[VadeRetro]

But we'll be seeing several more posts to the effect that this is some kind of a disaster, which will cause the whole edifice of science to come crashing down.

It was just a house of cards you know. Now it's all collapsed, all an illusion. Perhaps my car won't start or my computer won't boot up. It's only a coincidence they've been working so far. We're melting away! Melting away! What a world!

[PAR35]

Perhaps my car won't start or my computer won't boot up.

I can't help with the car, but perhaps if you switched to CP/M you could solve the booting problems.