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  • @grouch_gaming
    @grouch_gaming ปีที่แล้ว +3935

    Lexi ranting PC is an ASMR of itself. The giggles and comfort it brings is a power on its own.

    • @TheLexikitty
      @TheLexikitty ปีที่แล้ว +162

      haha thanks

    • @heretichamburger3775
      @heretichamburger3775 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lmao

    • @LyricTheMusicFox
      @LyricTheMusicFox ปีที่แล้ว +58

      She's incredible she can literally always bring a smile to my face no matter how bad my day's going

    • @soup-plays-vr
      @soup-plays-vr ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@LyricTheMusicFox SHEEE?!?!?!?!?!?

    • @soup-plays-vr
      @soup-plays-vr ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know, i could listen to that one 10 hour vid from emkay that has a bunch of vids compiled, they all sound super chill.
      No homo btw

  • @starlight_maven
    @starlight_maven ปีที่แล้ว +3205

    I've said this before, and I'll say it again:
    I love it when Lexi narrates tech-related subreddits.

    • @slam.p
      @slam.p ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Yep, she knows so much about this stuff so it’s perfect

    • @alephcake
      @alephcake ปีที่แล้ว +55

      also very enjoyable to hear another person who actually knows their stuff instead of lets say idk robin
      sorry robin

    • @katieskarlette
      @katieskarlette ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I saw what subreddit was being covered and thought to myself "Please be Lexi please be Lexi please be Lexi" as I clicked. :)

    • @lucirenn
      @lucirenn ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Lexi the Lexechnician

    • @idontknoq4813
      @idontknoq4813 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      LEXI IS THE BEST!

  • @TheLexikitty
    @TheLexikitty ปีที่แล้ว +186

    this was pain to record.

    • @colour1253
      @colour1253 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lexi!! Funny you only have 7 likes.
      Was it thought to record due to… tech support gore?

    • @kotagamr1
      @kotagamr1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      lul

    • @DangerAngelous
      @DangerAngelous 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To hear you say this 3:47, it was worth it 💚

    • @carteeeeeeeeee
      @carteeeeeeeeee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      this was pain to watch.

    • @tytanium654
      @tytanium654 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm an IT guy, this hurts my fucking soul

  • @katieb.1184
    @katieb.1184 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    I'm a geek with a degree of my geekery... and the gremlin adhd urge to paint things with nail polish is still alive and well with me.

    • @onebacon_
      @onebacon_ ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Take them apart and spray paint them. It's really easy and looks good

    • @ICANTCHOOSEARI
      @ICANTCHOOSEARI ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I want to paint EVERYTHING

    • @elisabethsun7059
      @elisabethsun7059 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ICANTCHOOSEARI same

    • @harleyme3163
      @harleyme3163 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      as a pc tech..... go ahead.. paint it whatever you want... Just dont paint anything on the inside lol

    • @Decomposing_Virgins
      @Decomposing_Virgins ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@harleyme3163 You shouldn't have told me this now I will paint everything

  • @Malregima
    @Malregima ปีที่แล้ว +44

    19:01 "I'm coming for you and I don't sleep" was the bone chilling threat i've ever heard
    Lexi is gold

  • @KT-pv3kl
    @KT-pv3kl ปีที่แล้ว +121

    as someone working in IT for 20 years I can confirm. "percussive maintainance" is indeed a great solution to a great variety of problems if done by professionals. it mainly fixes the frustration of the it guy but sometimes also fixes the problem ...

    • @aaronmccullers384
      @aaronmccullers384 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is especially effective as a solution when the problem is a coworker keeps messing with the wires :)

    • @robertsvet6980
      @robertsvet6980 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh? Server?
      Solution: h a m m e r .

    • @44R0Ndin
      @44R0Ndin ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sometimes it fixes the problem of "The company won't buy a replacement for this piece of critically needed hardware because 'oh the one we have works' or something similarly obviously wrong, when to any professional the answer is 'no the F it doesn't work' ".
      AKA it can fix the problem of the bean counters having higher priority than IT, because if you break the old insufficient thing so it won't work but you can recover data from it (if needed), then they MUST buy a new thing to get it working, and hey guess what maybe this wouldn't have happened if you had budgeted funds for that upgrade IT has been mentioning in LITERALLY EVERY MEETING for the past 5 years.
      Angry? No, I'm not angry, what are you talking about?
      EDIT: Oh and since you're in the IT department, you can probably cause the server room cameras to have "unfortunately" lost the footage of the event.
      EDIT 2: This tactic is only to be deployed in cases where you have to deal with an obstructive and/or micromanaging person outside of IT that is trying to run IT without having a fucking clue what the job entails because "Oh I build my kid's computers" or something like that (enterprise stuff is totally different than that, ya nonce!).
      EDIT 3: Even better if you can figure out how to pin the incident on said obstructive or overly micromanaging person.
      And yes, this is probably how that one post in the vid with all the cut ethernet wires happened.

