Steve Jobs death causes jokes on Twitter

The death of Steve Jobs has prompted several jokes on Twitter. With the ever-popular "too soon?" tag, many people are trying to find comedy in what is truly a tragedy. While some of the "jokes" are more harsh than others, it's fair to say that any attempt at humor is "too soon."

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P. Maybe I should have tweeted this from my iPhone! Ooops (sic)," tweeted comedian Carlos Mencia. "iSad" and "iDead" have both been trending on Twitter, and while they can be taken as a way to honor the late Apple co-founder, they actually mock him in some way. Some other jokes included Steve Jobs "dropping" before the iPhone 5.

Of course everyone deals with death in a different way, but the fact of the matter is that Steve Jobs was an amazing man. People are going to make jokes during this sad time because everyone wants to come up with the most witty saying that gets retweeted on Twitter 100+ times. However, at the end of the day, none of it matters, and whether you choose to laugh or not is up to you.

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Lex Johnson Oct 5, 2011, 10:24pm UTC

The jokes were a little much but this is a free country and free speach is apart of the constitution. Rest well Steve.

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Angela M. Oct 6, 2011, 4:24am UTC

Where is the respect for the deceased?

jake ashford Oct 6, 2011, 4:43am UTC

iDunno. But like or hate him, there's no denying his contribution to personal computing.

Brendan Morland Oct 6, 2011, 8:51am UTC

He's still a human being, even if he was an extension of a company you may or may not hate. That being said, the iJobs was the lightest and thinnest iteration at the time of drop. Too soon?

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Christine P. Oct 6, 2011, 10:09am UTC

I can't believe that people would joke at a time like this. My thoughts are with his family! I can only hope that apple is able to keep his visions and dreams alive. I hope they find someone with as much for front thinking that he had to replace him!!

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Yu Lee Oct 6, 2011, 11:36am UTC

without him Apple would just be a fruit !!!

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Hope Carson Oct 6, 2011, 2:14pm UTC

Sick to to make jokes about someone dying. If the man had been a serial killer or terrorist, it would be understandable, but Steve Jobs? Why? What did he do that was so despicable? People are too evil.

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Diane Zoller-Ciatto Oct 6, 2011, 3:13pm UTC

It is good to know that there are more tears shed for Jobs than groans from the lame jokes!

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Lex Johnson Oct 6, 2011, 3:17pm UTC

People are really low now days. It's sad that persons could stoop to such a low state resulting them to joke about someones death. If people have issues with self estemee now days that they have to be little someone OVER THE INTERNET about dieing then there is more in this world that need to be volunteerly shot.

I feel for the family of Jobs, since I have had 3 family members pass away in the past 2 years. It's heartaching. If it were anyone else but someone of a high social status, no one would really care; and jokes would cease to exist.

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