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My gran has used computers for decades and for some reason has now developed a habit of just pressing the button on her CRT monitor then phoning me asking why the computer won't turn on and I have to spend the next hour trying to get her to press the power button on the actual computer tower beside the monitor as well.

 

It's getting very tedious

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4 hours ago, Inversion said:

My gran has used computers for decades and for some reason has now developed a habit of just pressing the button on her CRT monitor then phoning me asking why the computer won't turn on and I have to spend the next hour trying to get her to press the power button on the actual computer tower beside the monitor as well.

 

It's getting very tedious

Who has that setup anymore? Is it from 2001?

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this is everyone in college, once i say "computer" or "cpu" they get confused. I have nobody who actually understands what i am saying and it is really depressing, because when they ask me what i am doing, i tell them as simple as possible, but they just drown out and say "yup", or "great".  

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Just now, Mr. Tibbs said:

this is everyone in college, once i say "computer" or "cpu" they get confused. I have nobody who actually understands what i am saying and it is really depressing, because when they ask me what i am doing, i tell them as simple as possible, but they just drown out and say "yup", or "great".  

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Just now, Mr. Tibbs said:

yup

great

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1 minute ago, LucasDerpYT said:

Its great to say YES or NO during sex, but what if you were having sex and the other person was just like "yup"

you haven't have sex haven't you? 

 

sorry

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Just now, LucasDerpYT said:

Its great to say YES or NO during sex, but what if you were having sex and the other person was just like "yup"

I would probably get depressed and kill myself. lol xD

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

you haven't have sex haven't you? 

 

sorry

Bruh im 13. Whilst I have had my close encounters, I am not that lucky. 

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1 minute ago, LucasDerpYT said:

Bruh im 13. Whilst I have had my close encounters, I am not that lucky. 

sucks for you

 

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1 minute ago, LucasDerpYT said:

Bruh im 13...I have had close encounters

That's messed up, I'm sorry. :S

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Just now, LucasDerpYT said:

Trust me, check back in 6 months 

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Just now, themctipers said:

LucasDerpYT

I screencapped that because of the face in the middle thumbnail. Also how did you get that? Oh shit I accidentally made that my PFP?

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Just now, LucasDerpYT said:

I screencapped that because of the face in the middle thumbnail. Also how did you get that? Oh shit I accidentally made that my PFP?

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6 hours ago, LucasDerpYT said:

Who has that setup anymore? Is it from 2001?

Yes. She's 82 and I'm not trying to teach her anything new after the trouble she has with her new home phone

 

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10 minutes ago, Inversion said:

Yes. She's 82 and I'm not trying to teach her anything new after the trouble she has with her new home phone

this came to mind

 

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10 hours ago, LucasDerpYT said:

Bruh im 13.

 

10 hours ago, LucasDerpYT said:

I have had my close encounters

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In all seriousness though, how?!? First of all, I don't understand how you could get the privacy needed, and second of all, at that young of an age? I'm a year older and have never had a gf, though to be fair that is mostly probably because of private school and me being a math and science type of kid. Honestly I don't expect myself to until around 22 or so :P.

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1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

 

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In all seriousness though, how?!? First of all, I don't understand how you could get the privacy needed, and second of all, at that young of an age? I'm a year older and have never had a gf, though to be fair that is mostly probably because of private school and me being a math and science type of kid. Honestly I don't expect myself to until around 22 or so :P.

Well alot of them happened when my mum took a job in Myrtle Beach managing a hotel. At the time I looked my best, I had access to a pool everyday and since we weren't sure if she'd keep the job due to a 6 month contract that they might sell the property we got to stay there. 

Most of thEm were like 13-14

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2 hours ago, DocSwag said:

 

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In all seriousness though, how?!? First of all, I don't understand how you could get the privacy needed, and second of all, at that young of an age? I'm a year older and have never had a gf, though to be fair that is mostly probably because of private school and me being a math and science type of kid. Honestly I don't expect myself to until around 22 or so :P.

I am a good kid in school I get straight As and Bs, but in a hotel of 122 rooms you have quite a bit 

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6 hours ago, Urishima said:

I think this gave me some new kind of cancer. Kudos.

I am OS-neutral, but needs more time using Linux to be able to help anyone. Forcing someone to use a different operating system is a red flag for me that someone's profession isn't in IT/IS.

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1 minute ago, Aereto_Compuru said:

I am OS-neutral, but needs more time using Linux to be able to help anyone. Forcing someone to use a different operating system is a red flag for me that someone's profession isn't in IT/IS.

I like windows more than Linux. I don't code so the existing coded programs and coding languages are more abundant on Windows help me if I want to code

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Just now, LucasDerpYT said:

I don't code so the existing coded programs and coding languages are more abundant on Windows help me if I want to code

I... what?

I deal in shitposts and shitpost accessories.

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