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I have never met a happy chihuahua.

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Me too! Whew, I'm not alone.

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*Mike Pence feels sad again*

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I do as well. way too well, one might say. for sanity's sake I skipped Vista altogether, and Win 7 and 8 weren't half bad.

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Microsoft throws a BSOD when you bring up the subject.

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"I've never seen this penis before in my life!"

Ghost of Rush Limbaugh kicks himself for not coming up with this excuse.

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8 was ad-strewn bloatware, 10 is ad-strewn bloatware but at least functions mostly like 7

I dunno why they went all-in with the tiles. WinPhone lasted like seven seconds before being taken out back and put out of its misery.

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*Mike Pence tries to get anyone's attention*

"I'm right here!"

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Every fucking time I step on the A train and some gaggle of clods are there with tagged luggage and masks on their chins

GO THE FUCK BACK HOME TO PEORIA AND TAKE YOUR GERMS WITH YOU

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oh, no doubt about the bloat. brought back bad memories of windows 95.

the tiles were hilariously misguided. good riddance. but then, Microsoft were never particularly good at GUI design.

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That NJT trip. New York Penn to Newark Penn is like 12 minutes, but it is the worst 12 minutes.

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FWIW, Godwin himself said that his law is suspended until further notice because we're dealing with the real thing.

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Or reading trends. Thankfully, when Apple tried to make fun of them, they hired John Hodgman, a legitimately funny guy, to play a PC, which made all the M$ antics seem bumbling and lovable, whereas Justin Long was an actor who mostly played insufferable douchebags, so...

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"penologically justified"

I think that term is going to stick in my head for the rest of the day, possibly with less-than-savory overtones...

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while roughly around the same time going full KILL THE PENGUIN. lol

the thing is that this whole spiel only worked if you bought into the premise Apple good, Microsoft bad in the first place.

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I think that's the smart way to do it. I've told family not to get me presents for a few years now. It's not their fault but they're really bad at picking presents for me. It's like they don't know me.

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