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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

If they crashed the computer irrecoverably did they have to throw away the computer after?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes I believe they dragged it to the wastebasket

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the clarification - it makes sense now.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They then used an even larger mouse to drag the actual computer to the garbage bin.

The garbage bin then caught fire.

This is the origin of the dumpster fire meme.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

A capybara or was it a smaller mouse then that?

[–] DdCno1@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm probably missing a joke here, but irrecoverably as in they most likely needed another computer to fix it: In this case, create a new startup floppy disk - there was no hard drive, after all.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why can’t you just take the hard drive out of the garbage and reinstall?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The computer is inaccessible, and if you did that, the best way to fix it, while also avoiding any other potential issues stemming from that, is just to reinstall the thing.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The beepy thing, the brrr-brr thing or the flashy thing?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

The box what goes bang if you poke it wrong.