@Stumpy91 Except in the olden days, they weren’t selling them on SideDeal at the same time and had at least 50 to offer each time it showed up for sale. I think they are limiting them to 12 each time to not compete with the SideDeal offer which is what they want people to buy – it’s not as good a deal.
@Lynnerizer I never thought about it but that’s why there are only 12 per offering. Maybe next year’s birthday they will have 13. That’s why they are $12 too, I bet.
@cengland0@cfg83 I don’t know about anyone else, but my current laptop F5 button also controls the screen brightness, so I have to add Ctrl to refresh.
@cengland0@cfg83@mossygreen oh, sorry you Ctrl+ guy. Welcome to laptop Hell.
It’s a configurable option in most cases — manufacturer-dependent. It’s often in the Bios or setup config screen. Some used a Fn+ instead of Ctrl. Also often business/professional series defaulted to F# keys, and consumer models to volume/brightness/etc.
But yes miss the old days on the W site. Some might remember the W-off song included the line My finger’s got an F5 complex.
@jmhsrv 11 bags of crap
10 broken laptops
9 jars a’leaking (what was in them?)
8 TrackRs tracking. Or not
7 small underwears
6 pastels painting
FIVE golden IRKs!!!
4 calling homephones
3 batteries failing
2 Meh shirts
And a packed full box of Regret…
Specs
What’s Included?
It is a mystery ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Jul 16 - Monday, Jul 20
boo. sold out as I pressed the buy it button
Dangit!
These were sold out before my page refreshed. Dang.
@cengland0 12 of them total
These go so fast
@sproinky There were only 12
@jmhsrv I get it, hyper competitive now for the cheap ones, at least they’re offering them. What am I going to do, spend $18 more? Inconceivable!
I’m still trying…
Like the olden days. Sweet.
@Stumpy91 Except in the olden days, they weren’t selling them on SideDeal at the same time and had at least 50 to offer each time it showed up for sale. I think they are limiting them to 12 each time to not compete with the SideDeal offer which is what they want people to buy – it’s not as good a deal.
@cengland0 wow, twelve? That’s meh.
@cengland0 @Stumpy91
Well… they haven’t ever celebrated their 12th year anniversary!
/giphy HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY MEH!
@Lynnerizer I never thought about it but that’s why there are only 12 per offering. Maybe next year’s birthday they will have 13. That’s why they are $12 too, I bet.
I must say I enjoyed the thrill of trying. The problem (again) is that my manual method of CTRL-F5 until I see the IRK is broken.
Gone are the days when just a little bit of effort gave me a reasonable chance of instant regret.
/showme Charlton Heston at smashed statue of IRK is yelling “Damn you HTML5, Damn you all to Hell!”.
@cfg83 Why CTRL-F5 instead of just F5 alone?
@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “Charlton Heston at smashed statue of IRK is yelling Damn you HTML5, Damn you all to Hell!.”
@cengland0 @cfg83 I don’t know about anyone else, but my current laptop F5 button also controls the screen brightness, so I have to add Ctrl to refresh.
@cengland0 @cfg83 @mossygreen oh, sorry you Ctrl+ guy. Welcome to laptop Hell.
It’s a configurable option in most cases — manufacturer-dependent. It’s often in the Bios or setup config screen. Some used a Fn+ instead of Ctrl. Also often business/professional series defaulted to F# keys, and consumer models to volume/brightness/etc.
But yes miss the old days on the W site. Some might remember the W-off song included the line My finger’s got an F5 complex.
TWELVE WHOLE IRKS
@jmhsrv 11 bags of crap
10 broken laptops
9 jars a’leaking (what was in them?)
8 TrackRs tracking. Or not
7 small underwears
6 pastels painting
FIVE golden IRKs!!!
4 calling homephones
3 batteries failing
2 Meh shirts
And a packed full box of Regret…
Yay! I am stoked for the old school irk play!
Didn’t realize there would be any in the mehrathon! Haven’t gotten one in over a year or so I think.
@mehrrychristmas well, lately the $5 ones are full of crap, or sometimes only 2 or 3 craps. The $30 ones, same craps, but more expensive.
I am going to have to start taking off work so that I can catch the irks. Having a job is getting in the way of watching for them.