Ok, maybe not technically, but what would you call software whose primary purpose is to piss me off, and only tackles internet connectivity in passing? Software which gives its users more problems than it solves and which is written more sloppily than a kindergartener's penmanship?
My whole extended family knows I'm the computer guy to go to, and growing up hasn't changed that... they pay me well, but that's not the point; I don't need the money, and this is why I got out of IT in the first place - I'm not the type of person who can field questions like "Did Internet break my pentium?" without wanting to slaughter people. And EVERY LAST FSCKING ONE OF THEM USES AOL :|:|:|:|:|
I want to sleep. I can't. I have to figure out why the hell this PC is taking 15 minutes to load java games. The user, my 2nd cousin, had the infamous windows 98 defrag bug. It's well known & documented, its inner workings are known, and they have nothing to do with AOL, the internet, her modem, networking, etc. AOL's friendly Indian tech support informed her that installing AOL 9.0 (optimized!!1!!11) would fix it. Now I have to fix it, and then figure out which component that AOL 9.0 (optimized!1!!111) uninstall conveniently and sloppily missed is fscking up java. She informed me that she was sick and tired of AOL, and that when the time came to buy a new computer she wouldn't have AOL on it. I pointed out that she could get rid of it now. The blank stare I received in return was extremely saddening. Her face then came back to the world of the animated and she started chattering about something unrelated, Natalie Halloway iirc. It was literally as if my question had hung her, forcing a reboot.
Fvck you AOL. Fsck you Steve Case. Fvck anyone here who thinks AOL is anything but a steaming stinking pile of sh!t.
That is all.
My whole extended family knows I'm the computer guy to go to, and growing up hasn't changed that... they pay me well, but that's not the point; I don't need the money, and this is why I got out of IT in the first place - I'm not the type of person who can field questions like "Did Internet break my pentium?" without wanting to slaughter people. And EVERY LAST FSCKING ONE OF THEM USES AOL :|:|:|:|:|
I want to sleep. I can't. I have to figure out why the hell this PC is taking 15 minutes to load java games. The user, my 2nd cousin, had the infamous windows 98 defrag bug. It's well known & documented, its inner workings are known, and they have nothing to do with AOL, the internet, her modem, networking, etc. AOL's friendly Indian tech support informed her that installing AOL 9.0 (optimized!!1!!11) would fix it. Now I have to fix it, and then figure out which component that AOL 9.0 (optimized!1!!111) uninstall conveniently and sloppily missed is fscking up java. She informed me that she was sick and tired of AOL, and that when the time came to buy a new computer she wouldn't have AOL on it. I pointed out that she could get rid of it now. The blank stare I received in return was extremely saddening. Her face then came back to the world of the animated and she started chattering about something unrelated, Natalie Halloway iirc. It was literally as if my question had hung her, forcing a reboot.
Fvck you AOL. Fsck you Steve Case. Fvck anyone here who thinks AOL is anything but a steaming stinking pile of sh!t.
That is all.
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