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death of the ruleternet (pawb.social)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Described: Why whenever I figure something out myself after posting a help thread, I'll write a whole report on what I did before it got fixed (because often I'm just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks, and I never know what exactly moved the needle)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those threads with "fixed it!" and no instructions? If they're on reddit, I'm posting "I deleted system32 and the problem went away!"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it's Linux related say "open a terminal and do sudo rm -rf /" for similar life-ruining effects.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

sudo rm -rf /

Ok, so I retroactively removed the realm of France and now a bunch of Spanish people are pissed about living too close to Luxembourg and the number of great cheeses in the world has decreased by 80%!

What now?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Now you remove Britain as well, and the healing can begin.