Least Common Complaints About The New iPad

by Billy Kimball | The New Yorker

  • Too salty.
  • Time-travel app does not automatically adjust for Julian calendar.
  • When used as tanning bed, battery life is limited.
  • Not rhino-proof.
  • Salesperson in Apple Store not wearing ironic “jazzman” hat.
  • Not available in soothing Harvest Gold color.
  • Strange odor coming from husband while using iPad.
  • For $499, I was expecting a few more sequins.
  • No USB port for whatever it is that they do.
  • The iBookstore ichthyology section includes almost nothing on lampreys.
  • When used as murder weapon, oleophobic coating does not completely eliminate incriminating fingerprints.
  • Copying document files requires installation of forty-dollar iCarbonCopy app.
  • Virtual cupholder does not actually hold cups.
  • Unwilling to buy anything from Apple ever since Steve Jobs killed my parents.
  • Insufficient media coverage.
  • Original iPad was good enough for Grandpa and it’s good enough for me.
  • Upscaling makes porn unexpectedly upsetting.
  • After owning a Kindle for three weeks, I have become deeply loyal to the brand.
  • The virtual keyboard is too %&@#! hard to use.
  • New York Herald Tribune not available online anyway. ♦

via Uncommon complaints about the iPad : The New Yorker.