▲ 2423 ▼ Zoomers & Boomers are the same (lemmy.ca) submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 545 comments fedilink hide all child comments source: @n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca
[–] SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 129 points 1 year ago (7 children) Percussive maintenance is surprisingly helpful a lot of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago Me, when the family asks me, "the IT guy", for help. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Until your trackpad is acting up a bit and you become so frustrated you smack it and now it hardly ever works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago Same with flinging a laptop across the room, which ultimately became my excuse to replace a 12yo Sony laptop. permalink fedilink source parent [+] nthavoc@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) If the magic smoke comes out, that's entirely the electrician/electrical designer's fault. Their circuits shouldn't have let me do that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago Hey now, the NEC provides ample protection against user stupidity, and I do my damndest to take it a step further. If a user is able to do something so catastrophically stupid despite me better engineering efforts, perhaps they should read up on darwinism. Signed, an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago This often devolves into Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) A blowie works a lot more often. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Podunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago More flies with honey they say... but i still cant get this usb right the first try. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago therapeutic at least permalink fedilink source parent [–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago It broke my previous laptop’s hard drive because it wasn’t an ssd. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago Me, when the family asks me, "the IT guy", for help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Until your trackpad is acting up a bit and you become so frustrated you smack it and now it hardly ever works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago Same with flinging a laptop across the room, which ultimately became my excuse to replace a 12yo Sony laptop. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago Same with flinging a laptop across the room, which ultimately became my excuse to replace a 12yo Sony laptop. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] nthavoc@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) If the magic smoke comes out, that's entirely the electrician/electrical designer's fault. Their circuits shouldn't have let me do that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago Hey now, the NEC provides ample protection against user stupidity, and I do my damndest to take it a step further. If a user is able to do something so catastrophically stupid despite me better engineering efforts, perhaps they should read up on darwinism. Signed, an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) If the magic smoke comes out, that's entirely the electrician/electrical designer's fault. Their circuits shouldn't have let me do that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago Hey now, the NEC provides ample protection against user stupidity, and I do my damndest to take it a step further. If a user is able to do something so catastrophically stupid despite me better engineering efforts, perhaps they should read up on darwinism. Signed, an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago Hey now, the NEC provides ample protection against user stupidity, and I do my damndest to take it a step further. If a user is able to do something so catastrophically stupid despite me better engineering efforts, perhaps they should read up on darwinism. Signed, an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago This often devolves into Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) A blowie works a lot more often. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Podunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago More flies with honey they say... but i still cant get this usb right the first try. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago More flies with honey they say... but i still cant get this usb right the first try. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago therapeutic at least permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago It broke my previous laptop’s hard drive because it wasn’t an ssd. permalink fedilink source parent