    • @44R0Ndin
      @44R0Ndin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ProtoV33MK1 That sounds like the window motor for that door had managed to get a broken or otherwise bad connection between the commutator of the motor and the windings of the armature. That's an unusual failure, these days it's more likely that the gears in the mechanism will strip out or (in a different style of window motor assembly) the pulleys will have worn out or the cable will have jumped out of place.
      20-30 years ago I'd tell you to go take that bad motor to the auto parts store, they might give you the address of one or more shops in town where you could get the motor re-built (that was before they sent all the parts re-manufacturing jobs to China).
      These days I'd tell you to search the internet to see which vehicles used that same window actuator, and from that you have a list of what vehicles you want to harvest parts from at the junkyard (Hundai Santa Fe is a pretty common vehicle, you should have plenty to choose from). Or you know, you could just get a brand new one on Rock Auto, that works pretty well most of the time but if your vehicle is old enough the only option will be aftermarket parts that might not fit or work quite as well as OEM parts made by the same people that made the vehicle in the first place.

    • @patchworkcat6932
      @patchworkcat6932 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no feeling better then pushing a component that is beyond repair and that you've had to deal with for an extended period of time into the territory of completely destroyed.

  • @iclynnx
    @iclynnx ปีที่แล้ว +991

    I gotta say, people are right, it really is nice to listen to Lexi talk about tech stuff. I understand very little, but it's easy to listen to. It also reminds me of how I myself can get into a topic and talk deeply of it (no, not deep as in smart, personally. I mean deep as in, let's say, diving under an iceberg). It's comforting to know I'm not the only one.

    • @fromashesreborn.
      @fromashesreborn. ปีที่แล้ว +25

      hearing her get into all the technobabble stuff makes me smile

    • @Chonts
      @Chonts ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love to listen to lexi rant about tech stuff

    • @slam.p
      @slam.p ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@fromashesreborn. I thought that said technoblade and I was so confused 😭

    • @aircraftmen_
      @aircraftmen_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@slam.p bro me too

    • @PunkiDaNightcrawler
      @PunkiDaNightcrawler ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@slam.p y e s

  • @kiiturii
    @kiiturii ปีที่แล้ว +30

    this subreddit always reminds of how one time I smelled smoke from my pc, so I tuned it off and looked inside, apparently the dvd drive literally caught fire. Took it out, turned the pc back on and acted like nothing ever happened, 3 years later it's still going strong, with a large black mark as a reminder inside the case

  • @Jackred94
    @Jackred94 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    Good to know I was not the only one to think that electronics looked like little cities, especially the surface mount resistors, which looked like little cars

    • @louissteyn6871
      @louissteyn6871 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I'm studying to be an electrician and when we got to circuit boards it was also described in the handbook using a city as an analogy, apparently the comparison is more common than we think

    • @blame7121
      @blame7121 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We all share the same braincell.

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bjork reference?

    • @Jackred94
      @Jackred94 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paddington1670 I doubt it. What is Bjork?

    • @P4ncake_.
      @P4ncake_. ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As a kid I called resistors "the bees" because they have these stripes and they are often yellow

  • @pacicidal
    @pacicidal ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Honestly, as someone who wants to go into IT support work, hearing Lexi explain stuff about this and exactly _why_ it's bad and shouldn't be done is really helpful. It's not just her rambling about tech stuff and how bad the situation is, it's her giving us knowledge we may not have otherwise known. I really do understand why they keep assigning her to read posts from tech subreddits, because the other narrators don't really have the personal background knowledge for it like Lexi does. So much of the time in these videos is spent with her explaining key information and being an educator, even if it isn't always her intention. I'm really grateful for it. 💚
    - Nev

  • @tykayneroberts4513
    @tykayneroberts4513 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    This is the first time I've heard Lexi get genuinely angry. She's so wholesome, but she can get really scary at the drop of a hat. Lexi barely ever swears. But when she does, you know she's at the very least annoyed.

