It’s not exactly official, but should also surprise no one: According to a new study the psychological profile of iPad owners can be summed up as “selfish elites” while have-not critics are “independent geeks.”
Of course the “haves” would probably call the “have nots” “cheap wannabes” to which the “have nots” would retort: “FANBOI!!”
Which is why we should stick to the science. Consumer research firm MyType conducted the study, in which opinions of 20,000 people were analyzed between March and May. The firm’s conclusion was that iPad owners tend to be wealthy, sophisticated, highly educated and disproportionately interested in business and finance, while they scored terribly in the areas of altruism and kindness. In other words, “selfish elites.”
They are six times more likely to be “wealthy, well-educated, power-hungry, over-achieving, sophisticated, unkind and non-altruistic 30-50 year olds,” MyType’s Tim Koelkebeck told Wired.com.
So, are you an elitist snob? Don’t be a denier!
This is so stupid, I’m 13 and I’m getting one in two month’s for my bday. And I’m not snobby or selfish. And having and ipad doesn’t mean that your are dumb.
Don’t be mad because you can’t have one
# 41 bean12 said, “And having and ipad doesn’t mean that your are dumb.”
Sorry Bean 12. The very sentence you wrote to claim non-stupidity mispells ‘an,’ ‘iPad’ and ‘you’re’ not to mention, of course that ‘you’re’ is a contraction of ‘you are’ so you wrote ‘you are are.’ Sounds a little like a seal on the beach: are are are.
The phrase “hoisted by his own petard” comes to mind. An old saw I suspect you won’t understand. You can look it up on Google.
Ordinarily, I would let a 13 year old slide by but your impertinence (you can look that up, too) annoyed me.
I hope you and your iPad are very happy together.
No other Linux fanbois in (the basement of) the house?
I switch back and forth between an N900 and Galaxy-S, mostly because Nokia has their heads up there collective ass, and the OLED screen on the Galaxy-S is unbelievable.
so now it’s a sign of elite group. I don’t want to be a part of that group. we poor people are happy with our PC.
#44 If you repeat that every night, you might be able to sleep tight.
I don’t own a any mac products or a Prius. But I am a proud (of course) founding member of the “Elitist Snobs”.
This whole thread just demonstrates what I was trying to say yesterday. ALL our choices serve social AS WELL AS practical purposes. Lots of dick waggling here that pretends to be technical, and people (men) employing a variety of strategies to show their rank – somebody even had to shit on a twelve year old.
The elite have won the game, and you know it.Want to get out with your pocket book intact and a whole ego?
Do what I do; I buy the very best of last years tech and pretend I had it all along.
NEENER NEENER! (displays red ass in your direction)
Proof that only snobs use iPads http://www.radrounds.com/video/radiology-on-ipad-during
My eye doctor must also be a snob because she used an iMac attached to the wall for my eye exam.
oh wait a minute, I’M a snob since I have an iPad. My bad…
suck it you all, my ipad and I rock!
Snob here. No doubt of it, you measly little ineffectuals.
Prius owner, too. Always doing the wrist-twist wave as I pass the gas stations you guzzlers are always hanging out at with your SUVs. Rarely drink beer with my late night cheese plate.
Subscribe to the New Yorker, use a Segway as a dolly with my Steadicam while shooting with my Canon 7D in cine mode, too.
Spend much of my time dreaming up questions to show that only people like me deserve to have things like my iPad and iPhone 4.
Pretentious? Moi?
#47 Because, if he said he’s 12, it must be true. It’s the interwebytubbies.
#48 Radiology on oy!pad? Yeah, hell of an experience. I guess those 14×17 films are just too big for the needs of today. Not to mention the full greyscale that toy was designed with… NOT! Poor macfan.
Buzz–I wish I wuz yuu. Or, at least had all your stuff. Ha, ha.
#50 Buzzie – Well played. I doff my hat to you good sir. By and by, we missed you at last months meeting. Hope to see you soon.
41, bean…
Look up the entourage..
CHEAPER, 2 displays, Standard plugins, Android.
MORE colors..
http://www.entourageedge.com/devices/entourage-edge.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDzMHYCIDFE&feature=PlayList&p=A7ACD88BB53D6385&index=0&playnext=1
And I was thinking iPad owners where just dumbasses with enough cash to purchase an iPad but not enough to buy any kind of useful kit.
If they are in fact elitest then they are even dumber than I thought. Poor dumb bastards
I’m kind of getting into this idea of railing against people for buying something that I don’t want. In keeping with that spirit, I must now go out to the nearest intersection and shake my fist and bellow epithets at all passing luxury sedans!
iPad owners, checkout MorphWiz if you like music synthesis. I have paid thousands over the years for various pieces of hardware and software that couldn’t produce sounds like this will for $9.99.
p.s. Pedro blows Steve Baldmer.
#58 Ballmer is a spaz. I want to see you say the same about your god Should I wait for that sitting down?
On top of that, what pathetic fanboi you are. Blah blah blah thousand dollars blah blah blah only 9.99. All the musicians in the world are nimrods next to you, right. Now, enlighten us why garbage band is the one and only shiz to make music.
How pathetic!
Man there is a lot of delusional justification first-out-thingy-is-a-toy yabba. Go look at the iOS sdks. So Apple have stolen the march of all PC time, and there ain’t no competition.
Sure the iStore looks like monster monopoly forming, but hey 13 buck games?? Place the thing on the table keyboard, istore $13 and you are Paging away.
I can see why some are losing bowel control.