You know you're a techie when. . .

[gnarly0531]

you forget you have a top of the line PC. you go to class and have to boot the VMs it is taking like 10 minutes so you switch PCs and yet that takes 10 minutes+ also.... you realize you are on school PCs and that is normal.... all too adjusted to ssd speeds with a processor that you can assign 2 threads to each VM and 2 gb ram to each as well. i was literally thinking there was something wrong with the PCs my teacher went to the first PC i was on to check it out.... he sits for about 12 minutes and "hey it works fine on here maybe you just didnt wait long enough" LOL

[thehardwarehacker]

when spending almost double on a new rig than you spent on your car doesn't phase you. im about to go there.

[carguy86]

When you agressively chase someone out of your room whith a smelly sock if they touch your PCs (yes i have 5 of them, 4 dead servers and one usage PC)

[screamXrawr]

when you cant figure out why the room feels smaller then realize half of it is full of boxes most of which are from newegg and amazon

 

when you notice one ugly looking cable and end up replacing all of them

 

when you look at your computer and think, "i can...do more......"

[minibois]

when you want to just program, but you can't because of homework

When you just want to program and have to because you have homework.

[melias24]

I know i'm a techie when:

• when at school someone needs help fixing/using a laptop i pull out my own mouse and mech KB
• Get annoyed when someone uses a computer slowly/double clicks everything
• Told the school IT guy how to do something he didn't know about.....
• Pulling apart a school PC during class to re-seat the GPU....

[RedSphyxis]

You know you're a techie when you're a devoted member of LTT!!!!!! 

 

 And when your so naive that you spend all your money/allowance on new tech and survive on Noodles or something like this

for weeks

hahahahahahaha  :lol:

[minibois]

You know you're a techie when you're a devoted member of LTT!!!!!! 

 

 And when your so naive that you spend all your money/allowance on new tech and survive on Noodles or something like this

 

 

hahahahahahaha  :lol:

What is that on the bread? 

ಠ_ಠ

[RedSphyxis]

What is that on the bread? 

ಠ_ಠ

idk know if this a rhetorical question but its ice lol

[minibois]

idk know if this a rhetorical question but its ice lol

It was not rhetorical at all. 

And ice? That's quite pathetic.. 

[RedSphyxis]

It was not rhetorical at all. 

And ice? That's quite pathetic.. 

hahahahaha btw the pics not mine someone tweeted it a while back

[Tholmar]

When you have to give a 15 minute lecture on anything you want so you bring in a motherboard graphics card etc to show everyone how it all works.

[Ian Schmid]

when your smarter than the school IT guys

[APersonWithABrokenChair]

when your smarter than the school it guys

^this

 

Its sad, but its true

[chilicheeseburger]

When you order thermal paste because you know you're gonna need it someday.

[Rooah]

You know you're a techie when . . .

 

You put together a different pc every other week with spare components lying around and try out a different Linux distro with each build

 

You have an unnatural hate for "high-end" hdmi cables >.>

 

When tech that has broken or is no longer useful gets taken apart and spread across your desk just to check it out rather than going into the trash

[TerminalVelocity]

When you spaz out when someone has Internet Explorer pinned to their taskbar...

[Mightyinvader]

when you are buying a partly built system that you want to upgrade and you ask the person what the power supply wattage is over text and he replies "The cpu doesnt have a wattage but i think its new" Despite the fact you tried to explain its the box in the bottom back of the case with allot of cables coming out of it. When that doesnt work you then pass craiglist's security to find his email and email him a photo

[techtime20]

You see the new piece of tech try to resist but cave and buy two even though you'll probably never use them

[PandaPandemic15]

When you want to buy an old beige mechanical PS2 keyboard just because...

[Link81]

When you want to buy an old beige mechanical PS2 keyboard just because...

When you have an old beige mechanical PS2 keyboard somewhere on your garage.

 

When you go to your garage and grab your old beige mechanichal PS2 keyboard.

 

When you post on the Linus Tech Tips forum with your old beige mechanical PS2 keyboard.

 

PS: Old beige mechanical PS2 keyboard Still works perfectly fine!!

 

EDIT: When you're 12 years old on 1993 and write a 5 1/4 boot disk to optimize your Microprose F1 Grand Prix (aka World Circuit)

config.sys

device=himem.sys

Dos=high

devicehigh=mouse.sys

[CalebTheEternal]

When you cant help but buy more mechanical keyboards just because you love them. 

omg yes. I've gotten 3 in the last year.

[J_BlRD]

when you never stop telling your friends that they CANT over clock their macbook

[silvertriclops]

when you bring your laptop to high school every day to take notes, and everyone else is stuck with their crappy school-owned ipads

 

when you use your raspberry pi to hack your parents' windows logins

 

when you save your money for an i7-6790k when it comes out, rather than buying a bullhorn to scream at your sister (that can come later)

 

when you carry around a box of 11 flash drives everywhere

 

BOOOOOM

 

edit: also i watch linus every day at lunch just because i can, even though i look like a total doofus

[Bmjskater]

You know you're a nerd when.......