Linux machines don’t crash unexpectedly, because if they do, it’s your fault for configuring it wrong and you should have expected it.

As for dealing with other people, it’s subjective. If they’re not satisfied with your answer, it’s an excuse to them.

To be a bit more specific, I’d say there are two factors at play, which are of course hard for the other person to judge, especially if they’re a manager not involved in the task itself:

• If you can reasonably perform the task as expected despite the obstacle, it’s probably an excuse. If you can’t, it’s almost certainly a valid reason.
• If you wanted to perform the task as expected, then something that caused you to not do so is likely a valid reason. If you didn’t want to, then you’re more likely to be using an excuse.

Of course, it also depends on the priority level of the task. If your sibling asks for a glass of water and you get them a mug because there are no glasses in the cabinet, those stakes are low enough that it’s a valid reason even though you could have checked the dishwasher or washed a glass yourself.

Getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyhead

“This is your pilot speaking. There’s some turbulence up ahead. I’m gonna try to dodge it. Hold onto something.”

Sir! Excuse me, sir!

I’d say option 3. Personally, I don’t care if random websites get my IP among a list of hundreds of others, and if someone wants to keep their IP hidden from strangers, they should be using a VPN before browsing the net anyways. It’d also be nice not to have to open another instance when I come to a post with a broken image that I want to see, but that’s not hugely important to me.

If it were an instance specifically for privacy enthusiasts, that’d be a different story, but this is a general-purpose instance, and option 3 seems to be what’s best for both general users and the server itself.

They let you dump the water out, keep the bottle, and refill it at the bottle filling stations once you’re inside.

You’re not allowed to bring nail trimmers? I did…

The long-awaited sequel to “how to spot a polymorphed dragon.”

Yeah, me neither. The place looks like it might have been cool when I was a kid, though.

LSA

It got reuploaded here, didn’t it?

Human reaction time is ~0.25 seconds.
At 20 mph, you’re going ~29 ft per second, so you go ~7.3 ft before you can react.
At 25 mph, that’s ~37 ft per second, so ~9.2 ft before you can react.

The internet says a good car can break at about 15 f/s^2.
At 29 f/s, that comes out to a stopping distance of ~28 ft.
At 37 f/s, that’s ~46 ft.

So Anne, who’s annoying for some reason, needs a total of ~35 ft to stop just before hitting the child.
Norman needs ~9 ft to start decelerating, so by the time he reaches the 35 ft mark (after ~26 ft of hitting the brakes,) it’s been a total of ~0.98 seconds, and he is going ~26 f/s, which is ~18 miles per hour.

I would legitimately do this if calories weren’t a concern.

A day is all I can make a single handful of candy corn last.

I guess most of the size of a USB drive is just handle, isn’t it? Especially those models where you can retract the plug like that.

Yes. I believe this is what the SCP committee would call a memetic hazard.

As an elf, I wouldn’t feel qualified to answer that.

Actually I was just being passive aggressive at you for the bit. But it’s totally understandable that you didn’t notice.

I like how you needed to demonstrate that you know what passive aggression is.