So here is an interesting thing that happened to me recently:
I get a call from one of my Moms clients to fix a computer. It had some reasonably weak malware so it took me half an hour. I usually charge 20$ for stuff like this, I am being humble. I get enough from the disability payments, but actual lunch money I can use for myself I never refuse. I made the recommendation to buy a new computer, and untangle the mass of power cords on the floor.
Next thing I find out is that the person screwed my mom for being over demanding. Something about not paying enough for a haircut done at home. These where irrelevant facts to me so I dismissed them as such.
Next, I get a call from another Russian couple asking to fix a computer, they where apparently at there wits end. This was the first red flag, why call an export at the last second?
Turns out with comcasts latest f* up there cable splitters where only rated up to 900Mhz, not the new internet broadcast at 1200Mhz. I recommended calling Comcast, although, I could have easily recommended buying a splitter themselves, I just wanted to troll comcast a little at this point. The second issue was more interesting, apparently they got a stoxnet level virus. I go to msconfig and services to remove the damn thing, and as soon as I reboot the shit is back. I even did a batch hack attempting to replace the exe file that is screwing with cpu fan and cpu lag during startup. But the damn thing loads as service before physical startup. Only what service? Never figured it out. Anyway thats besides the point. 30$ is a good deal. BUT DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS THEY WHERE WATCHING ME LIKE A HAWK, that is the second red flag that something is up.
Finally, today in the morning I discover whatsup. The first russian I went to fix a computer for. Toled everyone she knew. That I quote "He never fixed my computer. All he did is bang on it a couple of times." Really? So I went in there to punch the computer a couple of times?
Well first of lady, you should know what kicking a computer does. A good drop from 3 feet may indeed screw the hard drive if it is currently running. Nothing else. Unless the mother board is a peace of crap and a diode flies off.
That is life people, real life. You can not change it. You can not escape it no matter where you are. No matter what you do. No matter have far you run and hide. No matter have much you social isolate. No matter how much you attempt to stay sane by working on pure logic. It will always get you. That is why people still die. That is why I lost all hope a long time ago.