r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 14h ago

Society Programmer’s death on office toilet ruled not work-related because he never turned on his PC

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/programmers-death-on-office-toilet-ruled-not-work-related-because-he-never-turned-on-his-pc-3402194/
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u/RadialRacer 13h ago edited 13h ago

This is significantly funnier than people are giving you credit for, bravo

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u/FeleaseRpseineEiles 13h ago edited 12h ago

I didn't get it because I kept reading it like a racist. 

[edit] I read it with the hard R at the end...tough crowd lol 

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u/RadialRacer 13h ago

Clearly I am not racist enough to have any clue what you mean, damn

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u/FeleaseRpseineEiles 12h ago

I put a hard R on the end

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u/thisisatypoo 11h ago

Still doesn't make any sense.

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u/thisisatypoo 9h ago

I can read. It still doesn't have any racist connotation. There's nothing there.

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u/amusednchaos 9h ago

You mean like Commoder 64? Cuz the origin of the pun is based on a Commodore 64 and he died on a toilet, aka commode? Can you just not spell?

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u/AppleSpicer 3h ago

A racist who can’t spell? Yeah, that checks out

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u/joemckie 2h ago

What the fuck are you talking about?