Alrighty boys and girls, its time for the rant of the week. So there is this guy in Louisiana, who is filing suit against Apple, Inc. Why? Because his Ipod can put out a range of decibels that are harmful to your ears when using earbuds. Let me repeat this for everyone. This guy is filing a class action suit against Apple, Inc for putting out a product that has the potential to damage your ears. He claims that there is not enough warning on the product letting you know that turning the volume up to high can potentially damage your ears. Keep in mind, Apple has a warning about that in the manual (and I know because I have an Ipod). I will let all of you simmer on that for a bit. In France, they made Apple recall all Ipods and made them reduced the maximum decibel output from 115 to 110. Now, if memory serves me right, for comfortable listening, you should have the decibel range between 50 and 60. Past 70dB, sound quality starts to deteriorate because most personal speakers can't handle above that level. They either start to cut in and out due to the frequency changes or the sound is filled with static. And Apple isn't the only mp3 manufacturer that has output ranges higher than 110. There are plenty of manufactures that output 115 db. So why Apple Ipods?

I believe that if this guy's lawsuit is won, I'm going to file suit on a knife manufacturer for creating a product that has the potential to cut me. I'm going to file suit against a heater company for making a product that keeps me too warm. Why? Because that is what that guy is doing. He is filing suit against a company that makes a product that has the potential to do harm to oneself. Now lets just think about this. If you turn on the TV and it is at a really high volume, what do you do? You turn the fucker down. If you turn on a lamp that is really bright, what do you do? You put a lamp shade over it. When food starts to burn on a stove, what do you do? You turn the heat down. Why? Because they are common sense things. Common sense people. This guy is filing suit against Apple because he has a lack of common sense. My question to this guy is how.. How he managed to live this long without winning a Darwin Award. Because to me, this guy seems to be the type. He's the same asshole that would touch an electrifed fence over and over and over. No one should have to tell you that high volumes of music can damage your ears. No one should have to tell you that when you order hot coffee, its going to be hot. No one should tell you that eating only eating McDonalds will make you gain weight. No one should have to tell you these things because these are the type of things you should know instinctively. These are the things you should have learned in fucking Kindergarten. When I was 5 years old, I knew that hot coffee was hot. I knew when the radio was too loud. I knew not to touch the blade of a knife. Or to pick up broken glass. Or touch fire. Why? Because instincts should kick in. Survival. COMMON FUCKING SENSE! You don't touch the fire because its hot.

Should a person be allowed to sue Phillip-Morris for making a product that is addictive and can cause cancer? NO! Its your choice to smoke cigarrettes. Should you be able to sue McDonalds because a harmful side effect of eating their food and not exercising some fucking self control is getting fat. NO! Its your choice to eat their shit and not stop and work out. No one from McDonalds forced a fucking BigMac down your throat. Phillip-Morris didn't put a gun to your head and say,"Smoke it or we smoke you." And Apple doesn't force anyone to listen to their music at a ridiculously high volumes. Its stupidity that causes these things.

But its a problem in todays society. Somehow, somewhere down the line, someone decided to reward stupidity. Someone decided that its okay to be stupid. It is our sovereign duty to make sure that the weak and stupid pass their genes on to the next generation. Thats not the course of nature. The course of nature dictates that the weak die off, so that the next generation consist of the smarter and the stronger. And the government allows it. Thats what I don't understand. The Federal Government allows stupidity to run rampant throughout America. Its as if they encourage it. If thats the case and this guy wins, I'm going to file suit against 3 entities. The first will be my government for allowing stupidity to run rampant and not stepping in. I have to deal with stupid people on a near constant basis, and that is causing uncomfortable living enviroment. The second entity will be the guy in Louisiana for staining the human race with his existence. It means that the next generation will have some trace of him and the potential for us to progress will be lost. The third will be Apple for not putting out a quality product due to a massive settlement case and a massive recall of all Ipods.