Is That Bad? Windows 11 Start Menu Edition

GASP! The absolute AUDACITY of this poll! 😱 A mere 0.8% think Microsoft understands consent while a STAGGERING 99.2% chose "Remind me in 3 days" - which is basically the digital equivalent of "I'm going to keep asking until you give me the answer I want!" It's like that pushy friend who keeps texting about their MLM opportunity even after you've blocked their number on SEVENTEEN different platforms! Microsoft's update notifications and privacy settings are basically that clingy ex who just CAN'T take a hint! The irony is so thick you could spread it on toast and call it breakfast!

The eternal server admin dilemma! When Windows offers you "Update and shut down" but your production server needs to stay up for that sweet, sweet 99.999% uptime. The confused monkeys represent every DevOps engineer who hasn't seen their family in 72 hours because they're too busy keeping that uptime counter ticking. That "Where shutdown?" question hits different at 3 AM when you're on your fifth energy drink and seventh consecutive month without rebooting.

Content I work in IT, which is the reason our house has: - mechanical locks - mechanical windows - routers using OpenWRT - no smart home crap -no AlexaGoogle Assistant.. - no internet connected thermostats Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future! Programmers Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.

The corporate world's dirty little secret: why learn fancy languages when Excel macros will make you the office wizard? Non-IT folks don't care about your elegant Python algorithms—they just want their spreadsheets to stop crashing. VBA might be the programming equivalent of using a hammer to screw in a nail, but damn if it doesn't get you immediate results while the "real programmers" are still setting up their development environments. SQL queries in Access might make database engineers cry, but nothing says job security like being the only person who can make the ancient accounting system spit out quarterly reports.

The four-panel comic perfectly encapsulates the special hell of GPU driver updates. First panel: developer hates themselves after a bug-filled day. Second panel: bigger figure comforts them. Third panel: AMD/NVIDIA drops their "latest drivers" that break everything. Fourth panel: developer discovers they now hate the drivers more than themselves. Nothing quite like spending weeks debugging your code only to realize it was the driver update all along. At least your self-loathing has a new target.

Congratulations, you've just witnessed peak tech executive cost-cutting logic! Delete the entire operating system to save a few megabytes—because who needs a functioning computer when you can brag about storage optimization? For the uninitiated, System32 is basically Windows' vital organs. Deleting it is like removing your brain to lose weight. Sure, you'll be lighter, but also... dead. The real punchline? 10MB is practically nothing in today's computing world—it's like demolishing your house to save on a light bulb. But hey, "efficiency" at its finest!