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mechanical_fish on Dec 23, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Lawyering Up On "Fake Steve Jobs"

Yes. I believe FSJ has pulled this very same trick before. His deadpan is improving, though. Perhaps he's been studying Andy Kaufman tapes.

The beauty of it is that Apple -- having just silenced a critic by executing a very real shady, secret backroom deal -- is in no position to claim that it doesn't pursue shady, secret backroom deals to silence its critics.

mechanical_fish on Dec 23, 2007 [–]

Okay, I know it's wrong to reply to myself, and I will go to hell.

But look at the first picture in this FSJ blog post:

http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/12/breakfast-with-apple-l...

It's Andy Kaufman! I rest my case.

Though, I gotta say, the Andy Kaufman of legend would never have issued such an obvious tipoff. :)

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