A device that you carry around with you, day in and day out, for several years is going to prompt some kind of emotional attachment. Every scratch triggers a certain memory, every dent takes you back to a certain time and place. Add in the fact that you upload your most cherished media to it, and it becomes kind of like a diary, charting your development over time.
When said gadget dies it can therefore be a pretty sombre occasion. That was certainly the case for one Reddit user, who recently posted a memorial to their dearly departed 160GB iPod. Only for something totally unexpected to happen.
The user in question was named Effennekappa. “I’ve spent 10 years with this 160gb monster in my pocket, it’s been with me in every single trip, journey and commute I’ve made since I was 20,” the user wrote. “Today it played its last song. Farewell, you magnificent bastard.”
Justice is served
An accompanying image showed the battle-worn silver iPod, complete with a rear sticker for the French electronic music duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, a.k.a. “Justice.”
The post got quite a bit of attention as fellow iPod users shared their thoughts on what it was like to lose a beloved MP3 player. Somewhere along the way, however, Justice stumbled across the thread, and paid their respects — as well as offering to replace the iPod in question.
“Hello u/effennekappa! Sorry to hear about your iPod,” Xavier de Rosnay posted. “Would it be possible for us to send you a new one? We’ll put some new music on it.”
Unsurprisingly, this prompted a whole lot of excitement — along with speculation over whether this “new music” could turn out to be from an upcoming Justice album. Either way, it’s a pretty neat thing to happen, plus a reminder of the fact that even cool musicians spend part of their days surfing Reddit. And, hey, who can’t empathize with the death of a beloved piece of tech?
What was your saddest death of a gadget or computer? Are there any that prompted more emotion than is really logical when they sputtered their last digital breath? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: Reddit
Via: Dancing Astronaut
