Skip to comments.
Anger Management: Over 33 Percent of Americans Verbally or Physically Abuse Their Computers
Hot Hardware ^
| 8/2/2013
| Hot Hardware
Posted on 08/06/2013 5:44:50 PM PDT by Dallas59
It doesn't matter if you're a saint or a frequent sinner, a sailor with a potty mouth or a monk who took a vow of silence. If you own a computer, then at some point you've belted out a line of obscenities that would make Andrew Dice Clay wince in astonishment. PCs have a way of bringing out the worst in us when things go wrong, and according to a recent nationwide survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Crucial in June 2013, some even tend to get physical.
Out of over 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older who were surveyed, more than a third -- 36 percent -- of Americans who experienced computer problems in the past six months admit to lashing out at their PC by using vulgar language, screaming, shouting, and even punching it or using an object to beat down the insolent machine.
(Excerpt) Read more at hothardware.com ...
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: abuse; computers
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-44 next last
To: Dallas59
If I would have been aboard the spaceship in the movie “2001 - A Space Odyssey”, the movie would have been only 45 minutes long. As soon as “HAL” started acting up, I would have beat the hell out of him.
To: Shimmer1; Dallas59; null and void
Pretty sure my so called smart phone is now the surrogate for my computer these days.
22
posted on
08/06/2013 6:22:59 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: dragonblustar
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
Well, it’s toolate now. That desktop is burning in computer hell right now.
To: Shimmer1
This is a Windows centric piece.
25
posted on
08/06/2013 6:39:53 PM PDT
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.g)
To: Dallas59
I just usually call mine a miserable POS and move on. Unfortunately, it usually doesn’t help.
26
posted on
08/06/2013 6:47:16 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
To: Dallas59
I’ve worked with computers for years, and everyone knows that if you want your computer to keep working for you, you’ve got to keep a good pimp hand.
27
posted on
08/06/2013 6:51:08 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Dallas59
I admit that on at least one occasion I ripped the power cord out of the back of a computer that had been extremely uncooperative.
It was very satisfying until I realized that I had destroyed the hard drive.
28
posted on
08/06/2013 7:03:17 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: Vendome
Pretty sure my so called smart phone is now the surrogate for my computer these days. You should get rid of it...
29
posted on
08/06/2013 7:05:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: Shimmer1
I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that...
30
posted on
08/06/2013 7:08:04 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: Dallas59
Just wait.
All the computers out there are cataloging the abuse for the day they become self aware.
Then......
Retribution. :)
31
posted on
08/06/2013 7:08:57 PM PDT
by
Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
To: Dallas59
Guilty as charged on the verbal abuse. LOL!!
32
posted on
08/06/2013 7:09:13 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Dallas59
Badmouth is the cheapest, and arguably the most satisfying, manner of tension release.
Besides, it makes listening Libtards develop a bad case of “The Vapors” as they hyperventilate.
33
posted on
08/06/2013 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
To: Dallas59
Years ago I had to remove my computer tower from underneath my desk at home because when I was on certain newspaper comment sections I would become so pissed off at certain posters that I once put my foot through the side of the tower and destroyed it.
34
posted on
08/06/2013 7:53:53 PM PDT
by
Larry381
("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.")
To: Dallas59
I do not verbally abuse my computer.
I merely chant 'magic words' at it until the sumb*tch does what it's supposed to.
35
posted on
08/06/2013 8:11:33 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: null and void
Pretty soon it’s gonna be transformed into a fast ball.
36
posted on
08/06/2013 9:08:18 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: null and void
37
posted on
08/06/2013 9:14:48 PM PDT
by
Shimmer1
("What a poor, ignorant, malicious, short-sighted, crapulous mass." John Adams)
To: Veto!
You can’t. Keep doing what you did.
38
posted on
08/07/2013 4:28:14 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: lefty-lie-spy
I knew that when I read it. I don’t have to speak harshly to my iMac, it loves me right back. (although Null has troubles with the speed on his iMac)
The only trouble I have is my **(%%$#(!! ISP!!!!!
39
posted on
08/07/2013 8:24:44 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
("What a poor, ignorant, malicious, short-sighted, crapulous mass." John Adams)
To: BunnySlippers
I like my computer. "I enjoy working with people and have stimulating relationships with them."
40
posted on
08/07/2013 10:32:23 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-44 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson