I miss when it used to be run by computer geeks who just wanted to do cool stuff.
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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Who comes up with this stuff ?
I never in my life was sure that they had changed something.
Was like seeing the second cat in the matrix.
When did that happen?
Microsoft is very kind to let the user log in to their operating system and look around and feel at home. It's like being in a computer hotel and you have a room as long as you keep paying, but you are a guest in your computer.
Microsoft: weβll put your personal devices in a fucking HOA!
Apple: same, but weβll mow the fucking grass.
Linux: fuck off. You are all ghetto trash. Here are the tools to address your problems. Use them or donβt. I donβt care.
Google: β¦.people still like chrome and YouTube right?
Netflix: piracy is for nerds! We will curate our library so you always have to find something else to watch, since what you paid for isnβt going to be there tomorrow.
Apple: we have TV shows too and they donβt disappear!
Amazon: but nobody watches you. With us, we have free shipping and hazbin hotel. We are basically glitch!
Glitch: the fuck you are. Watch knights of Guinevere to see what everyone actually thinks of all of you.
Me: β¦did I accidentally quadruple dose my adderall today?
From ...from us.
They ain't buying, they're selling.
You forgot to change it to "Don't turn off our PC"
Hah, nice FTFY
microshaft used to be honest?
When was Microsoft honest?
This in and off itself is ironic
The image says "It is now safe to turn off your computer"
The font and color match the shutdown screen from release versions of MS Windows 95, as far as I can tell / if I recall correctly.
(Also IIRC, ACPI was new enough that MS Windows 95 [or any software] couldn't actually turn most of the machines it was installed on off, which is why the screen exists at all.)
Thanks for the added details!
in this ss of a win10 install. they're giving you a heads up on what to expect. how awfully nice of them to not bury it in a 200 page TOS.
I think the thing that irks me more than anything else about Windows is that it always refers to itself as "us". I hate it.
Some people must enjoy the idea that there's a whole flock of people lurking in their PC, but it ain't me.
Barely related tangent, but maybe kinda related:
The Seattle Light Rail.
The train cars have computerized voice speakers for announcing stops and such.
When you get to a stop, they say 'Please use the exit doors on my left/right', depending on which station, where the platform is, etc.
But it's her left. Not the left.
... The train owns its own body and is apparently alive.
All your base are belong to us.
Base.
Base.
Base base base bAss bAsS BASS BASS...
(and something like that is how dubstep was born, lol)
What you say !!
You have no way to survive make your time.
Subtly reminding you that you don't really own your PC.
It's the royal "we"
I always just thought those messages were written as a group, like a Christmas card.
Worked for the Borg...
theyβre talking about inheritance as a suggested new way to pay for your copilot subscription
If "everything" means your personal information and data, sure.
Its even more literal than that.
Write them into your will.
Leave everything to them.
when?
Who, the borg?
βWe are now rolling back the update we already spent 40 minutes installing. Resistance is futile.β
No thanks