    • @sovb
      @sovb ปีที่แล้ว +25

      no way in hell that is a woman

    • @Mockingjaybirb
      @Mockingjaybirb ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@sovb Ever heard of being transgender?

    • @rabberry7643
      @rabberry7643 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@sovb fun fact women do not always have the same voice :3

    • @Rebirth._
      @Rebirth._ ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@sovb
      number one: she is trans
      number two: she decided not to take voice changing hormones due to her doing voice over stuff iirc

    • @sovb
      @sovb ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Rebirth._ yikes

  • @hegedusuk
    @hegedusuk ปีที่แล้ว +412

    Yep, that was a troll post. The one of me trying to extract data off a drive with my thumb smushing into it… yes it was me and it was a joke. Seriously though - worse than that actually happened with me. I was doing a residential job, and the woman said ‘oh while you’re here, could you see if you can get data off my daughter’s computer - her husband took the drive out for you’. Anyway, I did the original job, and asked ‘ok, so where is the hard drive?’. She said ‘It’s on the table where you’ve been working’. Really? I thought… where…? And she shouted over… it’s in the envelope. Oh. Oh, no! Oh yes… For - and I kid you not - in the envelope was a hard disk platter! The husband had carefully extract the HD, opened it up, ripped out the platter and thrown the rest away. I told her ‘if there ever was a chance, there’s none now’. She said her daughter will be most disappointed. I said there are companies that might be able to help, for a few thousand quid. Apparently it had her daughter’s wedding photos on, and when she heard the news she burst out crying. ROFL! It’s cheaper and easier to just remarry

    • @wernerderchamp
      @wernerderchamp ปีที่แล้ว +44

      We once took a (broken) DDR2 RAM module, cut it so that it fit into a DDR3 slot and then asked on the internet why it does not work.

    • @ChaoticJester
      @ChaoticJester ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They clearly should have just left the hard drive alone.

    • @KaityKat117
      @KaityKat117 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wernerderchamp good gods lmao

    • @carlycarmine3858
      @carlycarmine3858 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not funny, but okay

    • @stargate1552
      @stargate1552 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@carlycarmine3858 k

  • @JohnnyGuiltyMan
    @JohnnyGuiltyMan ปีที่แล้ว +234

    As a software engineering student this hurts on more levels than I expected, especially those nightmares of server rooms as they're something I've had to deal with during my latest internship

    • @hiroshell7973
      @hiroshell7973 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SAM? oh god I know what there will be if he meets these idiots who chased these images. (BLOODSHED)

    • @opsumann3064
      @opsumann3064 ปีที่แล้ว

      sam sam saaamm i didnt know your an software eng.
      (BLOODSHED)

  • @SaberusTerras
    @SaberusTerras ปีที่แล้ว +667

    Lexi was the PERFECT hostess for videos from this subreddit. She understands how much these images hurt.

    • @youtubestudiosucks978
      @youtubestudiosucks978 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      No, you're the perfect hostess.
      Any plans for this weekend? 😏

    • @ashsteele7361
      @ashsteele7361 ปีที่แล้ว

      No you're the perfect hostess
      Got any twinkies you wanna share? 😏🙄

    • @kiddosneakybeaky3934
      @kiddosneakybeaky3934 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@youtubestudiosucks978 DAMN, THAT WAS SMOOTH!

    • @BlueOvals24
      @BlueOvals24 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Host*

    • @DefinitelyNotEmma
      @DefinitelyNotEmma ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Isn't the person doing the voice over a dude?

  • @homuncuhottie
    @homuncuhottie ปีที่แล้ว +730

    Lexi has to be the one for the tech gore subreddits because she fully gets whats wrong and will scream about it

    • @darkdruidsvale
      @darkdruidsvale ปีที่แล้ว +23

      also it allows us to know whats going on with some of the more obscure stuff that shows up sometimes

    • @Asertix357
      @Asertix357 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And Robin has to be the one for the cursed comment subreddits.

    • @aetherxsn1591
      @aetherxsn1591 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Asertix357 and Damien used to be the gibberish reader
      if only he didnt leave

    • @geoffrey6000
      @geoffrey6000 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      wtf, she?? yeah i doubt that...

