# Why Does My Computer Hate Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824 "2004-06-05T16:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr.Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Roboto)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/1 "2004-06-05T16:40:33Z")
My Wife Adores Me… My Friends and Co-Workers Respect Me… Even My Cat Knows I am a Dependable Provider and Tolerates Me… However, My PC has programmed himself to Sabotage every Keystroke I make and delete any resonable consistancy of uninterrupted enjoyment I may enjoy. It’s not any one thing… It’s not a Virus or Worm… He justs Hates me. My Car likes me…My Weedwhacker likes me and I just Painted the Chimney so he Likes me… The minute I push the on Button on the Tower, my Life goes into the “Pyschedelic Mode” Lights Flash…The Hard Drive Squeals (needs oil?) “Master Drive Failure” Reboot…Reboot…VMI Pool Failure,insert disc…What Disc? Reboot,Reboot, Ah-Oh, Blue Screen,Scan Disk for Surface Clusters…What? HomePage, I’m there…I’m the Man… CRITICAL UPDATES…please,wHY? notify me later…Anti-Virus Renewal Screen…checking,checking,checking, Dial-up,drops off…Reconnect,Do you want to Reconnect? What I want is to Kill you…Piece of Technology Crap! ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/2 "2004-06-05T16:45:44Z")
Looks like somebody might benefit from reading [Zen Computer](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684854104/qid=1086453753/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3105240-9400156?v=glance&s=books). ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/3 "2004-06-05T16:45:51Z")
Careful. He heard that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/4 "2004-06-05T17:41:36Z")
I would have thought a robot and computer would get along pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/5 "2004-06-05T17:48:54Z")
> [@Mr. Roboto](#): > > However, My PC has programmed himself to Sabotage every Keystroke I make > and delete any resonable consistancy of uninterrupted enjoyment I may enjoy. Computers don’t do that. If it’s doing all that it’s the result of a hardware failure, or a _human_ made virus, or, operator error. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/6 "2004-06-05T19:16:08Z")
Sure, **Parental** …that’s exactly what they _want_ you to think… ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-hate-me/248824/7 "2004-06-06T13:43:58Z")
Your wife and children and chimney love you because they are emotional beings who can be fooled by a coat of paint, a new basketball or a sparkly gem. Your computer is not emotional. And it is damned pissed that you keep calling _her_ him. You are doomed.