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minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down4·2 months agoI’m not an Apple person. Can someone explain the joke?
minus-squarenull@piefed.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a joke about phishing scams.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 months agoThe fisherman is being fished by someone above the panel and the bait is the iPhone.
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoPeople falling for consumerism just like fish fall for the bait?
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoOne of Apple’s genius is making their products look premium so that you get a hit of dopamine every year when you buy a new one.
minus-squareitkovian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoI used iPhone for about 6 months or so. There is nothing premium about it, especially the App Store, which is filled with slop, as Play Store is.
minus-squareNusm@peachpie.theatl.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWhile that’s true, the joke is that there’s someone above the panel using “bait” to catch him. It could be any kind of phone, or anything else that’s attractive.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoare you fucking serious because this could have been a joke you just made so please tell me ARE you fucking serious
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNot a joke. I get it now though.
I’m not an Apple person. Can someone explain the joke?
no.
Sorry.
It’s a joke about phishing scams.
The fisherman is being fished by someone above the panel and the bait is the iPhone.
People falling for consumerism just like fish fall for the bait?
One of Apple’s genius is making their products look premium so that you get a hit of dopamine every year when you buy a new one.
I used iPhone for about 6 months or so. There is nothing premium about it, especially the App Store, which is filled with slop, as Play Store is.
While that’s true, the joke is that there’s someone above the panel using “bait” to catch him. It could be any kind of phone, or anything else that’s attractive.
are you fucking serious because this could have been a joke you just made so please tell me ARE you fucking serious
Not a joke. I get it now though.