tiddy roosevelt

Somewhere just outside Paris, a woman sighs in dismay as Word crashes for the third time.

Somewhere in the US our hero, sensing his time has come, suddenly becomes alert. He leaps into action, waking up his Thinkpad (he uses arch btw), and scours the web for his damsel in distress.

He immediately offers to help diagnose the problem. Nodding to himself, it's what he thought.

"You need to switch to Linux"

As quickly as he appeared, he vanishes back into the night, satisfied he's saved the day.

Dec 30 at 6:16pmWeb
Show threadtiddy rooseveltDec 30
Don't be a hero.
Show threadPrizmoDec 30
@babe Bonnie Tyler lied when she wrote that smash hit "Holding Out for a Hero" didn't she?
Show threadLongspeakDec 31
@babe I'm not the hero you deserve. I'm the hero you need right now.
Show threaddonkeyDec 31
@babe Billy?
Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastJan 2
@babe maybe "an hero."?
Show threadJohn Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿Dec 30
@babe 🤣 😬
Show threadMrCopilotDec 30
@babe Dissapointed there is no mention of #LibreOffice, but my cape is in the wash.
Show threadTrumtins Electro Shark 325ppmDec 30
@mrcopilot
😂 🤣
@babe
Show threadLaurensDec 31
@mrcopilot @babe
Show threadCourt Cantrell won't conformJan 2

@ElBeeToots @mrcopilot @babe

✨💜EDNA MODE 4EVER💜✨

Show threadWTLDec 30
@babe @catsalad 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Show threadTrumtins Electro Shark 325ppmDec 30
@babe
I love it! What a nice story!
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasDec 30
@babe heck, if that's all it takes, next time *I'll* save you!
Show threadAndreasThinksDec 30
@babe
Show threadlonely extrovertDec 30
@babe oh my, what a hearty chuckle this just gave me
Show threadEvelyn 🐉Dec 30
@babe who says chivalry is dead!
Show threadJesseDec 30

@babe

"Have you switched to Linux? ski-bap ba-dap..."

https://youtu.be/--9kqhzQ-8Q?si=0r7veIbO2aDWcsB1

H.Y.C.Y.BH? (Official Video)

YouTube
Show threadPxl PhileDec 30
@babe okay but after installing Linuxabd all the necessary proprietary hardware drivers which complicated things only a bit, then installing WINE the errors are now different in MS Word
Show threadGeorge BDec 30

@babe

A few weeks ago, my brother gave me an early Christmas present by telling me that windows 11 has been a massive pain in his ass and he wants to switch his laptop to Linux.

I brought a Mint live USB over to Christmas dinner and then after we put the kids to bed I walked him through installation.

The next day he sent me an excited message saying his laptop is so much faster.

The day after that I got a message asking "why is sound not working?" And had to introduce him to the forums.

Show threadGeorge BDec 30

@babe

"Remember when we were in high school and I was sitting on the floor near the router with my laptop plugged in and looking annoyed? That was my wifi drivers not working. Trust me you have it way easier"

Is not that encouraging to someone who never had a reason to open a command line before although I did find that it's a known issue on his laptop that had a few easy to follow answers on separate forums

Show threadsuzanneDec 31
@gbargoud @babe
😂♥️
Show threadLance, Enjoying Copious PollenDec 30
@babe Maybe LibreOffice, anyway.
Show thread 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽Dec 31
@babe oh noesies.. I feel the sudden need to crack open the Thinkpad (Gentoo, btw)...
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendDec 31
@babe this needs to be a pinned toot at the top of the whole fedi
Show threadDavid BramianDec 31
@babe she needs to use a typewriter and quit bothering the Internet about her shitty office software
Show threadMatt BruntJan 3

@davbram @babe wow, seems like you've got more than one shitty take recently

Log off, go seek help

Show threadPino CarafaDec 31
@babe *giggles*
Show threadMiaou MacCroquettesDec 31

@babe I use Arch btw 😏

I'm always encouraging people to use Linux. Yes, it would be difficult at first.
No, you don't "have to"
It's more about politics and who you give power and your data, and your money.

When I decided to stop using WhatsApp, it was hell. Facebook, awful lonely moments. No more google on my phone, and some other actions I took. One of these actions is encouraging others to do it too. But, if it's too much yet, it's ok, one step at a time, at least you're on ✨ Mastodon ✨

Show threadtiddy rooseveltDec 31
@les_croquettes_du_chat I also use arch btw
Show threadMiaou MacCroquettesDec 31
@babe I don't it's too difficult 😁
There was no space left to type "(no)"
Show threadWilla  Dec 31
@babe
Show threadNot a Spring OnionJan 2

@willasaywhat @babe

"Sarabada..."

(Btw: The tuxedo is obviously a penguin reference.)

Show threadJima Jan 5
@willasaywhat @babe I would genuinely have been disappointed to not find this GIF in the replies. 🫡
Show threadArjan OostingDec 31
@babe
Lol 😁😂 good story!
Show threadMrCopilotDec 31
@babe 🧓 "WordPerfect never gave me these problems."
Show threadJoelJan 1
@babe the burning desire to save people from spyware riddled mediocrity.
Show threadKoantigJan 1
@babe (not my work)
Show thread🏳️‍🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈Jan 1
@babe 
Show threadFloaty BirbJan 1
@babe that hero is me in a slightly alternate timeline where I'm just slightly more annoying and also use arch for some reason.
Show threadhealynJan 1
@babe Bonnie Tyler's seminal song "Holding Out For A Hero" was about this. She was "holding out", because when she recorded the song, Linux did not yet exist. She could sense that it was coming within a decade, though #trivia
Show threadmalteJan 1
@healyn @babe further proven by the release of "where were you" 2 months after linux
Show threadgorgeous georgeousJan 1
@healyn @babe Holding Out For A Hero (Who Can Make My Sound Work)
Show threadGlenn SetoJan 2
@healyn @babe So that hero was originally Linus Torvalds? Understood.
Show threadhealynJan 2
@glennseto @babe correct, Bonnie Tyler was singing about Linus Torvalds
Show threadJoshua KadenJan 1

@babe “Oh, thank you, Linuxman! You’ve saved our city!”

(Or has he???)

Show threadTwobiscuits🚴‍♂️ Jan 2

@babe “As quickly as he appeared, he vanishes”

This bit seems not entirely plausible

Show threadLaurent CimonJan 2
@babe obviously the problem is that she isn't on LibreOffice.
Show threadTimo ZimmermannJan 2
@babe so… he’s the Tuxedo Mask of operating systems?
Show threadHenrý ÓlsonJan 2
@babe literally me but dependent types
Show threadConfusion as a ServiceJan 2
@babe And this is how I met your mother
Show threadChinga la migra! 🍉🌈Jan 2
@babe he may be huge queef, but he is not wrong.
Show threadDaughter of DiscordJan 3

@babe

I use an ancient copy of WORD but don't worry, I stole the fucker from The Pirate Bay

Show threadsenJan 3
@babe shockingly, I'm seeing this just now.