# I would like steve job's nuts ripped off and fed to a dog while he screams in agony **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037 "2009-01-26T08:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/41 "2009-01-27T04:52:37Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Mr Jobs recently made a fairly bogus public explanation about his health situation. > > Given his weight loss and his history of pancreatic cancer, I suspect his cancer has returned. I’ve been of the belief that a return of the cancer isn’t the problem, since the period of his weight loss has been so protracted and the type of surgery he had can cause it. Plus, if it was a return of the cancer, wouldn’t he have been aware of it for some time now, and therefore unlikely to make a statement one week that a change in diet was all he needed, and another statement a week later where he says things are more complex than he thought and that he was taking six months off. Surely he and his doctors are on top of things enough so that a year wouldn’t go by without their determining that cancer wasn’t causing his weight loss. On the other hand, how long does it take his particular form of cancer to kill a person if it does return? He made an uncharacteristically plaintive remark when asked by Bloomberg if he was considering a liver transplant, something along the line of “Why is this so important? Why can’t you guys leave me alone?” Sounds sort of like a guy who wants to be out of the spotlight, spend time with his family and left alone to die. I really, really hope that’s not the case. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/42 "2009-01-27T05:22:13Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Mr Jobs recently made a fairly bogus public explanation about his health situation. > > Given his weight loss and his history of pancreatic cancer, I suspect his cancer has returned. If it has, it will be a terminal event. > > While this is not necessarily equivalent to having one’s testicles ripped off, it can be an unpleasant way to die (it varies) so you may, in fact, be one of those rare individuals who wishes ill upon another and actually gets to see it come to pass. Well that’s bad fortune. While he didn’t invent the GUI he has had a pretty positive contribution in the development of computing and the world would be poorer without his influence. I don’t have any real wishes of misfortune for him. That was hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/43 "2009-01-27T05:27:03Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe so. But then, she didn’t lose a paper that she would describe thus: “I just spent the last 3 hours writing a paper. I gave up sleep I may be too busy to get back to tomorrow to write this paper, I poured myself into this paper. I researched and carefully thought about every word of this paper. Did I mention it’s due tuesday and I’m going to be super busy tomorrow?” psst he ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/44 "2009-01-27T06:44:56Z")
😃 I certainly cannot _identify_ with the problems **TTR** has experienced, being pretty much computer illiterate as it pertains to all the the things he has mentioned, but I do understand his frustrations, and here’s why: In the early 70’s I had just embarked on my student-teaching rotation in high school English, and given all the excuses for why work I had assigned wasn’t turned in - and given the \* unbelievable\* circumstances, **this** one would have carried a lot of weight with me : “Mr. Craig! Sorry I don’t have my work, but due to the burglary at our house , all my work is missing! I still do have my notes in my head, so could I please have a little more time to get my paper together?” If I had heard that, I would have given my student the benefit of the doubt. More than likely **TTR** isn’t facing that, being that he’s able to back-track and get that damn thing in on time, but me being that same teacher, I would have understood and given him the time he needed. My point being, given the differences in the centuries, **TTR’s** explanation carries more weight than “The dog ate my homework, sir!” Give 'em hell, Kid, and let me know how it all turns out. Q ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/45 "2009-01-27T20:43:29Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > 😃 I certainly cannot _identify_ with the problems **TTR** has experienced, being pretty much computer illiterate as it pertains to all the the things he has mentioned, but I do understand his frustrations, and here’s why: > > In the early 70’s I had just embarked on my student-teaching rotation in high school English, and given all the excuses for why work I had assigned wasn’t turned in - and given the \* unbelievable\* circumstances, **this** one would have carried a lot of weight with me : “Mr. Craig! Sorry I don’t have my work, but due to the burglary at our house , all my work is missing! I still do have my notes in my head, so could I please have a little more time to get my paper together?” > > If I had heard that, I would have given my student the benefit of the doubt. > > More than likely **TTR** isn’t facing that, being that he’s able to back-track and get that damn thing in on time, but me being that same teacher, I would have understood and given him the time he needed. > > My point being, given the differences in the centuries, **TTR’s** explanation carries more weight than “The dog ate my homework, sir!” > > Give 'em hell, Kid, and let me know how it all turns out. > > Q Thanks 🙂 Got’er in on time. Finished up during lunch right before class. I think the rewritten bits came out much better this time so maybe it worked out for the best. Steve may keep his sex organs intact. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/46 "2009-01-27T20:55:39Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > No it doesn’t - he never even got the file into Windows, let alone Word. Ah, you’re right. I skimmed the OP and thought he was using Word on the Mac OS side as well. TextEdit sounds like the problem, then. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/47 "2009-01-27T21:21:23Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Thanks 🙂 Got’er in on time. Finished up during lunch right before class. I think the rewritten bits came out much better this time so maybe it worked out for the best. Steve may keep his sex organs intact. Oustanding, Dude! Congratulations and I hope you get the best grade possible - you sure deserve it. Q ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/48 "2009-01-27T21:45:47Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > My point being, given the differences in the centuries, **TTR’s** explanation carries more weight than “The dog ate my homework, sir!” Not really, “I lost the file” or “My computer crashed” are pretty much the equivalent excuses these days. Sure, they happen, but they’re more often just excuses. On the other hand, I once had one of my favorite instructors hand back an assignment to everybody but me. When I asked if mine had gotten lost, he looked really sheepish, and handed me a Xeroxed copy of my assignment. “My dog ate it this weekend, this was the best shape I could get it back in.” You could still see the teeth marks in the paper, it was pretty funny. > [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe so. But then, she didn’t lose a paper that she would describe thus: “I just spent the last 3 hours writing a paper. I gave up sleep I may be too busy to get back to tomorrow to write this paper, I poured myself into this paper. I researched and carefully thought about every word of this paper. Did I mention it’s due tuesday and I’m going to be super busy tomorrow?” On one hand, you’re right. On the other, the OP has to rewrite his paper this time. Those that write with a pen and paper have to rewrite it _every single time._ As long as you don’t flub up more than once a semester (and one really good flub up is really all it takes), the advantage still goes to the draft-on-computer camp. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037/49 "2009-01-27T21:55:02Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Not really, “I lost the file” or “My computer crashed” are pretty much the equivalent excuses these days. Sure, they happen, but they’re more often just excuses. Point taken, thanks. I think my analogy didn’t work because as that “teacher” I was privy to **TTR’s** information posted here and the frustration he felt, but the real-life teacher would not have that info and would be in the position of having to take his student’s word for what happened. However, threatening to rip someone’s balls off carries a lot of weight with me! 😃 I almost reached down to cup my two “boys” protectively when I read that! He’d get an **A** from me for creative threatening! And looka here, I’m in the damn Pit **again**! Jesus! :smack: Still, I’m happy this all ended well for our friend. Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-steve-jobs-nuts-ripped-off-and-fed-to-a-dog-while-he-screams-in-agony/483037.md?page=2)