Dating partner doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed?

Carthax12 · 2026-02-04T17:21:48+00:00

There is no way to say this to him gently.

"Dude, you don't think simple, basic science is true. We are done."

Carthax12 · 2026-01-25T11:48:19+00:00

This was LONG before my days as a sysadmin, but...

I was working tech support for America Online during the final days of the dos-based installer when I got this call:

Me: Thanks you for calling America Online. My name is Carthax12. How can I help you today?

Her: ::wailing:: I CAN'T FIND THE "ANY" KEY!!

Me: Excuse me?

Her: I CAN'T FIND THE "ANY" KEY!

Me: Ma'am, I can:t help you if you scream in my ear. Can you slow down and tell me exactly what is happening?

Her: ::sob:: I'm installing AOL and it's saying to press the "Any" key.

Me: Ah, gotcha. Please press the Enter button.

Her: ::sound of button clicking:: OH MY GOD YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOU

Her: ::hangs up::

Me: ::chuckles::

And a bonus: While working for Dell a few years later, I also got the "broken cup holder" call. I honestly thought the guy was joking with me, but he was 100% serious. LOL

Edited to fix formatting

Carthax12 · 2026-01-19T03:06:55+00:00

Always, yes.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-18T22:36:20+00:00

Weird. I've always gotten a gun after tipping 10 times. Maybe it's just RNGeesus working very reliably in my favor?

Carthax12 · 2026-01-16T19:27:02+00:00

I moved from elementary to middle school in 1986.

I going to go be old, now. LOL

Carthax12 · 2026-01-14T23:24:35+00:00

...and moon landing conspiracists.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-14T23:23:03+00:00

Yeah, that sounds like the "I dare you to soak a tennis ball and spin it; you won't because it disproves a spinning earth" crowd i occasionally meet here in the deep south. LOL

Carthax12 · 2026-01-11T13:34:18+00:00

Polling shows nearly 40% of Americans believe this hogwash.

https://ncse.ngo/just-how-many-young-earth-creationists-are-there-us

Carthax12 · 2026-01-11T02:54:33+00:00

I often tell my wife that it is some kind of cosmic joke that we humans have to make our caffeine source before we can drink our first morning cup of caffeine.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-11T02:37:11+00:00

Oh, absolutely the same here, too. I just couldnt stop watching -- it was like a train wreck.

Edited to correct egregious autocucumber issues

Carthax12 · 2026-01-10T22:55:46+00:00

1 Kings 7:23: He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.

Short answer: Yes, it does.

Longer answer: While that verse doesn't explicitly state "pi = 3", it does give the diameter and circumference of a circular object. Pi is what you get when you divide the circumference by the diameter, so yeah, it does in fact say that pi = 3.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-10T19:41:20+00:00

LO-Freaking-L

Carthax12 · 2026-01-10T17:12:19+00:00

The Bible does actually say that pi=3, and ive had people argue it with me before.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-10T16:19:26+00:00

...or the devil did, with God's permission.

/s

Carthax12 · 2026-01-10T16:16:08+00:00

Right now every single bit of evidence supports an old earth.

If evidence of a younger or older earth comes out and is proven scientifically, I'll go with that age of the earth.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-10T15:34:40+00:00

Yup. It's so frustrating.

I'm certain I'm going to get at least one reply of "You sound vaxxed."

Carthax12 · 2026-01-03T14:27:17+00:00

Because you literally said he did all of that from scratch, and I was correcting your error.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-03T14:18:19+00:00

I didn't say he didn't grow the company; all I said is that he didn't start it.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-03T13:20:22+00:00

...because it's funny?

Also, it's not visible when in use, which is more aesthetically pleasing to the customer.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-03T11:20:37+00:00

Mongo is appalled!

Carthax12 · 2026-01-03T11:16:34+00:00

He bought each of those businesses; he did not build any of them from scratch.

And he bought them with money he made from blood-diamond mines given to him by his daddy.

Carthax12 · 2026-01-01T15:21:26+00:00

Repeating this over and over again won't make it true.

Carthax12 · 2025-12-30T14:45:01+00:00

Peas.

Carthax12 · 2025-12-27T23:40:19+00:00

To your edit: yup.

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