AAAAGH! I'M BLIND!

by The Macalope

There is seriously something wrong at Microsoft (tip o' the antlers to David Chartier on the Twitter).

Mythical beast and rumormonger extraordinaire, the Macalope writes about all things Apple for the CNET Blog Network. Read more at The Macalope: An Apple blog. He is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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by Splashes April 16, 2008 1:20 PM PDT: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha . . .

(deep breath)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA . . .

(wipes tears of mirth from eyes)

Un-be-frickin'-leivable. Can anyone imagine Apple producing such a cringe-inducing piece of video foolishness?

What comes immediately to mind is that 1996 interview of Steve Jobs: "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. I don't mean that in a small way; I mean that in a big way."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzKj-1HaKw

Well, if nothing else, Microsoft is always good for a laugh.; Like this Reply to this comment


by MATTAND April 16, 2008 2:17 PM PDT: A part of me has quietly died...

The reader comments were priceless, however.; Like this Reply to this comment


by IronicMoth April 16, 2008 2:59 PM PDT: I am still in shock, to be honest.
@MATTAND: I know what you mean, I am forever traumatized by this experience.; Like this Reply to this comment


by monkyhead April 16, 2008 3:29 PM PDT: The irony is... there is no irony.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Yodarick April 16, 2008 8:05 PM PDT: and it goes on for three minutes
mercy, mercy, please...........

"the MicroSoft Sales team rocks" I think this is on the rocks like a ship wreck, remember the Titanic?
but then it does kind of explain the product and why no one wants it.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Locke_Cole April 17, 2008 4:19 AM PDT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swFlU-FKg30

This one is worse. It's even worse than the MS-DOS 5 Rap.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Foulone April 17, 2008 9:16 AM PDT: So is this video the new *roll.

Noooooo!!!!!. I have be MicroRolled or MSrolled or SoftRolled.

Oh I give up....; Like this Reply to this comment


by Sigivald April 17, 2008 12:06 PM PDT: Those reader comments were priceless... pricelessly stupid.

I've seen other MS internal video; they deliberately do cheesy. It's a joke.

That people assume "omg itz from MS it muzt be SERIOUSES and for real ADVERTIZINGZ!" is their own damned problem.

(As I see Gizmodo has noted since the first publication: "UPDATE: The video is an internal spoof, an insider confirms."

Told you.); Like this Reply to this comment


by b1ip April 18, 2008 8:27 AM PDT: Dude, it's clearly an internal video, it's meant to be funny. Ha ha. Funny, you know, chortle, funny. But.... it isn't, it's so cringeworthy I can see Uncle Cringe wimpering in the corner. Yes, those are real tears of cringe.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Macalope April 18, 2008 12:32 PM PDT: Hey, the Macalope saw the one they did on "If Microsoft had designed the iPod package" and that was *awesome*. This is just awful. It was obviously a spoof but it was not funny as a spoof. It's not funny under any pretext or no matter how much nitrous you've had.; Like this Reply to this comment


by bernie.mcginn April 18, 2008 4:12 PM PDT: But wait, there's more!
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9920796-1.html; Like this Reply to this comment

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