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February 2, 2007

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Fake Steve threatens to leave, then asks for cash

Posted Feb. 2, ’07, 7:35 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Apple » People

Steve Jobs I resisted the urge to write about what seemed to be the end of Fake Steve Jobs. Blaming “the lawyers”, he said it was time to stop the satire and move on. The Mac community then buzzed with questions about whether it was true and the real identity of the man who would pretend to be Jobs.

Now it seems it was an attempt to get attention for getting bought out.

Basically, the gist is this. I’m clueless about money. (Hence the backdating mess.) I don’t have anyone to go sell banner ads. So I need a sponsor. Or a patron. Someone to protect me and keep me warm at night. Like hey, Mr. Karlgaard, or Mr. Denton, or you guys at Wired — how about picking up this blog and making a go of it? I’m a hard worker, speak many languages, and I’m expert at tai chi and various forms of yoga.

Seriously, my brothers and sisters. The audience is here. So let’s play ball. Just to your right, under Links, is a button you can press to email me. Send in your ideas. Also, dear readers, do FSJ a favor and send email to these big rich publisher dudes and tell them to get on the FSJ bandwagon. Or any Apple-related companies that want to have their name associated with this, as a sponsor. Let’s do this thing.

I confess, I found rare moments of humor in the site, but I mostly found myself asking “what am I missing?” Is his combination of caption contests, obsession with random girls, and big bravado appealing in a way I just don’t understand? One point of concession, he has a knack coining new terms that just catch on. I mean really, who else thinks of frigtard? Perhaps someone will find the cash to pay the man.


3 Comments

Steve P said:

Personally I never visited the site. I have a problem with people whose main draw seems to be using someone else's name rather than presenting similar "humor" using their own name. I have a similar problem with comment posters. To me it's one of the most obnoxious things about the internet. People do and say many things that they might not if the knew people would actually know who they were.

Anyway, "frigtard"? Come on! Fucktard has been around for a long time. I personally think it's a great word! But I'm a bit on the "old" side to effectively use it! So "frigtard" original? Not even cute!

February 2, 2007 1:17 PM
James said:

You should have just quoted the following:

"You can choose to buy a new machine, or you can choose to do an upgrade. And I don't know why [Apple is] acting like it’s superior."

Maybe because you don't need to upgrade to have all these great features (in currently shipping products)?

February 2, 2007 8:26 PM
Alexis said:

Part of the humor IS that it not the real SJ - a large part of it, in fact. That's why the blog is called FAKE Steve Jobs.

It's SATIRE, for goodness sake. Sheesh. And pretty damned good satire, too. Real satire that is done this well is actually quite rare.

February 3, 2007 10:33 AM

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