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Why I dislike been computer literate.
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Why I dislike been computer literate.
When ever a fucking family member has a slight problem with their computer it is round to my house half the time it is so bloody obvious. Not that I wouldn't help them I will always help out - it is what family are for it is just 9 out of 10 times common sense and it can take a long time to fix if it is hardware related.
A while ago my step sister broke her computer well her RAM was fucked I bought a replacement stick for him I explained to him that "I bought it on-line £15 which is cheap for what it is" I would not of taken the money if he tried to give it to me but I would of expected him to say something like "Here is £20 to cover the costs keep the rest". But no.
I suspect there is grammatical mistakes lights have gone out on my keyboard. >.< Yet another fucking job.
I used to be "The circus" as I forgot my login, but then hey-ho I remembered it.
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Re: Why I dislike been computer literate.
My Dad and me have the same problem, anyone at his work/ or my school, they go to us....It can get so annoying when its a simple problem... 
We should get paid for this shit.
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Re: Why I dislike been computer literate.
MorikoElven Wrote:We should get paid for this shit.
This.
I'll clean my room and keep shit tidy for meals and a roof over my head, but if you want me to fix your computer, it'll cost ya extra. Especially since i'm called upon so damn often to do that type of stuff, I even bought a shirt that says "No, I will not fix your computer"
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Re: Why I dislike been computer literate.
Amortisatie Wrote:MorikoElven Wrote:We should get paid for this shit.
This.
I'll clean my room and keep shit tidy for meals and a roof over my head, but if you want me to fix your computer, it'll cost ya extra. Especially since i'm called upon so damn often to do that type of stuff, I even bought a shirt that says "No, I will not fix your computer"
Do want.
I'm not the best with computer problems, but I'm always fixing peoples technical problems. I learn a lot from my dad, and the fact that my old computer sucked meant I had to figure things out for myself constantly.
Just yesterday at school, the internet wouldn't work, so I looked at the chords and the internet cable was unplugged. I got yelled at for touching the chord.
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I know what that feels like, really annoying.
Also sometimes there's something wrong with a website, and people always call me over to help them. They think it's a computer problem when in fact it's the website itself so when I say I don't know what to do they get all mad and call me a liar.
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"OMG COMPUTER IZ BROKE'D" "You ever think the site was down?"
This is how most of them end...
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God, I hate the people that are completely computer illiterate. Maybe I should get a shirt of my own saying that I won't fix your computer, since I am on of the more literate ones in the school and in the family. My family no longer asks me for help, but it's because I got all bitchy about it.
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I'm so happy my dad knows more than I do. Less for me to worry about.
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Re: Why I dislike been computer literate.
Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
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Eidolon Wrote:Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has to buy bamboo rods, graphite reels, monofilament lines, neoprene waders, creels, tackle boxes, lures, flies, spinners, worm rigs, slip sinkers, offset hooks, gore-tex hats, 20 pocket vests, fish finders, depth sounders, radar, boats, trailers, global positioning systems, coolers, and six packs.
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Amortisatie Wrote:Eidolon Wrote:Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has to buy bamboo rods, graphite reels, monofilament lines, neoprene waders, creels, tackle boxes, lures, flies, spinners, worm rigs, slip sinkers, offset hooks, gore-tex hats, 20 pocket vests, fish finders, depth sounders, radar, boats, trailers, global positioning systems, coolers, and six packs.
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You're awesome for that.
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Amortisatie Wrote:Eidolon Wrote:Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has to buy bamboo rods, graphite reels, monofilament lines, neoprene waders, creels, tackle boxes, lures, flies, spinners, worm rigs, slip sinkers, offset hooks, gore-tex hats, 20 pocket vests, fish finders, depth sounders, radar, boats, trailers, global positioning systems, coolers, and six packs.
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chemistry hater Wrote:Amortisatie Wrote:Eidolon Wrote:Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has to buy bamboo rods, graphite reels, monofilament lines, neoprene waders, creels, tackle boxes, lures, flies, spinners, worm rigs, slip sinkers, offset hooks, gore-tex hats, 20 pocket vests, fish finders, depth sounders, radar, boats, trailers, global positioning systems, coolers, and six packs.
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and now he is poor
anyways my dad use to be the tech fix it guy in our family. but since i know how to do most of it now i end up geting told to do it. its pretty lame and boring.
life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Carla Franklin has never denied that on the afternoon of the third of August 2006 she raped and killed sixteen children celebrating their friend's fifth birthday and forced their parents to share a dinner of their remains.
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maxh Wrote:Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
What life?
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maxh Wrote:Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
then you got one of those protesting monks from the vietnam war
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life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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I guess you guys missed my point.
Don't just fix the problem; show them what you did to fix it. Show them other ways of fixing it. Help them help themselves.
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We were joking.
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yea im sorry i was joking around.
life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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My mom never remembers anyway. I could tell her, but it wouldn't do much. It's not her fault, she barely uses the computer anyway.
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thankfully my uncle is a computer tech. Everyone goes to him when someone fucks up. I have even enlisted his help before. (motherboard fried)
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To be fair, for parents these newfangled personal wathcamacallit contraptions have only existed for about 10 years, wearas for us computers have always been around, and we spent alot of time on them, so we are fairly confident in what we are doing. But I am nothing if not incredibly mean, so...
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It is really funny. You don't have to know everything, but I'm leanient. If they know the basics, they're spared my torture.
Also...
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I always laugh at my mom when it comes to computers.
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My mom still has not realized that A private browsing function exists. Quite handy.
Had to move on. Account is dead.
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