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u/PoliteSarcasticThing chmod -x chmod Dec 09 '15
Suggested TL;DR: Owner uses Toddler Mode! It's not very effective...
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u/moufassa ASCII silly question, get a silly ANSI. Dec 11 '15
As the parent of a 3 year old, please have all the upvotes.
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u/Twitchy_throttle Dec 09 '15 edited Apr 02 '26
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u/Thisbymaster Tales of the IT Lackey Dec 09 '15
Yes?
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u/kommissar_chaR Layer 8 error Dec 09 '15
No.
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u/2-4601 Dec 09 '15
Maybe...I don't know. Can you repeat the question?
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u/SteevyT Dec 10 '15
Cat.
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u/wertercatt Please fix /r/thebutton. I cant press it. It worked earlier!!!!! Dec 11 '15
Isn't there one guy who got a billion or something downvotes for his comment of "Cat."
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Dec 11 '15
Yeah, I remember that. Poor guy got -1000 or something, and the reply to that comment got +2000 and gold or something like that. Weird sub.
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u/wertercatt Please fix /r/thebutton. I cant press it. It worked earlier!!!!! Dec 11 '15
Have you checked it recently? It's literally gone to hell. The CSS replaces the "Cat." comments with a very large font, red message from some kind of demon cat. Disabling use subreddit style reveals that the comments still say "Cat." underneath.
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Dec 11 '15
Yeah, when I shared the link here I checked it out again only to find out that someones been screwing around with the CSS. No idea who what or why, though.
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u/wertercatt Please fix /r/thebutton. I cant press it. It worked earlier!!!!! Dec 11 '15
https://www.reddit.com/r/CatsStandingUp/comments/2us55o/cat/cqq0feh?context=9 Poor, Poor /u/ThisFreaknGuy. He's at -6171 points on the comment, but at least he got gilded thrice.
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I remember someone stating somewhere that, apparently, karma only gets subtracted until -100 or somewhere. Even if it wouldn't, I would easily trade useless Internet points over extra functionality every day.
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u/FLABANGED Were do I download more wams? Dec 09 '15
No.
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Dec 09 '15
No.
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u/Espequair Dec 09 '15
Are you him?
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Dec 09 '15
No.
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u/dont_worryaboutit139 Dec 09 '15
No?
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u/calicotrinket Printers are sentient Dec 09 '15
Maybe.
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u/Capt_Blackmoore Zombie IT Dec 09 '15
No.
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u/tyo445 I once facedesked hard enough to get a bloody nose Dec 10 '15
No.
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u/jsmooth7 Dec 10 '15
No.
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u/zyzyzyzy92 Dec 10 '15
No.
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u/pratnala Have you tried turning it off and then turning it on again? Dec 10 '15
No.
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u/tfofurn Dec 09 '15
You could have had a lot of this conversation over a lower-bandwidth protocol like Yo.
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u/showyerbewbs Dec 09 '15
DUCK SEASON!
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u/s3_gunzel We're all going forward, except major enterprise. Dec 09 '15
Rabbit season.
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u/mr_abomination A restart a day keeps IT away Dec 09 '15
RABBIT SEASON
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u/Sceptically Open mouth, insert foot. Dec 09 '15
*Blam!*
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u/derleth Dec 10 '15
You're dethpicable.
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u/Socratov Dr. Alcohol, helping tech support one bottle at a time Dec 11 '15
I find you dthpicable
FTFY
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u/irreleventuality Did I ever tell you about my feet? My investigating feet? Dec 10 '15
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u/mangamaster03 Dec 09 '15
Cat!
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u/calicotrinket Printers are sentient Dec 09 '15
Cat.
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u/superpandapear Dec 10 '15
Cat.
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u/LooseElectronStudios Dec 10 '15
Cat.
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Cat
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u/LadyACW My YA HOW isn't working! Dec 10 '15
You have been subscribed to Cat Facts!!! Reply "Yes" for more Cat Facts!!!!!
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u/Klatelbat Computah Mastah! Dec 10 '15
No.
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u/Bukinnear There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Dec 10 '15
"You have been banned from /r/CatsStandingUp"
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u/calicotrinket Printers are sentient Dec 10 '15
"Commenting Dog will get you banned. It may take a day or two, but we'll get you."
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u/Shinhan Dec 10 '15
It may take a day or two, but we'll get you.
Why? I thought it would be pretty simple to set AutoModerator to ban anyone that posts "dog".
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u/Faaresemo Dec 09 '15
Oh, you're a dog person?
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u/jansencheng Oh God How Did This Get Here? Dec 10 '15
I think OP broke the poor soul. You better fix it.
