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Bytemeister lemmy.world Bytemeister@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#52 · Quote Reply

Wifi being down is just a minor inconvenience for tech oriented people. Spare some lives and just contact your local geek/nerd.

Your wifi probably isn't even down. Most of the time its your ISP and you just don't know the difference between WiFi and internet.

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General_Effort lemmy.world General_Effort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-18
#53 · Quote Reply

My boss never gets me a hamster when I'm down.

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pedz lemmy.ca pedz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-07
#54 · Quote Reply

Or just learn how the god damned devices you use work. I do not understand how it became so normalized to just not bother with knowing how anything works. It's not like this is a new thing either. So many old jokes surrounding people's VCR clocks not being set.

At least it's giving me job security. I'm a middle age geek that worked low level IT most of my life, thinking the younger generations would know how computers work and be able to fix small issues on their own. Hah.

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pedz lemmy.ca pedz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-07
#55 · Quote Reply

Internet down? That's ok I have stuff on my jellyfin.

I even have a plan when there are power outages. The hard drive that contains most of the media I collected over the years is external. In case of power outage I can power it with a power bank and a USB-C PD to 12v adapter.

But this probably reads like wizardry for people that equate wifi to internet.

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Honytawk discuss.tchncs.de Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-02-20
#56 · Quote Reply

My boss never gets me a hamster when I'm down.

Try being as important as wifi

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Honytawk discuss.tchncs.de Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-02-20
#57 · (edited) Quote Reply

I dunno when it became the norm to say the WiFi's down when it's actually totally fine and unrelated to the internet connection being down. People at my work have said this even though they're using docks plugged with Cat 5.

At least they mention wifi.

Too many times they just say "my computer does not work". And then you have to pull the actual problem out of them. It is like they don't want it to be fixed.

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chefdano3 lemmy.zip chefdano3@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-01
#58 · Quote Reply

Most importantly is the timing of the bell tolls. Once before drawing the circle and placing the candles, Twice as you are placing the sacrifice, and thrice while singing praise to the tech God.

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TheObviousSolution lemmy.ca TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-06-25
#59 · Quote Reply

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saltesc lemmy.world saltesc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#60 · (edited) Quote Reply

Probably should have just said "Ethernet"

That's another thing entirely. I don't know if alive people can even use it.

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ZoopZeZoop lemmy.world ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-03
#61 · Quote Reply

The hamster has a PhD

Fuck. I've been using one with an M.D. No wonder it wasn't working.

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