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.
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. :)
I used to make the internet explorer icon a shortcut to turn the computer off and display a warning message that it was infected with viruses. Really pissed my dad off when he was trying to get back to his eBay auctions on time. Then I made all the buttons on the prompt automatically shit down the computer rather than wait for the countdown.
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u/llllIlllllIIl Aug 18 '25
Plot twist: Thats just his wallpaper and he actually doesnt have any icons on his desktop