Why do people always buy whats "popular" or "cool"?

[mrSHEiK124]

Why? And they're always "late" to things. I've been thinking about getting an iPod since they were Gen2, the U2 iPod comes out, I buy one, within two months, almost all my friends have em.

Fvcking vocabulary Nazis attacking me.........

 

[nageov3t]

it's not so bad being trendy.

everyone who looks like you is your friend.

 

[PoPPeR]

because people want what everyone else has

not to mention people are so weak minded now that simple things like seeing a celebrity with or wearing something is enough cause for them to go out and get one.

 

[chrisms]

You want to buy a U2 iPod and you're asking this question? You are the poster child for the flocking masses

 

[icejunkie]

didn't you just flock to what's popular and late at that, too? it's because 50 cent has one...

 

[Ronstang]

Because they are stupid sheep that don't have original thoughts?

 

[mrSHEiK124]

I was waiting to buy one because my CD/MP3 player was working fine, it bit the dust, the U2 iPod came out, so I bought it, I only bought it cause I liked U2, and had tried out the 4G iPods in store and loved em. And again, I'd been eyeing the iPod since 2G

EDIT: I'm not just talking about my iPod, I'm talking about anything

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: chrisms
You want to buy a U2 iPod and you're asking this question? You are the poster child for the flocking masses

read his post again...

 

[TallBill]

Masses = gathered or tending to gather into a whole
Popular = representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large

 

[tami]

what's wrong with being the trendsetter?

 

[SketchMaster]

It may also be that they saw how nice they are.

I didn't want a PSP untill I held one and played with it.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

And in regard to the iPod, to put into perspective how stupid some of my friends are, a good 4 or 5 of them DID NOT KNOW just what the hell an MP3 player was, now they all have them, their little brothers have them, etc etc.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: tami
what's wrong with being the trendsetter?

When you're the trendsetter and the PC guru, it gets annoying people asking you sh!t day and night, I'm gonna get one of those ThinkGeek shirts that says "No, I Will Not Fix Your Computer"

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: loki8481
it's not so bad being trendy.

everyone who looks like you is your friend.

haha

:thumbsup:

 

[glenn1]

Why do the masses flock to everything "popular"?

Isn't that the definition of "popular" ?

 

[aphex]

Maybe im a moron but isnt something popular because the masses flock to it? Aren't they basically one and the same?

EDIT: DAMN YOU GLENN1!!!

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: glenn1

Why do the masses flock to everything "popular"?

Isn't that the definition of "popular" ?

see my post above

 

[Baked]

The feeling of belonging.

 

[b0mbrman]

Except on the interweb. Here, we flock to things because they're not popular.

Damn, we're so cool...

[Edit] Except that we all flock to the same non-popular things (Firefox, import vehicles, etc.) so maybe we're not so cool after all

 

[mrSHEiK124]

And its not always popular, sometimes its just whats "cool". I guarantee you 90% of the people that frequent AT wouldn't buy an LCD TV over a DLP TV, however, everybody else just looks at the wow/awesome factor of LCDs (or Plasmas) and pays more.....for less.

 

[Gurck]

They flock to popular things because they're popular, and in doing so make it more popular. It's a 'people as opposed to the person' type thing, actually a lot like watching a huge flock of birds, all turning, ascending or descending at precisely the same moment... well, not entirely like birds; birds show some intelligence.

 

[illusion88]

I wear my clothes until the can no longer hang on my body while still concealing the approiate body parts. Honestly, I havent bought new clothes in almost a year.

 

[Sluggo]

I've been thinking about getting an iPod since they were Gen2, the U2 iPod comes out, I buy one, within two months, almost all my friends have em.

I know exactly how you feel.

My Grandpa bought a Ford truck in 1925, he had been checking them out since like 1920. Now look,80 years later, Ford is the #1 selling pick-up in the US, everyone wants to be just like my Grandpa.

Freekin' posers

 

[ChickenStrips]

there idiots


/thread

 

This is a retarded, grade school level question.

Think hard and understand what rhetoric is.