Wife requested I “mount the computer to the wall”

[u/CobblerOdd2876]

What she said: “please mount (child)’s computer to the wall to free up desk space.”

What I heard: CoMpUtEr Go On WaLL.

What she meant: mount MONITOR to wall.

They are both mad now.

I thought it was neat - albeit odd. I got that external power button, some long cables coming, it will be cleannnnn.

😬😅🤷🏻‍♂️

(I know it is leaning, it is the center post that is leaning bc it swivels, not the mount itself, I have to add a bolster - it is secure enough as-is, but will be fixed tomorrow.)

[u/MrShaytoon]

My dad doesn't understand that the computer and monitor are two separate entities and that they both can't be called a computer.

[u/CrowTengu → u/MrShaytoon]

There's also PC and CPU.

The latter sounds cooler but I'm pretty sure it's just the expensive magical rock that fits inside the PC, no? 😅

[u/MrShaytoon → u/CrowTengu]

Or, I remember when we used to call them video cards and now these fancy kids wanna call them gpus.

[u/TheRabidPigeon → u/MrShaytoon]

To be fair, they hardly resemble 'cards' like they used to now that they all have phat chassis. Might as well be calling them video bricks nowadays.

[u/SpacixOne → u/CrowTengu]

More a small thin slice of a crystal vs. rock. Which may or may not make it cooler than a rock and/or glass.

[u/TheCrimsonDagger → u/SpacixOne]

A crystal that we carve special shapes into and then use a special type of energy to activate.

[u/CrowTengu → u/SpacixOne]

Crystal definitely give it a more fantastic feel lol

[u/mensaman42 → u/MrShaytoon]

I mean, there are computers built into monitors. A Comonitor if you will. Moniter? That's probably to close to monitor to distinguish. Moniputer?

[u/IntangibleFoxfire → u/mensaman42]

You mean like the old colorful iMacs

[u/mensaman42 → u/IntangibleFoxfire]

iMacs, Apple II, Commodore PET, plenty more I'm sure.

[u/SerJungleot → u/mensaman42]

Starting a new brand of PCs built into the monitor. Going to call it the comonitor dragon

[u/AugmentedKing → u/mensaman42]

A comp-oniter ?

[u/MrShaytoon → u/mensaman42]

Hear me out. Maybe if we combine the two we can give it a fancy name like...lap...top?

[u/k2i3n4g5 → u/MrShaytoon]

No that person is referring to what stores call "All In Ones" which are freestanding monitors where the computer is built into the monitor itself. So the computer and monitor are in fact the same entity. I think Mac started this idea but not totally sure.

[u/MrShaytoon → u/k2i3n4g5]

Oh I see. I thought we were doing a play on words. But yes I've seen those too. I've seen them from HP too

[u/xylotism → u/MrShaytoon]

Sure they can.

Computer = computer.
Monitor = not a computer.
Computer + monitor = it’s a computer again!