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Just intellectually curious -- why is that saddening? My thoughts are, people can do what they'd like with their money.

It's not even so much about the money. I just find it pathetic that there is a market for a utility which produces fart sounds. Hell, it could be free and I'd still find it sad.

I mean, okay, maybe farting was funny when I was five. But if you're old enough to own an iPhone, you should be old enough to have a slightly more refined sense of humor.

Granted, "refined" is extremely subjective and arbitrary, but you asked so there you go ;)

I think it's sad, not on the part of the developers, but on the people who enable apps like this to be worth making.

How mighty of you. You can buy silly mechanical fart machines, cds of farts, whoopee cushions, etc - all of which are many times more expensive (and less fancy) than iFart. So all those people that are looking for a tech bargain and think loud stinking gas emitted from a human anus is hilarious are in luck.

Outside of your self-righteous indignation, of course.

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