    • @Asertix357
      @Asertix357 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@geoffrey6000 Lexi's trans.
      I don't believe in the whole trans nonsense actually having a basis in reality, but I'll be respectful about it.

  • @lucifer.m
    @lucifer.m ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I really love having Lexi reading this out with all their experience, making references all over the place. As someone studying Computer Science and Engineering I feel like I'm listening to my sensei who is sharing their wisdom and using words I'll probably have or want to know someday, but for now processing these words will be put on hold due to how fried my brain is from my last exams.

  • @tilleythecreator4462
    @tilleythecreator4462 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Lexi: "I'm genuinly to figure out what's going on here. It- it just looks like a really dirty compu- oh there's a second picture!"
    Also Lexi: *"OH GOD-"*

    • @amog8202
      @amog8202 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My jaw fucking DROPPED at that💀💀💀💀

    • @Avetho
      @Avetho ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amog8202 WTF ARE THOSE, its like tiny baby cryptid roaches or some shit, abandon this multiverse please PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF-

    • @Soupagirl
      @Soupagirl ปีที่แล้ว +8

      13:09

    • @R-R3DH34D-X_X
      @R-R3DH34D-X_X ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kill it with fire

    • @agent3689
      @agent3689 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was that a pile of massive dead cockroaches? I couldn't tell what it was.

  • @skystoyhunts7225
    @skystoyhunts7225 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    As someone that loves electronics and worried they might start a fire if something bad happens to them this video gives me pain

    • @Rekhan4242
      @Rekhan4242 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just lay your head on this spicy pillow.

    • @NerdyCatCoffeeee
      @NerdyCatCoffeeee ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im a computer engineering student, guess how i feel

    • @spamtongaming4172
      @spamtongaming4172 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same
      I actually have really bad anxiety about that
      I think I had a panic attack or something once because of it

    • @JusH3
      @JusH3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just turn your electronics off during storms. My Monitor and PS5 were fried while gaming during a storm with a surge protector

  • @MxShadow8
    @MxShadow8 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    New viewer: why does everyone like Lexi so much?
    Everyone: Lexi = wholesome

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Lexi's the culmination of what nerds actually act like, and it's beautiful!

    • @MxShadow8
      @MxShadow8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@damienearl8302 that is a fact

    • @ironbonk11
      @ironbonk11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      a dude turning into a girl isn't wholesome.

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@ironbonk11 Eh?
      Anyways, Lexi's a woman, so I don't think that applies regardless-

    • @duck4738
      @duck4738 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@ironbonk11 most likeable person in ohio💀

  • @silverbloodborne9495
    @silverbloodborne9495 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2:37
    Judging by the footprints someone got blasted with ink

    • @theatomicwastelander9085
      @theatomicwastelander9085 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like to image that it’s a cartoon and the person just disintegrated by an explosion

  • @grandpaix3992
    @grandpaix3992 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    lexi getting progressively more horrified and enraged is... my favorite. i feel bad saying so, but i love when she rages over mistreated electronics.

    • @ene3847
      @ene3847 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

  • @jimbobbyrnes
    @jimbobbyrnes ปีที่แล้ว +65

    temp folders usually get filled up like that because of viruses. the large amount of data in the temp folder is most likely because the computer is being used directly by hackers to commit more hacking or like in the old windows xp days just to screw up your hardware.

    • @gazsoimi
      @gazsoimi ปีที่แล้ว +6

      or just turning off the pc without closing the webbrowser first, having all temp browser data, img and etc stuck , and never deleted

    • @KrotowX
      @KrotowX ปีที่แล้ว

      Also by Windows Updates and other software online updates. Plus there are some crazy bussiness software which spam into temp folder like crazy.

  • @dracone4370
    @dracone4370 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I really do think the Emkay narrators should do a holiday D&D campaign; that way, Lexi will have a creative way to vent her frustration; I suggested 2 character templates for each of the 3 current narrators, my suggestions for Lexi were a Tabaxi Bard (because the Lexi Kitty would be a literal cat, and she is inspiring) and a Leonnin (anthro lion person, so huge cat) Cleric (Domain of Peace, because Lexi strikes me of the 3 narrators to be the peacekeeper, that doesn't mean she can't lay smackdown with a mace or war hammer when someone is doing something stupid); and if they can get Damien back in for the event, Damien can be the Dungeon Master.

