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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 32 minutes ago

taps ctrl and shift repeatedly.

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I love that guy's face, I can't NOT laugh. Damn, what's the name of the movie again??

[–] childOfMagenta@jlai.lu 4 points 1 hour ago

Never seen it but Monster House it seems.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Press enter to continue

Presses x.

Huhuhuhihiuh it still works stupid developer huhuhu🦭🦭🦭

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 hours ago

Me: presses button on shirt

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 48 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

That's why there's a distinction between buttons and keys

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 42 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I love these fuckin laptops that put the power button somewhere random in the middle of the keyboard where you might accidentally press.

I can’t imagine what goes through the mind of the genius who came up with this shit. Im guessing it was some guy who worked his way up to middle management in a Chinese manufacturing sweatshop, and then managed to sell clients on the idea that they could cut costs because he knew a quick hack to run the wires to the power supply.

[–] rambling4491@feddit.online 1 points 1 hour ago

To be fair, every OS I've used comes with a confirmation screen when you press the power button. So if you press it accidentally, you can just hit "Cancel".

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 23 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

That's just shit design. Even on keyboards with Power button I've seen, they're usually distinctly shaped and coloured.

[–] Gerblat@lemmy.world 28 points 5 hours ago

“Oh, I’ll need this info later, I better take a screenshot”

fatfingers the power button

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 hours ago

Me trying to press F12 in the dark

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 7 points 5 hours ago

Just pressed my car key its very loud

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 55 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Power button? Reset button? PSU switch? Clear CMOS button?

Let's try and press them all!

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 6 points 2 hours ago

*rings doorbell*

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 17 points 7 hours ago

LUKS header disk emergency destroy button? *boop!

[–] username_1@programming.dev 12 points 6 hours ago

In case of the need to press a button but you don't know which exactly, press the belly button.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I pressed the button next to the power socket on the wall.

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

I've found our UK friend

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 23 points 6 hours ago

The late comic strip User Friendly did this best back in the day. To the point that its take on it is currently the example on its Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Friendly

[–] MrSelfDestruct@lemmy.zip 28 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Oooh, I think I'll order a Tab.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Now he's just pushing the IT guy's buttons

[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 7 hours ago

You’re really pressing his buttons there

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How about the Turbo button?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Is this 1992? Where’s my dinosaur? Will someone go to prom with me?

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Just rollerblade over to my house, we'll play some Super Nintendo and drink Mello Yello.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Remember ALF? He's back. In pog form.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 6 points 6 hours ago

Its worst when you ask ppl how they got in this situation and they go I dk "the last person told me to do this" knowing full well no they didnt and I have to spend an hour figurjng out wtf they did to undo it all.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 hours ago

"listen here you little shit"