Fess up guys, I know it happened to you all, geeks to the bones. One day/evening/night, always at a time when you least expect it, the phone rings and at the end of the line is a despeerate father/mother/grandmother/aunt/uncle that needs help fixing their computer. Cue in for a moment of pure pleasure trying to get the machine back to life from a distance – with the only helpe of a person that doesn’t stick to the basic vocabulary of the wonderful world of computers and renamed the mouse « thingy », the keyboard « gadget », and that only sees « stuff » and « boxes » on the screen. And you and your complicated vocabulary, your unclear instructions and your superior Mister-Know-It-All tone are going to have a ball trying to get your point across and getting a grumpy relative out of trouble – when he/she called you in the first place. And yet you are their only hope…
Until now ! Thank you XKCD !