    • @starlight_maven
      @starlight_maven ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is genius. I'd pay to see that, no questions asked.

    • @NazukiraMiyasaki
      @NazukiraMiyasaki ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I vote for leonnin cleric bc Lexi and hammer is already canon as per this video

    • @dracone4370
      @dracone4370 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NazukiraMiyasaki It would be nice to see an announcement of a Christmas or New Years' campaign by year's end, but an announcement for an EmKay D&D campaign any time next year would be nice. Also, if they can't get Damien to come back to play DM, then they could reach out to Blair of the iilluminaughtii channel and see if she's willing to play the role of DM.

  • @playlistaccount1846
    @playlistaccount1846 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i understand absolutely none of the technological lingo and/or jargon but there’s just something so delightful about lexi explaining it so fluently omg

  • @carlynorwood3971
    @carlynorwood3971 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Who doesn’t understand most of what Lexi says but still love her explaining everything like we understand haha

  • @Indra2007
    @Indra2007 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My favorite hardward gore that I've seen is from the movie Summer Wars. It's that scene where they wonder why their very expensive server isn't working properly and find that the other people in the family have taken the ice from the room that they were using to cool it.

    • @dialaforawesome2029
      @dialaforawesome2029 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      BASED MOVIE

    • @yamigekusu
      @yamigekusu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And all those fans!

    • @Pellimori
      @Pellimori ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To keep Grandma's body cool in the summer heat, I remember!

  • @callmenose
    @callmenose ปีที่แล้ว +76

    the narrator being knowledgeable about subjects in the video makes it so nice and interesting to watch honestly

    • @theawesomegamer6436
      @theawesomegamer6436 ปีที่แล้ว

      aside from the iphone thing. "what is the S" like....

  • @IAMRAMBUNA
    @IAMRAMBUNA ปีที่แล้ว +9

    16:48 someone definitely closed the lid of that server laptop.

  • @SacredSpirit1337
    @SacredSpirit1337 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    16:31 That’s a MacBook. Being closed sets it into sleep mode. When it sleeps, the whole server will go down.

    • @austincde
      @austincde ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I thought 😂

  • @somewhatdementedauthor9371
    @somewhatdementedauthor9371 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    I love videos where Lexi shows her knowledge in technology. Her narrations are always a treat.

    • @colefoster9280
      @colefoster9280 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You mean his
      Edit: I was wrong, though I don't know how I was supposed to know this from the video.

    • @FurryQueenYT
      @FurryQueenYT ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@colefoster9280 Found the transphobe

    • @tommasobrambati6714
      @tommasobrambati6714 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ​​@@colefoster9280nah man, i'm pretty sure she's a girl

    • @EmiPlayzMC
      @EmiPlayzMC ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@colefoster9280 Nope. Her. And she, and hers, and female, and girl. 100% she's a she

    • @void388
      @void388 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@FurryQueenYT found the reality denier

  • @sarahloveless1726
    @sarahloveless1726 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    10:53 As a casual writer I can tell you that modern devices are EXTREMELY distracting. Even if you just have Word, or whatever the F*** everyone uses these days, open you want to look at other stuff (youtube, social media, etc.)

    • @fryloc359
      @fryloc359 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The same reason why ppeople are moving back to typewriters

    • @sarahloveless1726
      @sarahloveless1726 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Word Salad yea not much distraction and better for your eyes.

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Just use Linux. No notifications unless you allow them, local users as opposed to having a Microsoft account forced on you, and office libre is free while Microsoft office is not

    • @sourestcake
      @sourestcake ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@petelee2477 I think it's more about the ease of just opening a browser and going on TH-cam. If you're using something old enough, it's either painfully slow or impossible to go watch videos.

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sourestcake oh I thought it was more about cortana and notifications

  • @DrRedacted.05
    @DrRedacted.05 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to work in IT as well and in the first server room I worked on it had a giant sledgehammer that had a label saying "fuck it lets pay the IT workers more" made my day

  • @cjr4908
    @cjr4908 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    13:15 I guess you could say that that computer _(snaps fingers)_ had a lot of _bugs_

    • @s.p.d.magentaranger1822
      @s.p.d.magentaranger1822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I mean the term "computer bug" comes from an incudent when a moth was trapped in a big computer system. This though, this is horrific.

