I Assumed 'Twas The Boot Code

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I Assumed 'Twas The Boot Code

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OH. MY. GAWD. The absolute TRAUMA of 2000s computing! When your computer wouldn't start and you'd literally KICK THE POWER BUTTON with your TOE because you were too lazy to bend down! 💀

Remember those tower PCs where the power button was conveniently positioned at FOOT LEVEL? As if the engineers were secretly testing if humans could evolve into tech-savvy flamingos! The sheer DRAMA of balancing on one leg while your other foot performed delicate computer surgery!

And don't even get me STARTED on how we'd blame the "boot code" when really it was just our barbaric toe-poking habits that probably corrupted half the hard drive! The dark ages of computing, I CANNOT EVEN! 🦶💻

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