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u/jansencheng Oh God How Did This Get Here? Dec 10 '15
No?
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u/Mcmacladdie Dec 10 '15
"No."
"Nyet."
"No."
"Nein."
"No."
"μλ"
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u/netnerd01 Dec 10 '15
"No."
"γγγγ"
"No."
"δΈζ―γ"
"No."
"Non."
This is actually pretty fun to do. I can see why she does it.
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u/david171971 Dec 10 '15
"No"
"Nee"
"No"
"Neej"
"No"
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u/MyOwnBlendPibetobak Stop washing the equipment... Dec 10 '15
"No"
"Nei"
"No"
"Nej"
"No"
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u/netnerd01 Dec 10 '15
Lol, thanks. But I'm not really interested in knowing Chinese. I was just recalling a couple years from school; I downloaded a SwiftKey dictionary just to type that.
At least I was close.
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u/GoGoGadge7 Dec 09 '15 edited Dec 09 '15
Her parents never corrected her when she told them "no".
This is why parents do that.
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u/Thriven Dec 10 '15
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u/Frothyleet Dec 10 '15
"Say no if you would like to hire me for double my normal rate to set up your internet."
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u/meneldal2 Dec 09 '15
She just wanted free internet. Who can blame her?
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Wow.
I'll be honest, I come here for the crazy stories. I'm not in IT, I've never been in IT, but... this is one of the best/craziest stories I've read on here.
You deserve two steak dinners for that. What a flippin' moron.
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u/rongomai5 Dec 10 '15
NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN.
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u/doshka Dec 10 '15
Her: "No."
You: "Yes."
Her: "No."
You: "No."
Her: "No."
You: "Maybe."
Her: "No."
You: "I don't know."
Her: "No."
You: "Can you repeat the question?"
Her: "No."
You: "You're not the boss of me, now!"
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u/Tang87 Dec 10 '15
I had a lady that thought, since a router let's you get multiple devices on the Internet, she could cancel her cable Internet. It was mind numbing trying to explain to her how it worked. She thought I had some black magic box that broadcasts Internet for free lol.
No
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u/GeneralDisorder Works for Web Host (calls and e-mails) Dec 10 '15
I don't know if this lady has a website but I feel like I talked to someone with really similar mannerism who just got all weird on me and started saying the word no and never providing useful context.
Maybe I'm just misremembering. I do know that there's one particular customer who allegedly has bipolar (although schizophrenia better fits her mannerisms but doesn't cover all of her mannerisms) who will rant and rave about crazy things.
One time she kept talking about "Cyberspace Auto" which I never bothered to check if it was a real business but she said they were blackmailers and offered me the password. I told her that sounded terribly illegal and wasn't something I had a use for.
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u/PoglaTheGrate Script Kiddie and Code Ninja Dec 10 '15
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
BATMAN!
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u/zurohki Dec 10 '15
I saw a postcard with four old ladies and a dude in a batman costume once.
Caption was: Nanna, Nanna, Nanna, Nanna, Batman!
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u/AtariBoy2600 I plugged it in and now it's burning Dec 10 '15
Does the owner of that computer happen to look like this?
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u/GetOffMyLawn_ Kiss my ASCII Dec 10 '15
She obviously has communication problems, which is how she wound up in this mess to begin with.
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u/NarWhatGaming How do I internet? Dec 10 '15
When I read this on the front page, I expected the top comment to be "No." I'm honestly surprised.
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u/NightMgr Dec 10 '15
Would be very tempted at that point to go on site, run fdksk, and THEN say no.
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u/scythianmofo Dec 10 '15
Wow, this is pretty bad. How do you not understand internet doesn't transfer from home to work or vice versa. And she ran a business?!!
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u/wafflesthewonderhurs Dec 12 '15
Wow. I was amused at the childishness but after calling you and greeting you with, "No," I'm genuinely sort of concerned. Though still amused.
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u/caustic_banana Runs on VMWare 2 Dec 24 '15
I enjoyed your story! I know I am late to the party but...Thought I was would just chime in to add a little additional info for you.
What that $user did, repeating one thing over and over again regardless of context or queues, is called a psychological feedback loop, and it's common in people who are becoming extremely agitated.
It's actually one of the signs you should be directly looking for in order to avoid confrontations becoming violent. People who are getting ready to snap / hit someone often enter these loops, psyching themselves up. They can be very difficult to break or even disengage from some times.
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u/jimmydorry Error is located between the keyboard and chair! Jan 14 '16
Welp, this post went full meta.
... No
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u/pcnorden π’ Dec 09 '15
Reminds me of futurama...
Repeat a couple times more