Thread by @garius

As a kid I was in awe of my dad. He could fix ANYTHING with stuff from his workshop.

He'd say summat like "oh, we need a left-handed flange for that. I've got one somewhere" and BOSH. Done. like magic.

I've realised various people now see me as the computer equivalent of my dad

This tweet brought to you by this morning's internal monologue:

"Hmm. No wireless card. I'll have one somewhere. Will use my USB spare for now."

"Those cables are shanked. Must have a packet of those."

"Where's my cloner license?!"

"Crappy screws. Will swap for twistables."

Because it's less physical, in my head it definitely doesn't feel like an equivalent skill. But it is in most ways.

I'm basically sitting here doing the equivalent of New Yankee Workshop on an old Acer PC. While watching New Yankee Workshop. 😄

https://twitter.com/MalphasWats/status/1471402357548269580

Escalating series of boxes of Computer Stuff(TM), in increasingly inconvenient locations. Box content is sorted based on frequency of need.

So there's a living room stuff box with common cables, then one under the bed with parts and wires, etc. etc.

https://twitter.com/lisariemers/status/1471403294400651269

At some point, aliens will invade and humanity's ENTIRE existence will depend on me stepping up to the plate:

WILL SMITH: You can hack the mothership?!
JEFF GOLDBLUM: In theory, but I'll need the data cable for a Nokia 3310.
ME <entering with cable box>: Chill lads. I got this.