Personal-computing Memes

Dystopian future where Big Tech finally wins and personal computing gets banned. But you've been hoarding silicon since the chip shortage of 2021, so now you're out here in your backyard running an illegal bootleg fab operation, refining raw silicon tetrachloride into CPUs like some kind of semiconductor Walter White. The toothpick is a nice touch—really sells the "I've been up for 72 hours monitoring deposition temperatures" vibe. Your neighbors think you're making moonshine. You're actually compiling the Linux kernel on hardware you literally cooked up yourself. The feds are gonna be so confused when they raid you.