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I am reading The Onion and Sarah is reading over my shoulder. (Well, not anymore, because I am writing this, but I am telilng a story!) And I was making fun of her for this reading over my shoulder. And she just said, "You know why I'm doing that."
"Because my computer is cooler?" I said. It's not really a question.
"Well, because it's faster than mine," she said. This is a truth universally acknowledged. But then she said, "It's like those commercials for Swiffer or something where the people with the Swiffer get done really fast and the other people say, 'Oh, we're still cleaning, can we use your Swiffer?' It's like a commercial for Linux!"
"They don't have commercials for Linux," I said.
"I know," she said. "But if they did. That's what it could be like. They'd have two college kids who are waiting for e-mail from their boyfriends or something." (I think this setup already says as much about Sarah Jean as it does about Linux.) "And they'd say, 'Oh, let's turn on our computers now,' and the person with Linux has everything open in like ten seconds ... "
"Because they probably don't have to turn their computer off in the first place," I added helpfully. Or maybe it wasn't helpfully, but it's still true. I only turn of my computer when I have to plug something in or take something out. Or once when I left for the weekend and the notion that my computer would still be on and taking up electricity so offended Al that when I teasingly asked her if she'd feel better if I turned it off, she said "Yes!" and then I had to. But anyway.
Sarah went on. "Right, and the person with Windows is still waiting, and--" And around this point she said, to her computer, "Come on, I've clicked OK like twenty times and you're still not doing anything!" I chuckled inwardly.
"Because my computer is cooler?" I said. It's not really a question.
"Well, because it's faster than mine," she said. This is a truth universally acknowledged. But then she said, "It's like those commercials for Swiffer or something where the people with the Swiffer get done really fast and the other people say, 'Oh, we're still cleaning, can we use your Swiffer?' It's like a commercial for Linux!"
"They don't have commercials for Linux," I said.
"I know," she said. "But if they did. That's what it could be like. They'd have two college kids who are waiting for e-mail from their boyfriends or something." (I think this setup already says as much about Sarah Jean as it does about Linux.) "And they'd say, 'Oh, let's turn on our computers now,' and the person with Linux has everything open in like ten seconds ... "
"Because they probably don't have to turn their computer off in the first place," I added helpfully. Or maybe it wasn't helpfully, but it's still true. I only turn of my computer when I have to plug something in or take something out. Or once when I left for the weekend and the notion that my computer would still be on and taking up electricity so offended Al that when I teasingly asked her if she'd feel better if I turned it off, she said "Yes!" and then I had to. But anyway.
Sarah went on. "Right, and the person with Windows is still waiting, and--" And around this point she said, to her computer, "Come on, I've clicked OK like twenty times and you're still not doing anything!" I chuckled inwardly.