  • @cyruskamhea1860
    @cyruskamhea1860 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    my dad used to work IT, whenever someone would come in with complaining about...i honestly don't remember but generally something happened cuz they were dumb, but they bricked their harddrive.
    my dad usually decided that he wasn't paid enough to try to recover the bs, so he would just get a new one and put it in, and tell the consumer that they killed their harddrive and to be more careful
    what happened to the drive afterwards? my siblings and I took them apart and used the parts to make UFO toys

  • @ShadowReignhart
    @ShadowReignhart ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As a Hobbyist Writer, I can definitely say the reason Writer's have an older pc is actually a few reasons. First is usually the fact that they have no wifi adapter and are essentially free from distractions like Twitter or Facebook. The other reason is usually a bit of stubbornness and nostalgia.

  • @HeresorLegacy
    @HeresorLegacy ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What makes the "Ground" at 21:15 even funnier is that the German term for "Ground" is "Erde". Literally "Earth".

  • @metroplexprime9901
    @metroplexprime9901 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    As someone currently in college to do IT, I like listening to Lexi talk tech and horror stories. She'd be nice to work with/for, I think.

    • @Kae-Lexi
      @Kae-Lexi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're in college to do it? Geez, think about learning, will ya

    • @bloodredgoats2527
      @bloodredgoats2527 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Kae-Lexi thats a bit rude

    • @lolzu
      @lolzu ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Kae-Lexi Learning IT is actually beneficial to the future. Like if you run into a problem you don't understand with your electronics, you don't have to pay anyone to identify the problem. You would just know.

    • @Kae-Lexi
      @Kae-Lexi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lolzu I don't think you got the joke I was making-

    • @LittleParody
      @LittleParody ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Kae-Lexi Tone indicators are a thing, and they are very helpful! /gen

  • @Victini7472
    @Victini7472 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    as soon as i saw the title, i knew it HAD to be a lexi video
    IT'S TECH STUFF, AND SOFTWARE/HARDWARE GORE COMBINED
    IT'S LITERALLY MADE FOR HER

    • @starlight_maven
      @starlight_maven ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I actually made a playlist of the videos where she narrates SoftwareGore and HardwareGore! This video is a fine addition to the collection.

    • @MxShadow8
      @MxShadow8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@starlight_maven you did? *checks your channel* YOU DID

    • @starlight_maven
      @starlight_maven ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@MxShadow8 I did indeed! I wanted to have the Lexi-narrated tech subreddit videos all in one place, and that was an easy solution!

    • @alexhu5117
      @alexhu5117 ปีที่แล้ว

      hes a girl?!??!?

    • @Victini7472
      @Victini7472 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alexhu5117 yep!

  • @thewarriorofboros
    @thewarriorofboros ปีที่แล้ว +15

    that last post reminds me of a piece I read on the nature of eldritch horror a while back. The point was, an ant walking through some electronics would not understand what it was looking at. It wouldn't have the frame of reference to care. But give that ant a brief moment of understanding that the monoliths surrounding it are built to pass incomprehensible amounts of information using lightning itself as its vector, and then having that ant go mad with a brief glimpse at knowledge of concepts it could ever comprehend, THAT is eldritch horror

  • @frostyodran5893
    @frostyodran5893 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    18:09 you mean armed with a hard reset?

  • @nyxtersmirgun
    @nyxtersmirgun ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "And I don't sleep" is the most horrifying thing I have ever heard Lexy say since I started watching EmKay. This is exactly why I love her. All the other narrators are cool and amazing, but Lexy just sometimes speaks with my heart more than others. :3

  • @nolanheistad2526
    @nolanheistad2526 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Lexi ranting about computer troubles and dealing with idiots is a great way to relax in front of my own PC.

  • @maritimebard
    @maritimebard ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I LOVE when Lexi gets to narrate the tech videos. She really seems like she’s in her element and she gets to explain tech things that we normally wouldn’t know about these posts.

    • @rlcw2012
      @rlcw2012 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      0:14 I'm gonna train horn. |:(

    • @undefinedmonoxide
      @undefinedmonoxide ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She? You mean he?

    • @auriiete
      @auriiete ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@undefinedmonoxide no

    • @undefinedmonoxide
      @undefinedmonoxide ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@auriiete Yes.

