The Shoutbox
Which is my own fault. So people won’t stop asking for help.
I hate that too but apparently I’m good at it.
lol and lol
Originally Posted by ynwtf
I kinda hate being tech support for long distance family who don't know the difference between a VGA plug and a typical power brick cable. I ask if the end of a cable is USB and they say it's a rectangle. I try to walk through connecting monitors and they text me a picture of their keyboard. They have two VGA cables for the monitors, but the docking port has one... DVI port. I can't dare goto the level of USB-C vs Thunderbolt or how either might be power OR video streams.... I got so flustered I actually forgot the word "elimination" when trying to explain the process of elimination. I just.... I just couldn't even say the word right they had me all twisted up!

I need to live in a cave and be done with this world already.
Tell them to jam it forcefully into every port until it fits.

If it breaks, you'll know that's not it.
Having to guess some of the details of that previous shout....

PDF: Permanent Dining Furniture?
PPT: Probably Pretty Tedious?
Astros: American Stickball Team Residing Outside Seattle?

Not even gonna try and decode the next one
Sounds like trying to walk my mother through tech issues on the phone... when they lived in Las Vegas, 2500 miles away. I loved the calls that started with, "The thingy is blinking!" Or, "I don't know! It's just telling me NO."
I kinda hate being tech support for long distance family who don't know the difference between a VGA plug and a typical power brick cable. I ask if the end of a cable is USB and they say it's a rectangle. I try to walk through connecting monitors and they text me a picture of their keyboard. They have two VGA cables for the monitors, but the docking port has one... DVI port. I can't dare goto the level of USB-C vs Thunderbolt or how either might be power OR video streams.... I got so flustered I actually forgot the word "elimination" when trying to explain the process of elimination. I just.... I just couldn't even say the word right they had me all twisted up!

I need to live in a cave and be done with this world already.
woah. sleepy.
spent my morning helping co-worker resort a PDF table to be 508 compliant. now i'm working in PPT monotony.

i caught the last 3.5 innings of the Astros' game last night, for whatever that's worth to anyone.
"Would a spy pee himself, huh?"

Pee on cue to avoid the gumshoe.
Pfffft, fluff and nonsense!
"I'm nothing! I'm navel lint!"