sometimes plays--he's 28. They just play a stuffy/cool contrast, and it reads as old/young.Penny L. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-1159392795102878752006-09-27T17:33:00.000-04:002006-09-27T17:33:00.000-04:00There's also a not-so-subtle ageist subtext, typic...There's also a not-so-subtle ageist subtext, typical of Apple advertising.Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.com