Two Steps Ahead

Nothing quite like the primal rage of being denied permission to delete your own files on your own machine. The classic Windows permission dance: log in as admin, still get blocked, right-click, "Run as administrator," sacrifice a goat, perform a rain dance, and maybe— maybe —Windows will acknowledge your authority. Bonus points when you have to take ownership of files you already own. It's like having a butler who locks you out of your own kitchen because "sir doesn't have the proper credentials to operate the toaster."

The existential horror of waking up to check if your massive download finished overnight, only to find it's been sitting there, politely waiting for your confirmation like some digital sociopath. That 30GB file—probably a game, development environment, or Linux distro—has been at 100% for hours, but refuses to complete without your explicit blessing. The look of pure, unadulterated panic is the universal response of someone who just realized they could have been using that software seven hours ago . Nothing quite matches the rage of discovering your computer has been holding your download hostage while you slept, requiring just one simple click that it absolutely couldn't make on its own. Technology: making simple tasks unnecessarily complicated since forever.

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.

You: *writes detailed 500-line bug report with stack trace, environment variables, and reproduction steps* IT Support: "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" The universal IT solution that somehow fixes 90% of problems despite all logic and reason. It's the digital equivalent of blowing on a Nintendo cartridge—nobody knows why it works, but it does. The worst part? When they're actually right and your meticulously documented issue vanishes after a reboot.

Content Samperson SamNChiet Follow You have no clue. I have done so much worse shit than that 4000 line ifelse. I once played sound effects by opening 8 instances of Windows Media Player and piping the sound files into them. Over ten million people played that game. 23:18 23.04.24 From Earth 1,1M Views 1,2K Reposts 109 Quotes 20K Likes 2K Bookmarks 17

Content thiznovacaine curiosityandcode Follow What I say: I'm a computer science major. What people hear: I can resolve any tech issue you have ever or will ever have on any machine that exists in this universe. I am jacked into the Matrix at all times. I am the IT god. Look upon me and despair. What I mean: Sometimes I try to tell the computer to do something and I cry when it doesn't work. Source: gadsworth 1,923 notes 17