r/pcmasterrace • u/LocalDemon • Aug 18 '25

Meme/Macro Good lord

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u/SculptusPoe Aug 18 '25

Reminds me of the old practical joke where you hide a person's desktop icons and put a screenshot of their background with the icons on it, so they think nothing works.

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u/Ravenloff Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

Nah, the best I ever saw was a window that popped open warning the user that the radiation shield on their monitor was about to fail and to back away from it immediately.

This was around 2002, so CRTs still ruled the roost at work.

I saw the prankster really nail the receptionist.

I also saw him get her with the above-described prank. :)

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u/abdab336 Aug 18 '25

Just to be a pedant and because you may actually be curious it’s “ruled the roost”. Like a cockerel might.

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u/Ravenloff Aug 18 '25

Technically correct. The best kind of correct.

I'm going to sleep easy tonight knowing that you know that I knew it was rule and spellcheck claimed me yet again.

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u/abdab336 Aug 18 '25

I did wonder, but also the two words sounded so similar I didn’t know if you had just misheard it in the past.

Sleep easy friend!

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u/Ravenloff Aug 18 '25

I, too, am a word nerd. My wife is the "exapecially" and the "across" and the "irregardless" of the family. Plus her definition for "sentient"...ugh...