You Can Count Yourself Lucky If …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If …

Written and illustrated by Brian Moore

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Fewer Blinking Lights, More RAM

… Your current system can run Vista … (do all those blinking lights do anything?) …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – The Price Is Right

… The price you see on the Best Buy Web site matches the one on their intranet … (Sale Items > USB-Powered Acessories > Ben Affleck Talking E-Mail Notification Bust) …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Overclocked and Overbearing

… Your overclocked, water-cooled gaming rig doesn’t attain sentience and take over your house … (watching 2001, no doubt) …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – The Music of the Cubes

… Your boss doesn’t catch you watching fan-created Yu-Gi-Oh music videos on YouTube … (or uploading them) …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Thumbs Up

… Your “BlackBerry thumb” regains sensation … (your “Atari thumb” is still bothering you, though) …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Legacy Hardware

… Your system isn’t affected by the change in daylight-saving time … (though you’re still searching for an IM client for it) …

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Party People

… You attend an event in Second Life and at least 50 percent of the attendees’ avatars are humanoid. (And/or pass the “Captain Kirk Test” — neon skin/superfluous head bumps are OK; extra limbs/chitinous shell/salt vampire tendencies are NOT OK).

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – See More Slideshows Like This One

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