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In reply to the discussion: Can you relate? [View all]

ohheckyeah

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7. I love it when my
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 08:23 PM
Aug 2012

dad asks me what the "thingy" is on his screen. He's highly offended when I don't know what he means by "thingy." For a long time he was obsessed with the fact that you have to click on the Start button to shut the computer down. Finally, I explained to him that you shut your car off by turning the key in the "starter" and you use the same switch to turn a light on and off. That seemed to work.

My brother can never remember which icon is McAfee and which is Malwarebytes and why he would possibly need both programs. He got a virus because he didn't have any virus program so he was going to throw his computer away. I told him that was like junking your car because you got a flat tire. He seemed to understand that analogy.

My mom gets pissed at Facebook because old comments show up on her Wall. She thinks once she reads them they should just disappear.

My nephew couldn't figure out how he got a virus when he had a virus program on his computer. Ummm, maybe because you didn't renew your subscription and it hasn't been active for over 6 months?

It's interesting being the go to person for computer problems for my whole family and all of my friends.

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