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by desine 1640 days ago
This became a bit of a text meme for a bit. I think there's actually an origin in some fantasy fiction narrative about a wizard and a magic rock, but I cannot find it now.

    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.
source: https://biggaybunny.tumblr.com/post/166787080920/tech-enthus...
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Pet Rock Remote Control with Finger Pie Menus and Speech Synthesis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG0FAKkaisg

My printer makes unexpected noise once every 2 or 3 weeks -_-'
my printer is a nice guy at the printshop named jose and he makes an unexpected noise often after lunch.