Only 39% Curse At Their Computers? 286
netbuzz writes "That's what we are to believe based upon a survey of 14,284 individuals conducted by security vendor Avira. That survey found that 39 percent of respondents 'cursed or yelled at the computer out loud.' And no computer is needed to calculate the implication: 61% of those participating in the poll believe themselves to have never once uttered a profanity or raised their voice in the direction of a malfunctioning machine. Are the majority of us genuinely possessed of such remarkable self-control? Or might some of these self-reported stoics be exercising a bit of selective memory?"
Only 39% curse at their computers (Score:5, Funny)
The rest administer severe spankings.
"PC Load Letter?" (Score:5, Funny)
What the fuck does that mean?
1st post (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Alternate Theory (Score:3, Funny)
I have an alternate theory: maybe they're just a bunch of liars, answering with "what they think would sound better" instead of answering with the truth since the issue itself is unimportant. Little white lies, if you will.
I fucking agree. Although some of us never swear at the fucking computer and are telling the truth, goddammit. Some of this shit that does happen to this box is caused by some asshole who's coding like some dipshit.
But, I have a lot of fucking control and never swear - well, the occasional "damn!" *looks around* Good! No one heard me!
Re:Not at the computer (Score:5, Funny)
Are you *sure*?
Re:Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, the other 61% use Linux.
So... what, they say 'frak' or 'fsck' instead?
Re:Linux (Score:5, Funny)
I am a military contractor and I work with sailors.
I have access to, and have used, military-grade profanity with regards to:
1. specifications that make no sense whatsoever,
2. hilariously optimistic decisions w.r.t. scheduling or personnel,
3. conflicting instructions that could cause fires, and/or
4. requirements dependent on physics that are not available in this universe.
I also use normal profanity in the middle of conversation because that's what's expected sometimes.
Nevertheless, on my personal time I tend to just reason with the machine.
"Look, it's me. I can get my tools and force you to work or you can just make it easier on the two of us and you can go back to looking at schematics on RoboNet."
It frightens me somewhat that that method works with reasonable reliability. This has even worked on machines that are new to me, which makes me wonder if I have a reputation amongst machines, which in turn makes me wonder if I am medically unstable.
Nevertheless, nothing shuts down my profanity filter faster than working with Linux.
Re:I have a Mac (Score:5, Funny)
Mac users don't swear at their machines because their mouth is full of Steve Jobs' cock.
Re:Linux (Score:5, Funny)
How do you pronounce fsck?
We're talking about Linux users, here. Pronouncing words requires human interaction.