A list from 10+ years ago…
- you slide the mouse pad over when the mouse gets to the edge.
- there is writing on the white-out on your screen
- -you can’t figure out what a colon followed by a minus sign and a parenthesis means 🙂
- someone asks you how to cut and paste, you say “just use scissors and glue.”
- you try to squash your disk to compress files in it.
- you scream “Bloody hell! What have i done wrong THIS time, you ***** computer?” every time your computer spits out “error”.
- you own your computer only 5 minutes before you crash it. (Lisa)
- you try to find a game and can’t, and you hit the monitor and scream, “Why won’t you work?!?” (Lisa)
- when the screen saver comes on you’re almost positive that your computer really did crash this time.
- if there is white out on your computer screen. (Visitor submission)
- if you don’t use Windows because you religiously don’t believe in icons. (Dave Tibbs)
- you wonder who General Protection Fault is and what the hell the army wants from you.
- the only reason you hang out with that *geek* next door is because he will fix your computer for free (Amy R.).
- you think your mouse is a foot pedal (Jason)
- you own a Macintosh (Visitor Submission: Doc Holiday) (please don’t flame me on this one.)
- you think the computer from which virus came actually created the virus (it’s all a conspiracy).
- you think modem usage will show up on your phone bill.
- you think the “escape” key will beam you out of the building in case of fire.
- you don’t know where the “any” key is.
- you try to use the microphone on your PC to tell Windows 95 what to do.
- you try to use the microphone on your PC to tell DOS what to do.
- you use AOL disks as coasters. (Also a sign that you’re a computer geek.)
- you’ve used the CD-ROM tray as a cup holder.
- you think Dilbert creates artificially high standards for managers.
- you think laser printers receive print commands by laser beam.
- you’ve ever tried to play a CD-ROM in a stereo.
- you’ve ever tried to talk to a modem on the other end of the line.
- you went shopping for Microsoft Bob for Dummies…
- …and you really needed it.
- you think Microsoft Windows is a rip-off, because it never does what you want it to. (Geeks have this problem too.)
- Someone gives you a 5-1/4″ Floppy and you fold it to fit in your 3-1/2″ Drive and wonder why the drive doesn’t work. (Michael M.)
- You immediately move to Mexico or Canada because you got an “Illegal Operation” error on your computer screen. (Jay)