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>calling your PC a "box"
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>calling your PC a "box"
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>>54737975
Literally never heard anyone say that.
Nice shitpost.
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>>54737986
I do low level tech support. In order to help users understand us faster, I call it any of the following:

Cpu, box, hard drive, brain, Unit under your desk
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>I do most of my work on my linux-box
Guilty as charged.
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>>54737986
see >>54733698
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>>54737975
Do you keep yours in a bag?
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>>54737975
Lawrence?
Only faggots are called lawrence.
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>"Running" a "platform"
You did this Costa.
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>>54738083
Got some debian boxen, sure.
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>>54737975
I call it a "CPU" to blend in.
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>>54738192
At least you don't call it a 'modem'. Why do people do this?
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>calling a pc a "rig"
Fuck that bothers me, it's not a truck for christsakes
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>>54738163
Dynamic coding.
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>not calling it a spitoon
fucking relics lol im ahead of my time
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>>54737975
yeah, well since I mostly game on it I call it
my ..... V-box
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call my vpses boxes.

call all my shit machines.
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>calling your desktop PC a "battlestation"
Fucking /v/ermin
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>>54737986
So you're pretty new then?
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>>54739557
>"rig"
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>>54738250
>calling your box a "modem"
They're two different things, who does this?
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>>54739733
Almost every old person ever.
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yfw some(OP) posts a jpg that looks kind of familiar, then you suddenly realize Full Metal Jacket crazy guy and Daredevil's Wilson Fisk were the same actor.
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>>54737975
>calling your mom's basement NSA lab
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>>54740550
>same actor.
It surprised me as well.

He was also that (slightly) autistic cop in Law & Order. AND he was the bad guy in the first MiB movie (that really surprised me).
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>>54737986
>>54737975
>>54738083
>mfw I literally called my linux pc "boxx"
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>>54737975
I call it a "Rechner" :^)
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>>54737975

>calling your PC a "rig"
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>>54741516
I too call it a box or machine when referring to something running linux
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>>54741702
>>54741637
>>54741516
>>54741725

>not referring at your computer as "her"
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Well, I mean my computer is quite literally a cube, but I call it Phoenix because of the wifi it has onboard its motherboard
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>lemme just ssh into my linux box

sorry not sorry
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>>54737975
>calling your box a "rig"

>>54737986
>not calling your IBM Personal Computer-compatible System Unit a "box" in casual conversation
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>>54741881
that's a nice case
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>>54738348
>>54739711
>>54741702
>>54742965
this

>check out my new gaymen rig guys! xD
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>>54738156
And sailors!
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I call mine shitposting machine
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>>54737975
>calling your shitbox a PC
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>>54744287
bet your rig is shit
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>>54744600
Nah, my rig is pretty solid
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I usually call my general purpose computers either rigs or machines, everything else like the NAS or server is just that.
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>>54739527
>V-box
Because it keeps your virginity safe?
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>>54737975
>calling your PC your "Personal Computer"

This triggers people and I enjoy it because there is nothing they can do to say I'm wrong or autistic because that's literally what it is called.
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>calling your PC your "workstation"
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>>54737975
box
bäks/
noun
noun: box; plural noun: boxes

1.
a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.
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>>54737975
This movie was supposed to be funny, right?
My friend thinks I'm crazy for calling it a comedy
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