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Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers. I said yes I do, and she produced a mouse saying that her son set up Linux mint for her and she was wondering if the mouse was compatible. It needed kernel version 2.6 or newer so I said that the mouse should work, guessing mint itself was probably newer than that kernel. Happy with my answer, we chatted a little, then she thanked me and left.

It was a nice experience, so I thought I should share!

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[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw Richard Stallman at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

All I can I say to that is: what???

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

its a dumb copypaste bullshit

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's been a rash of these celebrity Milky Way encounters over the last few years… just check the internet.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lol, the Internet really is the land where anything happens

celebrity Milky Way encounters

~~I think I'm totally out of the loop on that, what does the Milky Way have to with it?~~

Edit: I may have dementia

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Big Candy at it again. Always pushing their agenda.

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago