# Steve Jobs resigns from Apple **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966 "2011-08-24T23:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/21 "2011-08-25T22:43:16Z")
tv news called him ‘the Edison of our time’. i just about barfed on my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/22 "2011-08-26T21:53:12Z")
TMZ posted a picture of him. He’s very thin. He looks like he’s dying. I don’t know if I want to link to it though, it’s kind of sleazy for paparazzi to hound a sick or dying man. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/23 "2011-08-27T03:40:11Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > I think so, too. I imagine a lot of little geniuses out there have been short on Apple just waiting for today. They’ll sell off, make $10, and life will go on. Nitpick: if they were short on Apple, then they will buy to replace the shares that they have already sold (which they borrowed in order to be able to sell them). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/24 "2011-08-27T11:27:22Z")
Have you seen the photos the Daily News printed of Jobs? Quite shocking. How sad. [http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-18/news/29179547\_1\_apple-ceo-steve-jobs-apple-stock-apple-employees](http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-18/news/29179547_1_apple-ceo-steve-jobs-apple-stock-apple-employees) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/25 "2011-08-27T11:39:40Z")
Here is a better link [Daily What](http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/08/26/steve-jobs-paparazzi-photo-of-the-day/) ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/26 "2011-08-27T14:32:55Z")
Wow. He does look bad. Based on the gauntness he’d shown in his last few public appearances, I was going to make a joke that he could shave his head and look like Moby, but after looking at several of the links… he looks like many of the folks I worked with when doing work at a hospice. I’m not a big fan of the guy, but I hope he’s able to concentrate on his health (instead of Apple) and bounce back. Or get good palliative care. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/27 "2011-08-28T04:46:23Z")
from my secret low band net connection … Reports now indicate the phots I linked to are faked. Thank goodness. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/28 "2011-08-29T02:10:22Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > from my secret low band net connection … > > Reports now indicate the phots I linked to are faked. Thank goodness. Yeh, there’s no way Steve would be caught wearing dark socks with sandals. Even in his poor health, the man has his dignity. But he’s been quite thin for a while, especially after his liver transplant. I really hope he’s able to bounce back and hang on for many more years. That [speech](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&feature=player_embedded) he gave to Stanford was pretty damn powerful, especially when he gives his thoughts and perspective on death and his own mortality. Fine words. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/29 "2011-08-29T02:35:06Z")
Also the alleged photos make him look seven feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/30 "2011-08-29T04:24:22Z")
Does anyone else think that the fake photos make it look like he’s in a dress? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/31 "2011-09-09T23:37:31Z")
blogs did make an unconfirmed report his death. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/32 "2011-09-10T03:40:03Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > blogs did make an unconfirmed report his death. 😕 [Who cares? It’s all just a goof.](http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/CBS-Web-Show-Falsely-Tweets-Steve-Jobs-Death-34971.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966/33 "2011-09-10T14:37:43Z")
Poor bastard looks dead but he won’t lie down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/593966.md?page=1)