this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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That first tale is clearly a case of when tech aura goes bad.
I mean, we like to let the non-techs believe that our mere presence can cause technology to behave, and we might even like to believe that ourselves, but that comes back to bite us if the hardware breaks instead.
... I'm not saying the tech should have grabbed something heavy and made a show of threatening the device, but I don't think it would have hurt!
We marked a line in tape at the door of my business. My cousin's girlfriend could not enter because we'd crash every time she did.