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[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fuck it (alcohol talking now, but I'm confident I won't regret this tomorrow)

Me: "I run Linux on my machine" Them: " Don't run Linux. A good antivirus is all you need... Blah blah blah" Me (arguing in the shower that evening): "well, I think Microsoft is the virus. What do you think about that?"

Its been 2 years since that day. We still on speaking terms, even though we on 2 different fields of the PC Spectrum. Even though every time I walk past their cubical, I think back to that lunch time conversation, and what I could of said...