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Gaming Setup 2030

Gaming Setup 2030
Ah, the future of gaming where you'll need not one but TWO entire PC towers to run Chrome with three tabs open. Nothing says "progress" like having a separate computer dedicated to each side of your ultrawide monitor. The real joke is that Windows will still look exactly the same in 2030 as it does today. And those RGB fans? They'll be consuming more electricity than your refrigerator, but hey, at least your frame rates will be high enough to render all those Windows update screens in glorious detail.

The Tech Support Survival Guide

The Tech Support Survival Guide
The sacred scrolls of tech support revealed! Every IT person's daily mantra consists of asking if it's plugged in (while silently judging your cable management), suggesting the universal fix of turning it off and on again, insisting you update your perfectly functional 3-year-old system, and when all else fails, dropping mysterious command line incantations like chkdsk and dism that might as well be summoning demons. The judgy cat represents every support person's internal expression while keeping a professional voice on the call. These five horsemen of tech support have solved approximately 99% of all computer problems since the dawn of time.

And Now The Screen Is Blank

And Now The Screen Is Blank
That moment when you enable Secure Boot and your fancy RGB gaming PC refuses to boot up. The top panel shows Tom and Jerry eagerly pressing the power button, full of hope and excitement. The bottom panel? Pure panic as they realize they've just bricked their system. Secure Boot is like that friend who promises to protect you but then locks you out of your own house. Pro tip: always have a backup plan before messing with UEFI settings, unless you enjoy the thrilling adventure of rescue USBs and BIOS resets!

Still Goes Like That

Still Goes Like That
The first thing you do with a fresh Windows install? Search "Chrome" in Edge. Then Edge is like, "Wait! We're basically the same now! Both Chromium-based! Please stay!" It's the digital equivalent of that desperate ex who changed their entire personality to be more like your new partner. Sorry Edge, but changing your engine to Chromium doesn't erase those years of Internet Explorer trauma. Some trust issues just run too deep.

Arcane Terminals

Arcane Terminals
Windows users pretending there's a difference between cmd.exe and "black magic" is peak corporate delusion. Your grandma gets it – both are equally incomprehensible command-line interfaces that might as well be ancient sorcery. At least Linux terminal users admit they're practicing witchcraft.

Every Time After Right-Clicking On A Local File

Every Time After Right-Clicking On A Local File
Your computer is basically a supercomputer by 1990s standards - 32 cores, 32GB RAM, 2TB NVMe drive that could store the entire Library of Congress. Yet somehow Windows Explorer still takes 5 seconds to show you a right-click menu on a text file. The machine that could theoretically simulate nuclear explosions is brought to its knees by a context menu. The ultimate reminder that no matter how far technology advances, software will always find a way to waste every last resource you throw at it.

The Stockholm Syndrome Of Operating Systems

The Stockholm Syndrome Of Operating Systems
The quintessential developer dilemma: complaining about Windows but rejecting Linux when it's offered. It's like dating someone awful but refusing to swipe right on anyone else because "what if they're worse ?" That moment when you'd rather stare out the actual window contemplating your technological suffering than embrace the penguin of freedom. The cat's expression in the third panel is every developer who's been forced to use corporate-mandated Windows while secretly knowing they could solve everything with one distro change. Stockholm syndrome: Operating System Edition.

Blue Slushie Of Death

Blue Slushie Of Death
Nothing hits quite like a refreshing BIOS error with your slushie! That 7-Eleven machine decided to boot into the most terrifying screen known to PC users instead of dispensing frozen sugar water. The blue screen with error logs is giving major "your motherboard is about to become a paperweight" vibes. Imagine walking up for a Mountain Dew and getting served a kernel panic instead. That's not brain freeze—that's just your system freezing! Somewhere, a sysadmin is frantically trying to SSH into a slushie machine while muttering "I didn't sign up for this." Next time you complain about your deployment failing, remember: at least it's not preventing teenagers from getting their sugar fix.

Blue Screen Of Drink

Blue Screen Of Drink
When your slushie machine decides to boot into debug mode instead of dispensing drinks! That error screen is giving major BIOS vibes—you know, that terrifying moment when your PC decides to show its guts instead of Windows. The "bro I'm getting the BIOS flavor" caption is pure genius. Forget Mountain Dew, I'll have a tall glass of kernel panic with a splash of memory dump, please. At least it's not the dreaded "out of syrup" exception that requires admin privileges to refill.

Windows Devs After Adding CRLF In Each Line Of Every Merged File

Windows Devs After Adding CRLF In Each Line Of Every Merged File
The dark satisfaction of Windows developers inserting carriage return line feed (CRLF) into every merged file is perfectly captured here. While Unix-based systems use just LF (\n) for line endings, Windows insists on CRLF (\r\n) and will fight to the death for those extra bytes. Nothing like breaking git diffs and causing merge conflicts across operating systems because Windows decided in 1981 that mimicking typewriters was the future of computing. The smug expression says it all - "Yes, I've ruined your clean line endings, and I'd do it again."

If You're Happy And You Know It, Syntax Error!

If You're Happy And You Know It, Syntax Error!
Someone tried to sing "If You're Happy And You Know It" in a command prompt and the computer responded the only way it knows how - with cold, unfeeling syntax errors. The computer doesn't care about your happiness. It only cares about correct syntax. This is basically every developer's relationship with their compiler in a nutshell. No clapping hands, just error messages.

How The Tables Have Turned

How The Tables Have Turned
30 years and the tables have turned! In 1994, Windows users were the serious business types while Linux nerds were the smug outsiders. Fast forward to 2024, and suddenly Linux is the sensible choice for actual work while Windows users are busy rebooting after another forced update. Nothing says "technological evolution" quite like watching Microsoft slowly transform their OS into what looks like a billboard with occasional computing features. The irony is delicious – and completely lost on anyone still waiting for their Windows 11 widgets to load.