Panic!

By not amused - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - Ireland - Cork

Today, my dad woke me up in a panic at five to ten in the morning, because he couldn't figure out how to type the "@" in an e-mail address. FML
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Tripartita 44

Haha, what a ******* noob! It couldn't be much easier: you disconnect your keyboard, stick two paper clips into the USB port touching the left and right data pins, attach the chain of resistors to one clip, touch the negative terminal of a double A battery to the other, and then connect the open resistor end to the positive terminal of the battery for exactly 500 milliseconds. The processor interprets that electrical pulse as a few keystrokes, and before you know it, you have three @ symbols. Then you delete the two you don't need. Hahaha, I still can't get over how ignorant your father is, OP!

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thatweirdasian 22

Whoa, hopefully it was a veryyy important email.

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thatweirdasian 22

Whoa, hopefully it was a veryyy important email.

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cacheson 41

The @ sign is very important. You should be grateful he trusted you to help him with such an important task. :D

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Enkeria 30

I literally have no response to this. I'm sorry you got woken up OP. Now you won't be woken up in the future about the @ symbol. I hope it was an important email. Best of luck to you OP.

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Danne696 14

I agree #17, it literally takes 5 seconds to describe and you get to help your family. It's just to go back to sleep afterwards.

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richiedbond 16

How can you "literally" have no response but yet respond??? You have officially broken literally!

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utrax 23

Could be worse. I wouldn't say **** your life because of it.

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Tripartita 44

Haha, what a ******* noob! It couldn't be much easier: you disconnect your keyboard, stick two paper clips into the USB port touching the left and right data pins, attach the chain of resistors to one clip, touch the negative terminal of a double A battery to the other, and then connect the open resistor end to the positive terminal of the battery for exactly 500 milliseconds. The processor interprets that electrical pulse as a few keystrokes, and before you know it, you have three @ symbols. Then you delete the two you don't need. Hahaha, I still can't get over how ignorant your father is, OP!

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katachristic 19

pfft, real programmers use butterflies.

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wasliedtoasakid 22

Wow! I didn't know that's how you do it! It's so simple!!! Silly me, I've just been mailing letters because I could never figure it out! Now, I don't have to pay for postage, anymore!

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Tripartita 44

REAL programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want, #11. A fellow XKCD fan, eh?

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Firecubitch 5

Instructions not clear. Got my dick stuck in an ice tray.

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Iam20OrOlder 2

haha, I think if you post this to enough sites, some people might even try this !!!

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Dumbstuff___ 10

What does ten to five in the morning mean?

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Tripartita 44

It means it happened anytime from 10am the previous day to 5am the current day. Duh.

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SpyroMello 29

It means it was 4:50am. 10 minutes til 5am. Ten to 5am.

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O0hdear 21

it says five to ten, not ten to five.

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EagleSonOfEagle 11

Unless OP works night shift or something, I fail to see how this would be an FML. You had to wake up at brunch time? Sorry he didn't let you lie there all day.

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pjsr 32

More like the "@/*#•!!!@!!" symbol for you

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KelsieSwiftie 13

Usually it's the kids who don't know how to email... haha.

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Ferris_Wheel 5

Well, you didn't yell @ him right? If your dad is anything like mine, I'd write down how to do it on a sticky note for them. One instruction down, only 255 to go.

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Melodyrain 20

i find it kinda cute when they start panicking when it doesn't work!

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