I'm a PC...

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:48 pm

Why does this slogan aggravate me so?

It started with little children asserting they were PCs and I thought it was just an inability to pronounce the lines correctly. Unfortunately no. We are no longer humans, we are either PCs or MACs

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:50 pm

Sounds like a marketing campaign. I've never heard of it or seen it myself, but thats what it smells like

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:52 pm

Yeah, it started earlier but is the main campaign for Windows 7

They're combining "I'm a PC" with "and Windows 7 was my idea."

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:56 pm

I'm thinking and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Microsoft somehow copyright the term PC? That would be why thy are using it so much. Becoming a kind of mascot of the company.

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:59 pm

It's not their use of PC that annoys me, it's the assertion by a human that they are one.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:07 pm

koan;1263448 wrote: It's not their use of PC that annoys me, it's the assertion by a human that they are one.I got that from your first post, I was just remembering something and typed it.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:26 pm

I think the Mac and PC ads from Apple are funny. The PC guy represents Bill Gates and the Mac guy is representing arch enemy Steve Jobs. They probably just used the terms PC and Mac as a level of indirection so they wouldn't outright get sued.

Though, the Windows response to the ad campaign is a little pathetic IMO. It's not funny at all. Also it really makes no sense. PC stands for Personal Computer, not the operating system or Microsoft software (what they are wanting to sell).

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:28 pm

I always thought it stood for Pretty Cool........................:-6

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:30 pm

Actually, I'm a little teapot (LT).

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:31 pm

It could also be Petty Criminal.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:33 pm

Yeah, or Peeved Customer.....thinking of those computers........:wah:

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:53 pm

I'm a Pedantic Consumer.

It also bugs me when I pass a sign every day that says "Join now and assume a membership." And I keep thinking that if I can just assume a membership there is no need to join...

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:29 pm

I live with one of those, Koan. Mine dies a thousand deaths when something is 'trialled' - or 'duxed' (that was the most recent). Someone duxed their class. I dislike wrong usage, but rather like the way language just continues to develop, leaving grammarians and pedants behind. :sneaky:

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"When departing or arriving at Circular Quay, please show your ticket"

Him indoors writhes in agony at this when riding the ferry.. It should reay departing from / arriving at - or possibly it would work with a comma after departing.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:14 pm

Im a little tea pot

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:32 am

koan;1263488 wrote: I'm a Pedantic Consumer.

It also bugs me when I pass a sign every day that says "Join now and assume a membership." And I keep thinking that if I can just assume a membership there is no need to join...

:yh_rotfl

I can relate to that. When i see a sign that says door alarmed I always want to know what it's alarmed about.

On a road with a sign saying hidden dips I always wonder why anyone would want to hide tubs of salsa in the road in the first place-and then why tell everyone they've hidden them?

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:11 am

I thought it meant Politically Correct

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:34 am

AussiePam;1263455 wrote: Actually, I'm a little teapot (LT).

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_clap

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:45 am

gmc;1263625 wrote: :yh_rotfl

I can relate to that. When i see a sign that says door alarmed I always want to know what it's alarmed about.

On a road with a sign saying hidden dips I always wonder why anyone would want to hide tubs of salsa in the road in the first place-and then why tell everyone they've hidden them?

:wah::wah: Me too. There's a sign near here: "Humped Zebra Crossing" and I always think. "Poor thing..."

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:26 pm

Mac's are better anyways... I'd rather be a mac then a PC.... haha (i'm one of the aggravating people)

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:15 pm

I'm a Pepper........ wouldn't you like to be a pepper too? :guitarist

:D

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:57 pm

Omni_Skittles;1263794 wrote: Mac's are better anyways... I'd rather be a mac then a PC.... haha (i'm one of the aggravating people)

Same here. I own a HP (Hardly Performs) at home, but I use a mega-powerful Mac (Much Acclaimed Computer) at work. The Mac is a Ferrari compared to my beat-up Volkswagon PC.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:41 pm

My favourite traffic sign is "Form One Lane". I often encounter one of these early in the morning when I am the only vehicle on the road. It's stressful!!

There was a time when I had a PC, a Mac and a Linux Box all running happily at once. The arty fartys and gamesters liked the Mac. The elite program and hack fraternity liked the Linux Box and for my sins, I always preferred - and still do - the PC. Though I must add I liked it much better in the old DOS and Telnet and PuTTY days when one could mess around a bit and actually have a bit of control.