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timb

lord save me from unsolicited tech advice

11 Sep 2023 at 11:03 | Open on aus.social
18 comments
AlexanderMars

@burgerdrome you should just totally buy what I bought, even though I hate it as much as you hate yours. Recommending it allows me to feel validation in my choices and completes me as a person.

11 Sep 2023 at 12:29 | Open on mastodon.social
Michael
timb

@SubElement mike you may have a free pass. some motherfucker just tried to tell me that "glocks are quite notably made of plastic"

11 Sep 2023 at 13:03 | Open on aus.social
Scott Killen πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

@burgerdrome Did you try standing at the rear of the TV to see if it behaves differently when it doesn't think you are around? πŸ™‚

#UnsolicitedTechAdvice

11 Sep 2023 at 15:46 | Open on ttocs.io
Tyler πŸ‘‹
ZeroEcks

@burgerdrome have you tried running linux on it?

11 Sep 2023 at 23:34 | Open on cuties.cloud
timb

@ZeroEcks mel turn on your location. I just want to talk

12 Sep 2023 at 0:24 | Open on aus.social
ZeroEcks

@burgerdrome youll never find it because i run linux

12 Sep 2023 at 3:36 | Open on cuties.cloud
timb

@ZeroEcks buddy you better be running IRL

12 Sep 2023 at 4:18 | Open on aus.social
FKA facebook

@burgerdrome ah, so you hate being mansplained to, and yet you are a man? curious! i am very intelligent

12 Sep 2023 at 1:17 | Open on bne.social
cmos4040

@burgerdrome The way you knew all this advice was coming is maybe even funnier than the original post and in a way also equally sad.

15 Sep 2023 at 9:48 | Open on post.lurk.org
timb

@cmos4040 mastodon: where thousands of the rudest nerds alive are standing by to assume you are stupid as hell and don't know what an HDMI port or a media streaming PC is

15 Sep 2023 at 14:18 | Open on aus.social
timb

an update on this infuriatingly viral toot which continues to haunt my ass. the smart TV (named herein as a "Sony Bravia") died, got repaired, then died again, within the space of 3 months.

the same thing caused it to die both times: being turned off and unplugged so that I could vacuum behind the TV cabinet. understandably a TV which cannot deal with something as horrendous as "being occasionally turned off" was absolutely stupid, and I successfully yelled at the seller for a refund.

the bad smart TV has been replaced with a very large (42 inch), non-smart, monitor instead which is a fucking dream and simply pipes audio and video out of my media centre without trying to sell me shampoo at the same time. I will never buy a smart TV again as long as I live. have a nice day and please stop boosting this toot

an update on this infuriatingly viral toot which continues to haunt my ass. the smart TV (named herein as a "Sony Bravia") died, got repaired, then died again, within the space of 3 months.

the same thing caused it to die both times: being turned off and unplugged so that I could vacuum behind the TV cabinet. understandably a TV which cannot deal with something as horrendous as "being occasionally turned off" was absolutely stupid, and I successfully yelled at the seller for a refund.

9 January at 8:34 | Open on aus.social
Joe

@burgerdrome where did you get the monitor?

9 January at 9:01 | Open on aus.social
VirtualWolf

@burgerdrome Jesus fuck I just looked at the number of boosts and favourites on that. D:

9 January at 9:29 | Open on aus.social
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]

@burgerdrome I need to do this. 50% because my old smart TV was starting to do that out of the damn box (also it liked to randomly crash out and reboot every 15-20 minutes if it was streaming 4K, and since not many streaming services have an option like 'my internet sucks shit do not ever stream anything in 4K, 720p is enough for me' it made a couple of platforms almost unusable) and 50% because I bet that monitor is also significantly lighter than a TV, and/or came with a decently sturdy stand so you're not forced to wall-mount it (for reasons largely related to 'I live in a very old house and I don't trust that this would end well').

@burgerdrome I need to do this. 50% because my old smart TV was starting to do that out of the damn box (also it liked to randomly crash out and reboot every 15-20 minutes if it was streaming 4K, and since not many streaming services have an option like 'my internet sucks shit do not ever stream anything in 4K, 720p is enough for me' it made a couple of platforms almost unusable) and 50% because I bet that monitor is also significantly lighter than a TV, and/or came with a decently sturdy stand so...

9 January at 10:08 | Open on aus.social
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