    • @auriiete
      @auriiete ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@undefinedmonoxide I'm sorry, but you're just objectively wrong. I'm going to stop responding here because there's no point in arguing with someone who refuses to compromise 🤷‍♂️

  • @SingABrightSong
    @SingABrightSong ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At about 18:40 I was like "That's a ThinkPad, you bastard" and then Lexi said the same thing. Same brain-cell.

  • @wta1518
    @wta1518 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    8:20 The 6S (and I assume others, I've just only seen the 6S) actually does only say S.

    • @johang727
      @johang727 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's just the iPhone 6S, but yeah, I 2nd this

    • @maritoguionyo
      @maritoguionyo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I third this

  • @sillaybilly
    @sillaybilly ปีที่แล้ว +25

    i like how emkay gives lexi the job of hardware/software/tech support gore subreddits due to the fact that lexi knows a lot about hardware/software/tech

  • @Neakco
    @Neakco ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Lexi threatening lives is wonderful. But I think Lexi gets this subrebbit because she is the only one that knows what is going on in tech.

  • @Levy_Wilson
    @Levy_Wilson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As someone who wrote on a really old computer, I know why writers use really cold computers. It's a whole hell of a lot easier to focus on your writing when your computer is literally incapable of playing TH-cam videos.

  • @Rising_Pho3nix_23
    @Rising_Pho3nix_23 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    2:56 A customer of mine bought a phone screen that was too small for their phone and asked me to melt it, stretch it and install it. After explaining that's not how touch screens work and him not believing me, I said I would pay him twice my hourly rate to watch him do it. He never took me up on the offer.

  • @kylebaryonyx9478
    @kylebaryonyx9478 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm a young grasshopper when it comes to tech, and Lexi's passion is kinda infectious

  • @daometh
    @daometh ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The troll face really put a smile on my face for the throwback. This is totally something my friend would have done.

    • @arandomsupra
      @arandomsupra ปีที่แล้ว

      It feels like a time capsule. Imagine in 2012 a random kid puts a piece of paper into the school's disc drive for a troll meme then 10 years later, during the times of trollge and Ohio, a kid wants to use a disc after it's become alnost obsolete and discovers a relic of the past.

  • @Redman-2490
    @Redman-2490 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As someone who has friends who are writers, the old computer thing is true and for him at least it is because the old computer has fewer distractions on it. Basically just a word processor

  • @emileecvz
    @emileecvz ปีที่แล้ว +37

    You need more of this. Watching you rant while armed with knowledge is a luxury we all desire

  • @Graytail
    @Graytail ปีที่แล้ว +10

    15:10 I used to be a PC repair tech once upon a 2003-5, and this reminded me of a weird case that came in. Their machine wouldnt boot, it was a win98se machine and they'd pooched it somehow, I forget how, but what I do remember is what was in the floppy drive. A nintendo gamecube magazine cover disc.

  • @iamaylacat3935
    @iamaylacat3935 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Blender stores a lot in temp data. I didn't realise just how bad it was until I had to recover a crashed file, but 10 10gb blender files just sitting in temp. They were all duplicates as well. Why tf blender didn't just overwrite some of the unedited autosaves instead of creating a new copy, I'll never know.

  • @ThorsShadow
    @ThorsShadow ปีที่แล้ว +25

    As a guy working in tech myself (technical support and developer support for a software company) hearing Lexi's rants is beautiful.
    As a guy working in tech myself, having to watch these clips makes me want to cry. Especially the "end user fucked something up royally beyond any reason or repairability and now expects you to fix it" (like the laptop, that was put into the oven) parts.

  • @mightygreen3364
    @mightygreen3364 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    9:30 "There are areas where DSL is all you can get" and "DSL is unfortunately still relevant"... Cries in german

  • @gigamontygolfer
    @gigamontygolfer ปีที่แล้ว +20

    7:52 Ah, Molten Freddy, we meet again!

    • @Trainboi1983
      @Trainboi1983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ah ha,you have heard of Fnaf 6

    • @chaotic_household
      @chaotic_household 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      WELL HELLO AGAIN HAHAHA
      ARE YOU READY FOR ROUND TWOOOO
      -Molten Freddy

    • @AroAce_Psychopath
      @AroAce_Psychopath 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's the blob what ya even talking about

  • @trouty7947
    @trouty7947 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That unplugged cable one just reminds of the scream test for things that no one seems to know what the heck it does anymore. Just turn it off/unplug it and see who comes screaming!

