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minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down4·3 days agoI’m not an Apple person. Can someone explain the joke?
minus-squarenull@piefed.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s a joke about phishing scams.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up41·3 days agoThe fisherman is being fished by someone above the panel and the bait is the iPhone.
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoPeople falling for consumerism just like fish fall for the bait?
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·3 days agoOne of Apple’s genius is making their products look premium so that you get a hit of dopamine every year when you buy a new one.
minus-squareNusm@peachpie.theatl.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoWhile that’s true, the joke is that there’s someone above the panel using “bait” to catch him. It could be any kind of phone, or anything else that’s attractive.
minus-squareitkovian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·3 days agoI used iPhone for about 6 months or so. There is nothing premium about it, especially the App Store, which is filled with slop, as Play Store is.
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoReading comprehension is not your strong suit I guess
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoare you fucking serious because this could have been a joke you just made so please tell me ARE you fucking serious
I’m not an Apple person. Can someone explain the joke?
It’s a joke about phishing scams.
The fisherman is being fished by someone above the panel and the bait is the iPhone.
People falling for consumerism just like fish fall for the bait?
One of Apple’s genius is making their products look premium so that you get a hit of dopamine every year when you buy a new one.
While that’s true, the joke is that there’s someone above the panel using “bait” to catch him. It could be any kind of phone, or anything else that’s attractive.
I used iPhone for about 6 months or so. There is nothing premium about it, especially the App Store, which is filled with slop, as Play Store is.
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit I guess
no.
are you fucking serious because this could have been a joke you just made so please tell me ARE you fucking serious
Not a joke. I get it now though.
Sorry.