Remember when Obama failed to stop hurricane Katrina?

I’m assuming their statement was meant to parallel this idiot thing that people started saying during Trump’s presidency

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What happens if you navigate to {server’s IP address}:32400?

My dad worked incredibly well internally and was essentially the primary coder. Of the 27 patents his company held, my dad did almost all the work for 17 of them. His biggest internal issue was not being able to get rid of old technology, so there were two offices filled with old junk that would keep him from complaining.

As a worker, my dad was not toxic at all, possibly a little quirky. Now as a father… I’d definitely agree with the word “toxic.”

So I’d like to submit a correction to your statement about my dead father: he kind of sucked

“Hey boss, @ebc@lemmy.ca says they don’t like the new telephones? Says they’re made for kids or something.”

@ebc@lemmy.ca: I still don’t know why I was fired… The boss kept telling me to shove the phone system? Maybe they meant push? Was I supposed to work on some branch of the phone system?

That sounds like one of those “okay, I know you want the field there, so it’s mandatory for me to include it, but is it mandatory for your customers to enter values in this field? If your customers can leave the field blank, is that good or bad?”

My father was an incredible genius with a terrible temper. He softened up over time and eventually would talk to clients politely. And then he died. The end.

My dad once called a client stupid for continuing to ask for a feature that made no sense. Technically, he asked “why would you want that? What, are you stupid?”

Then he got chewed out by his boss who told him that clients who ask questions aren’t stupid. My dad told her that the client asked a stupid question. His boss told him that it wasn’t a stupid question, that she thought it was a very good question from an uninformed client. So then my dad called his boss stupid.

Then he got sent to sensitivity training. He completed the mandatory hours, got his certificate, and a letter recognizing his difficulties with reasonable discourse vs arguing and calling people stupid. The instructor recommended that my dad shouldn’t interface directly with any clients anymore. So they made my dad’s younger brother his supervisor since he could translate my dad’s comments and questions into more diplomatic terms.

ETA: this story was from the '80s. He got better over time.

and get wiped out

That’s a really hot potato!

Games aren’t about fun! I don’t appreciate your whimsical attitude, it scares the serious adult in me!

You’re despicable

@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net is the only one threatening to do anyone’s hammy hinds

Okay, but only cuz you’ve got an honest face.

Tonight, Jesus is gonna nail you

Gimme dat pork butt

Someone’s gonna be going “wee wee wee” tonight

And 52,631 people are gonna have PTSD from seeing the 2/3 of a person mangled on their way in through the door

Well when you say it like that, I sound like a moron.

But I’m feeling stubbornly ignorant enough to support what I’m supposedly arguing.

The country of Kingdom loves Hawaii which is why they constantly spam my email. If you don’t forward this message to 10 friends in the next two days, Jesus is gonna sneak into your room while you’re sleeping and punch you in the stomach.

Lol, what? Yeah, the kingdom of Hawaii, right?

I can’t tell if we’re actually saying different things.

I thought that a country has to be recognized as a country by other countries whereas a kingdom has to… do… something different. And royalty or something?

Fuck it, let’s go back to arguing. Yes! Kingdom!

Kingdom

What about me? Is it specifically for me? I’m super-entertained!

And then burn down your attorney’s office. Fuck it, just become an arsonist