A New Kind of Geek Porn

[Lemur]

I stumbled across this site (http://www.unboxing.com/), and I'm strangely smitten. It's dedicated to the act of unboxing new electronics. The geek equivalent, if you will, of undressing a lover. It's both sad, hilarious and freeing.

Am I overracting, or is this really something strange and new?

[LeftEyeNine]

Oh my, these weirdos would probably beg for getting formatted if they were told that they would get burnt in hell.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I think they are rather over the top to publish, but there is a deep pleasure in unboxing an Apple product (I note that the stories on the page at present are all Macs).

I've unpacked PCs without a second thought, but my Macs have always brought that "Christmas feeling".

Come to think of it, watching my wife unpack her iBook was really quite, um...

:help:

[Lemur]

Well, here's to hoping that they won't restrict themselves to Macs. In fact, I think I saw a call going out on Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/5/23/4082) for people to post pictures of themselves undressing PCs in the privacy of their bedrooms ...