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KRILLIN IN THE NAME
Mar 25, 2006

:ssj:goku i won't do what u tell me:ssj:


Suspicious posted:

holding shift down to type in all caps instead of using caps lock

pressing caps lock to type a single capital letter, then pressing it again to turn it off

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Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

never using the numeric keypad

OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

akadajet posted:

boomers just keep the caps lock pushed in at all times

“caps lock is cruise control for cool”
— something a boomer would say

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

OldAlias posted:

“caps lock is cruise control for cool”
— something a boomer would say

you have that t-shirt too??

jeffery
Jan 1, 2013
this t-shirt just stole yo planet

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

believing every single word the nice young man in the shop says about the massively under-spec/overpriced laptop they just bought

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.

Sweevo posted:

never using the numeric keypad

using the numeric keypad's keys, but the ones that are active with numlock off.

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
alternatively: setting the computer up so that the numlock light is off after booting.

Vomik
Jul 29, 2003

This post is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan
posting in the post your favorite number thread with numlock off and losing control of your browser

TheGoonspiracist
Jul 24, 2002

The terrible secret of space... :stonk: the Mods, they knew!

akadajet posted:

isp managed email accounts

When Clearwire goes out of business and it's Google based email is non transferable. #destroysboomersmallbusiness.
Still feel bad for my boss about that...

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

buying extended warranties

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Sweevo posted:

believing every single word the nice young man in the shop says about the massively under-spec/overpriced laptop they just bought

yeah they like the apple store a lot

EIDE Van Hagar
Dec 8, 2000

Beep Boop

Suspicious posted:

holding shift down to type in all caps instead of using caps lock

caps lock isnt really yelling

Stick Insect
Oct 24, 2010

My enemies are many.

My equals are none.
Tap/slap/punch/kick the computer when it has a problem

DiggityDoink
Dec 9, 2007

Stick Insect posted:

Tap/slap/punch/kick the computer when it has a problem

I did that as a teen. it’s definitely not just an old person thing

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



DiggityDoink posted:

I did that as a teen. it’s definitely not just an old person thing

its my fix for a case fan noise issues before i get a replacement from the store

a swift tap to the area of the fan is good enough

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Stick Insect posted:

Tap/slap/punch/kick the computer when it has a problem

DiggityDoink
Dec 9, 2007

Agile Vector posted:

its my fix for a case fan noise issues before i get a replacement from the store

a swift tap to the area of the fan is good enough

i only stopped doing it when one particularly hard kick killed one of my hard drives.

psiox
Oct 15, 2001

Babylon 5 Street Team

those crts really bit back

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

their "flat" 955df monitor, a regular crt with a flat front

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

using Zip disks to manually backup their quicken files in 2023. (I recently observed this)

Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

using … as punctuation instead of , or .

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

email accounts that are 50% password resets and 50% marketing emails from every website they have ever bought something from

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Sweevo posted:

email accounts that are 50% password resets and 50% marketing emails from every website they have ever bought something from

stop hacking my emails

Plank Walker
Aug 11, 2005
navigating to the Edit menu and selecting "Copy"

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

assuming you must like Big Bang Theory

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Sweevo posted:

assuming you must like Big Bang Theory

:this:

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Typing with two fingers but saying they're very fast at it

Dijkstracula
Mar 18, 2003

You can't spell 'vector field' without me, Professor!

panzer general II

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

has anyone said somethingawful.com yet

my homie dhall
Dec 9, 2010

honey, oh please, it's just a machine
boomers love to log in with the username "Bloody"

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

...

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



Sweevo posted:

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

...

d… dad?

polyester concept
Mar 29, 2017

Sagebrush posted:

Typing with two fingers but saying they're very fast at it

Sweevo posted:

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

15 minutes later...

<windows startup sound>
*checks emails*
<windows shutdown sound>

...

polyester concept
Mar 29, 2017

referring to the comments section on a news site or any social media site as a "blog"

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

polyester concept posted:

referring to the comments section on a news site or any social media site as a "blog"

reading comment sections at all

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


Sagebrush posted:

Typing with two fingers but saying they're very fast at it

lol memory unlocked. my first gig out of school i had an older guy scold me for 'typing too fast'. he was a hunt & peck typer

why yes we did bill by the hour why do you ask?

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

fully logging out of every website every time they finish looking at it

polyester concept
Mar 29, 2017

Sweevo posted:

fully logging out of every website every time they finish looking at it

Closing the entire browser and re-opening it so they can get back to their home page

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Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

having a homepage set

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