Introducing The New iHole

Introducing the new iHole (aka: taking the 'smart' out of smartphone users).

I've seen many things on the net that had me baffled, as I'm sure you have too as well. "The human experience" has morphed into the Internet experience for the most part anyway, considering how being online consistently has become an integral part of our lives and heck, that's how we're letting it run our lives.

Funny thing is, some of us are fully conscious of that while others aren't - as exemplified by those who post things about themselves online that made them regret it or which landed them in hot soup as an aftermath. If you can't have the foresight or common sense to tell that what you are posting online will end up an attraction for unnecessary trouble, then that runs parallel with you not being conscious of the power of the Internet, of which privacy is just an illusion or fallacy.

Actually, that's a common mistake we all have the potential of forgetting sometimes, since it can be human nature to take for granted that which has become an integrated part of our daily living. We humans have been programmed with full of complacent bugs.

But you know what? In regards to this blog post's subject matter which highlights how some iFans have apparently been drilling holes into their new iPhones in an attempt to bring back the headphone jack, part of me refused to believe it. I mean, how could anyone be this dumb naive? You don't even need to be an expert techie to realise that that in itself, is an impossibility without perhaps some pro circuitry wizardry that will boggle the mind of a layman who knows next to nothing about hardware modding and such.

An open mind says that almost nothing is impossible when it comes to tech, but just drilling a hole and expecting it to power your earphones to blast music is akin to having sex and expecting a baby immediately right after. That was a really crude analogy, I know and I apologise for that, but it serves to accentuate the ludicrousness of it all. Sometimes, you just have to give a stupid reaction in response to a stupid question or subject matter.

For me personally, I prefer not having to deal with cords and cables, but if you know you will be inconvenienced by the lack of a headphone jack, then why give Apple your money by buying their new iPhone in the first place and then complain about it? That's what baffles me. Can people really be that oblivious to their own actual needs and wants and plonk down their wads of cash at the cashier without any thought?

The only explanation I can think of to explain this is that perhaps, some people buy the iPhone thinking that it will elate their social status by flashing it around to show off (how very 2010 stale). For such people, I have trouble mustering up the sympathy for them when they realise that their new flashy gadget actually inconveniences them by having a feature they've needed all along removed. They are just crippled show-offs that's all flash and no substance as far as I'm concerned.

And yes, Apple wants your money by you buying their new wireless Airpods. It's not that hard to put 2 and 2 together and see through the reality distortion field. Apple's abuse usage of the word "courage" to justify their removal of the headphone jack is just a gimmick that covers up the fact that it's all about their sales and money for their new Airpods as the denominator.

Again, I support tech going wireless, but their hypocrisy and treating their customers as naive cash cows easily swayed by some word-smithing simply stinks. I guess actually having the "courage" to be honest, upfront and transparent can be a tough call for some companies.

If you want me to part with my cash to buy something, just say so straight to my face and tell me the facts upfront instead of trying to serenade me with tired, flashy gimmicky wordplay; at least your transparency about it can still earn my grudging respect - and I'll salute you for not treating me as a gullible fool.

At the end of it all, despite the jokes made about sheepish iFans that bring into question their capacity for rational thinking (which I always try to take with grains of sodium chloride because my best friend loves his iDevices and he happens to be freaking intelligent), I will give the side of me that doubts the authenticity of this whole 'iHole' incident some breathing space. Why?

Because if it actually turns out to be true, then my hope for humanity will take a huge plunge towards the direction that gravity likes to go.