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Microsoft's approach to Blue Screen of Death bugs is like finding a 26-year-old bug in your codebase and pretending it's a new feature. Windows 95 to Windows 11? That's not legacy code, that's an heirloom passed down through generations of developers! The real question is whether Microsoft fixes bugs or just creates elaborate workarounds while counting cash. Hey, if it crashed for your grandparents, it should crash for you too—tradition matters!

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The existential crisis of a Windows 11 user faced with the most traumatic UI change since Internet Explorer toolbars. Microsoft's decision to center the Start button after decades of muscle memory training is like suddenly moving your bathroom door to the opposite wall. That moment of panic when your cursor frantically searches the bottom left corner only to find emptiness is pure psychological warfare. And just when you think you've adapted, you'll use someone else's Windows 10 machine and your brain short-circuits all over again.

Ah, the ancient IT support psychological warfare technique! Instead of embarrassing users with the classic "is it plugged in?" question (which it never is), this genius IT veteran gives them a dignified escape route. "Unplug the cable, blow on it dramatically like it's a Nintendo cartridge from 1992, and plug it back in." Pure brilliance! The user gets to pretend they're performing critical maintenance rather than admitting they never plugged the damn thing in to begin with. It's the tech support equivalent of letting someone "find" their glasses on top of their own head. Kindness through deception - the cornerstone of all healthy IT-user relationships!

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