# caveman with an ipod. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118 "2010-02-15T20:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/1 "2010-02-15T20:53:33Z")
My good friend’s 80gb ipod froze up on him so I said “let me see it, I can reset it for you”. He is full of beer and will not let me try cause he is sure that he can reset it by prying it open and unplugging the drive then plugging it back in :eek:. So with the very first twist of the butterknife the screen shits the bed and he tosses the unit out into traffic while ranting about what a piece of shit it is. Today he is sober and wants to know why I let him do something that dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/2 "2010-02-15T21:09:03Z")
Were you also drunk? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/3 "2010-02-15T21:13:38Z")
I had an iPod that broke, too. I discovered the trick on some of the older ones is to only load iPod friendly genres. For some reason, five-year-old iPods break when you pump them full of jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/4 "2010-02-15T21:16:21Z")
lol. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/5 "2010-02-15T21:19:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > For some reason, five-year-old iPods break when you pump them full of jazz. In my head, I replaced the a with an i on the last word. And then I wondered why you would wonder… wouldn’t it be really obvious? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/6 "2010-02-15T21:30:35Z")
Caveman with an iPod, I know I know - it’s serious ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/7 "2010-02-15T21:36:57Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I had an iPod that broke, too. I discovered the trick on some of the older ones is to only load iPod friendly genres. For some reason, five-year-old iPods break when you pump them full of jazz. WOW! Touche’. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/8 "2010-02-15T21:53:41Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > …Today he is sober and wants to know why I let him do something that dumb. Tell him you let him because HE HAD A KNIFE!! OK, a butter knife, which has rather limited injury potential, but still… 😛 Beer: 15.00 Replacement iPod: 250.00: Look on your friend’s face when he realized what he’d done: priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/9 "2010-02-15T21:54:34Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I had an iPod that broke, too. I discovered the trick on some of the older ones is to only load iPod friendly genres. For some reason, five-year-old iPods break when you pump them full of jazz. A dish best served cold. Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/10 "2010-02-15T21:55:46Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > My good friend’s 80gb ipod froze up on him so I said “let me see it, I can reset it for you”. He is full of beer and will not let me try cause he is sure that he can reset it by prying it open and unplugging the drive then plugging it back in :eek:. So with the very first twist of the butterknife the screen shits the bed and he tosses the unit out into traffic while ranting about what a piece of shit it is. Today he is sober and wants to know why I let him do something that dumb. Why has your friend got a butter knife in his car? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/11 "2010-02-15T21:55:59Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Were you also drunk? Sure, I had a few also. I had talked him into letting me put it in my pocket and return it today but a while later he wanted it back and was not taking no for an answer, so I gave it back to him. Had it been the keys to his truck I would have stood my ground. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/12 "2010-02-15T22:01:27Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Why has your friend got a butter knife in his car? We live in the city. He chucked it from his stoop. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/13 "2010-02-16T03:09:08Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I had an iPod that broke, too. I discovered the trick on some of the older ones is to only load iPod friendly genres. For some reason, five-year-old iPods break when you pump them full of jazz. I bow to the master! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/14 "2010-02-16T03:23:12Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Caveman with an iPod, I know > I know - it’s serious I hate you. I was coming to post that. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/15 "2010-02-16T06:43:40Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > I hate you. I was coming to post that. Good to see that there’s at least one other person out there whose circuits are as twisted as mine. I have to imagine there are plenty of others scratching their heads and wondering what we’re on about. ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/16 "2010-02-16T16:47:35Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Caveman with an iPod, I know > I know - it’s serious Well done. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/17 "2010-02-16T18:31:26Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > In my head, I replaced the a with an i on the last word. And then I wondered why you would wonder… wouldn’t it be really obvious? > > :smack: Phew, I wasn’t the only one. :suspicious darting of eyes about: ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/18 "2010-02-16T20:36:48Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Good to see that there’s at least one other person out there whose circuits are as twisted as mine. I have to imagine there are plenty of others scratching their heads and wondering what we’re on about. Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. What are you on about? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/19 "2010-02-16T22:11:13Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Why has your friend got a butter knife in his car? On-the-go iPod repair. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-with-an-ipod/529118/20 "2010-02-16T22:31:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. What are you on about? You can tell them: don’t be Schiavo!