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@wrenpile I swear, a good 50% of our work as sysadmins is *reverse engineering buggy Microsoft systems* which don't do what the label on the box says they will do.

Another 25% is reverse engineering third-party software installers which have never even heard of the concept of 'installing software while a user is not logged in'

@lnxw48a1 Stay hydrated, Walt

Wanted: A Q/A style riddle that is still mildly amusing even when you've heard it 20 times. E.g.

Q: What do you give the person who has everything?

A: Antibiotics.

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@StuC @fitheach this louks delish.

While I like to cook, I have never played with home-made condiments. I need to mustard the will to do so and ketchup on that.

A celebrity is someone who works hard all their life to become known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

In the UK you can enlist into the army at 16 but you can't buy scissors until you're 18.

C, Eb, and G walked into a bar. The bartender said, 'Sorry, no minors.'

Let nobody say your actions online don't have IRL repercussions

Without the Internet my life would be way different

mastodon.social has too many users and people are starting to block it because they effectively have one mod.

I urge people not to use mastodon.social if they cherish their followers outside it.

Mostly cause people read too much into what you say and assume you're just the world's biggest asshole whenever you express an opinion cause it usually comes out as the /opposite/ as what you meant to say

Or worse, it's like /too/ tolerant or something and comes off as invalidation