Satire: Steve Jobs' Corpse Rises From Grave With Crude Drawing of 'The Octomac' Device
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The Onion Staff
1mo ago· 7 min readen
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Summary
A satirical article from The Onion reporting that Steve Jobs' corpse has burst from his grave, clutching a crude drawing of a device called "The Octomac" — a parody of posthumous Apple product launches and the cult of personality around Steve Jobs. The piece humorously depicts Jobs returning from the dead to unveil a ridiculous, nonsensical product design, mocking tech industry hype cycles and Apple's product naming conventions.
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'It's called The Octomac. It does everything. It's the future of computing. It's also a toaster.'
'This is the most revolutionary product since the iPhone,' said Apple CEO Tim Cook, visibly confused. 'We're going to build it immediately.'
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