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Tragic: Bill Gates Had A Cure For Coronavirus But It Was Erased By A Windows Virus (Babylon Bee)
Babylon Bee ^ | Apr 6, 2020 | Babylon Bee Staff

Posted on 04/06/2020 10:54:54 PM PDT by dayglored

MEDINA, WA—Well, this is disappointing: Bill Gates had discovered a cure for coronavirus, but the hard drive he had it saved on was wiped out by a Windows virus.

Not good!

"I've got it!" he'd cried in the early morning hours on Sunday. "Hey Melinda -- I've figured out how to eradicate this nasty virus! Everyone mocked me for commenting on the virus while not even being a medical expert, but ha! I'll show them yet!"

But just then, his monitor suddenly displayed a blue screen. A virus had infected his Windows 10 machine and crashed the whole thing, wiping out everything on his hard drive. Microsoft OneDrive would have backed it up, but Gates had kept dismissing the annoying message that popped up every few minutes on his computer, reminding him to set up his OneDrive account. The loophole this particular virus exploits had been closed in a recent Windows 10 update, but again, Gates kept putting off the update because the messages bugged him.

"You know, it's kind of funny, in the end," an introspective Gates said as he stared out the window at his 220 acres of land. "I tried to cure the virus, but a virus got me in the end."

"Ironic."

Gates was last seen trying to sneak an Apple computer into his house.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies; Humor
KEYWORDS: babylonbee; billgates; coronavirus; satire; windowspinglist
It’s SATIRE, folks.

Ironic mainly because Gates DID have an Apple Macintosh in his office during the development of Windows. I’ll see if I can find a copy of the photo and post it later.

1 posted on 04/06/2020 10:54:54 PM PDT by dayglored
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To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; bajabaja; ...
Windows Satire ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

2 posted on 04/06/2020 10:56:42 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: Swordmaker
Bill Gates not only has a Macintosh, he appeared in a promotional ad for the Apple Mac in 1984 and praised it — with one sitting behind him in his office.

Bill Gates in a 1984 Macintosh ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5zeJyQ31rM

3 posted on 04/06/2020 11:05:07 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored
If not a virus than more likely a WIN 10 update
(/s)
4 posted on 04/06/2020 11:28:07 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: dayglored

ROFL!!! You gotta’ love Babylon Bee!!


5 posted on 04/06/2020 11:31:27 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: clearcarbon
> If not a virus than more likely a WIN 10 update (/s)

No sarc tag required — Win10 updates can be mighty destructive when they fail.

6 posted on 04/06/2020 11:40:30 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

Spot on!


7 posted on 04/06/2020 11:45:11 PM PDT by ptsal ( Bust the NVIA)
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To: dayglored
Gates was last seen trying to sneak an Apple computer into his house.

LOL!

8 posted on 04/06/2020 11:47:44 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: dayglored
As a 20 year IT grunt, I gotta ROTFLMAO and would believe it if you told it to my face, even if it is from The Bee.
9 posted on 04/07/2020 12:19:24 AM PDT by Viking2002 (Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
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To: dayglored

That’s pretty funny.


10 posted on 04/07/2020 1:55:07 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: dayglored

Kind of like my story written decades ago about how terrorists got suitcase nukes into the country but the airlines lost them.


11 posted on 04/07/2020 2:00:29 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: dayglored

Nowadays satire has more integrity than “the press”. Which is what makes it hilarious instead of just funny.


12 posted on 04/07/2020 2:14:15 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Stop. My sides can’t take more.


13 posted on 04/07/2020 2:15:10 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
> ...terrorists got suitcase nukes into the country but the airlines lost them.

LOL!

14 posted on 04/07/2020 6:27:16 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

Now that’s funny right there!


15 posted on 04/07/2020 8:28:42 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Or you put anthrax in a letter and then foolishly entrust it to the Postal Serve!


16 posted on 04/07/2020 8:29:39 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: clearcarbon

More than likely, yep!


17 posted on 04/07/2020 8:13:47 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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