[metadat]

Heh, you've reminded me.

I used to go to Fry's Electronics computer department and screenshot the desktop with clickable stuff, then proceed to set that as the background and close all the windows and remove or relocate all desktop items. To an end user, it then seemed like the computer was frozen or otherwise fubar'd. Rinsed and repeated that for a whole row of machines a few times. It was entertaining to then watch people approach and try to interact with them.

I know this is weak kung-fu compared to many stories in this thread is but it was a good time! (at the time..)

[dilap]

I still occasionally accidentally do this to myself when I come back to my phone looking at a screenshot in full-screen... It's almost a sensation of vertigo when you realize what's going on and your brain readjusts.