When I heard about the Y2K panic in the mid 90s the very first thing I did (as a kid) was advance my clock to 12/31/1999 to see what would happen next.
IIRC when the date changed, it went back to some date in the 1980s I think. This was either windows 95 or 98, I can’t remember.
Anyway that advice to turn your computer off… What the heck? Then what, throw it away?
Nothing, really. The worst that could have happened to personal computers was that they’d show a wrong date. What people were really worried about was how computers responsible for critical infrastructure would handle it.
We told people to turn them off because it was just easier than trying to explain to them that they might have to restart individual programs if they bugged out. It was a simple way for people that didn’t understand computers to get everything back into a known state.
It’s because world governments and companies spent a shit load of time and money changing things so it didn’t become an issue. People point to it as a load of fuss over nothing, the only reason for that was that action was actually taken.
I don’t have a dick so I don’t have any personal experience on this, but do people actually do that? I don’t want to chat with randos if we’re not at a party or something, much less when I’m pissing.
Penis-possessor here, so I am obviously an expert: I only ever have it happen to me at the sink or when it’s someone I know like a co-worker (I hate it when that happens).
I’ve had it happen quite a lot, mostly by overbearing co-workers and people at a bar/club. There have also been a couple times where older men will start talking to me at a urinal in a gas station or something. I agree it’s weird behavior. Not sure what’s wrong with these people.
There is no better place to spread the good word of Arch Linux than a gas station bathroom. I also let Mormon evangelists into my place just to show them how great Arch Linux is.
These types of people like to make a fool of themselves. It’s always fascinating to watch how easily they’ll fly off the handle just cause they get some consequences from being a cunt
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