OK, here's the progression that leads to rants.
Conversations that go something like this...
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My car won't start.
What kind is it?
My last car was a (whatever) that wouldn't start if the remote battery was dead.
Is your remote battery dead on this car?
I don't know.
Click the unlock button...
Well, did you click it?
Yes
What happened
I don't know, the car is in the garage.
Do the lights stay normal when you try to start it.
Don't know, they come on automatically when it starts.
(from another member) Look in the cup holder, there is a little rubber flap, open that and stick the remote in and try to start it.
Which cup holder, there are six in it
....and so on.
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My computer won't come on.
Does it have power?
Not sure, the ceiling fan works.
Do the lights come on.
Only two out of three...Do you know where I can get ceiling fan bulbs with the small screw in thingee?
(sigh) Is it a laptop or desktop?
It's a Dell.
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My A/C won't come on.
Did you check the breaker?
Which breaker is it?
FOR F's SAKE! HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW, HOLD YOUR DAMN COMPUTER CLOSER SO I CAN SEE IT! (double facepalm)
Does the fan come on?
I can't turn it on, the screen on the t-stat is not on.
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And you wonder why we are on our third shot of tequila before the second cup of coffee is finished.
So...
Someone who is consistently starting conversations like the ones above...they ask a question in a thread.
Not just any question, but one that has been answered 50 times in the last year, twice in the last week and once in the thread where they asked it.
By then, we are twitching and going into convulsions like a dayum epileptic starting a Grand Mal seizure.
(I'm sure someone will tell me that their ex-husband's, step sister's cousin suffered from something that ain't epilepsy...but still, you shouldn't make fun of epileptics)
After two more shots of tequila...barely enough to calm the tremors...We spin a bearing and their ass gets raked over the coals.
At that point, they get all butt-hurt and ask why you are being such a dick, "I just asked a simple question".
THAT is why it happens.
And armadillos carry leprosy.
Conversations that go something like this...
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My car won't start.
What kind is it?
My last car was a (whatever) that wouldn't start if the remote battery was dead.
Is your remote battery dead on this car?
I don't know.
Click the unlock button...
Well, did you click it?
Yes
What happened
I don't know, the car is in the garage.
Do the lights stay normal when you try to start it.
Don't know, they come on automatically when it starts.
(from another member) Look in the cup holder, there is a little rubber flap, open that and stick the remote in and try to start it.
Which cup holder, there are six in it
....and so on.
================
My computer won't come on.
Does it have power?
Not sure, the ceiling fan works.
Do the lights come on.
Only two out of three...Do you know where I can get ceiling fan bulbs with the small screw in thingee?
(sigh) Is it a laptop or desktop?
It's a Dell.
==============
My A/C won't come on.
Did you check the breaker?
Which breaker is it?
FOR F's SAKE! HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW, HOLD YOUR DAMN COMPUTER CLOSER SO I CAN SEE IT! (double facepalm)
Does the fan come on?
I can't turn it on, the screen on the t-stat is not on.
=====================
And you wonder why we are on our third shot of tequila before the second cup of coffee is finished.
So...
Someone who is consistently starting conversations like the ones above...they ask a question in a thread.
Not just any question, but one that has been answered 50 times in the last year, twice in the last week and once in the thread where they asked it.
By then, we are twitching and going into convulsions like a dayum epileptic starting a Grand Mal seizure.
(I'm sure someone will tell me that their ex-husband's, step sister's cousin suffered from something that ain't epilepsy...but still, you shouldn't make fun of epileptics)
After two more shots of tequila...barely enough to calm the tremors...We spin a bearing and their ass gets raked over the coals.
At that point, they get all butt-hurt and ask why you are being such a dick, "I just asked a simple question".
THAT is why it happens.
And armadillos carry leprosy.