  • @madsfiedler3884
    @madsfiedler3884 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    me not knowing lexi had a wife and now realising theres entirely unknown levels of wholesome i can aspire to:

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I know, right? Every time she mentions her wife, it's just the cutest thing!

    • @leafy126.5
      @leafy126.5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So shes gay now? bruh

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@leafy126.5 I mean...yea-

    • @captain_rex_yt4490
      @captain_rex_yt4490 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@damienearl8302 he*

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@captain_rex_yt4490 Well, that isn't how she identifies, so that isn't exactly right...though I'd understand if you didn't know

  • @Reticulating-Splines
    @Reticulating-Splines ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The fact that someone put a ThinkPad in the oven and it looks fine apart from the keys is just more evidence of their indestructability

  • @BulletProofBreast
    @BulletProofBreast ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A professional network room would have cables terminated to the correct length. They wouldn't "buy different lengths"

  • @Lien_Stars
    @Lien_Stars ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:45
    oop
    there's no Lexi anymore
    only Spamton

  • @3xtremelamborghini
    @3xtremelamborghini ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As someone who's getting into IT this is starting to hurt a lot more than it used to

    • @Rebirth._
      @Rebirth._ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      honestly getting into IT would be so worth it for this sub specifically. this sub is meant to induce pain, right? getting into it would make it MORE potent

  • @rain6503
    @rain6503 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I love Lexi's voice. Her voice is so smoothing. For some reason.

    • @fromashesreborn.
      @fromashesreborn. ปีที่แล้ว

      ikr

    • @fromashesreborn.
      @fromashesreborn. ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balu600 lexi is trans, mtf. she uses she/her pronouns, and she is an absolutely amazing woman.

    • @Codypro134
      @Codypro134 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@balu600 Lexi is a trans female

    • @kazazalea7747
      @kazazalea7747 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@balu600 Lexi is a trans woman

    • @rain6503
      @rain6503 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@balu600 She's trans :]

  • @FIZZYSODAPOP
    @FIZZYSODAPOP ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love when Lexi narrates especially IT stuff. She's a hoot and her laugh is contagious

  • @akisalmenaho8473
    @akisalmenaho8473 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    13:20 Ok, this is where I stop. I'm a PC builder, and this picture has scarred me till death.

  • @khyen
    @khyen ปีที่แล้ว +14

    15:04 *OH NO*
    *THEY HAVE UNSEALED THE TROLLFACE*

    • @Trainboi1983
      @Trainboi1983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahhhhhh,ya ya ya,ya ya ya,ya,ya,ya,eehhheyyheey,hooooohooo

    • @100purenacl3
      @100purenacl3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Problem?

  • @infamoushacker4chan883
    @infamoushacker4chan883 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The hospital server room one made me recoil in horror. I'd fix that shit for free, just to know someone wouldn't die after an IT guy tripped over a CAT5 cable and disabled the network.

    • @maluinthe90s
      @maluinthe90s ปีที่แล้ว

      The issue is that there really is never a good time to shut down the servers for maintenance. I have been in situations where we couldn't access meds or charts because the system was down for maintenance.

  • @ehgg_6116
    @ehgg_6116 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a tech support i can feel the suffering just by looking at that server room.

  • @tomboyhns2643
    @tomboyhns2643 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    1:58 Forbidden spaghetti

  • @brentsnocomgaming7813
    @brentsnocomgaming7813 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    19:10 Better than MSI deciding that 57 unreplaceable melted plastic tabs were ideal for keyboard stability.

  • @absoluteraven1974
    @absoluteraven1974 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    0:04
    it's the cursed caramel

    • @zeanyt2372
      @zeanyt2372 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Roasted marshmallow.

    • @fish1445-1
      @fish1445-1 ปีที่แล้ว

      *forbidden

  • @waynenathanieltheanimator
    @waynenathanieltheanimator ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:33 That reminds me the Candy Cane lmao 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

  • @arkinguy1485
    @arkinguy1485 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    2:30 the corruption is spreading.

  • @raenfox
    @raenfox ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The thing about the Temp folder, that was actually a common issue in Windows 7. The Temp folder should automatically be emptied when Windows shuts down, but for some reason that didn't always happen. One of our customers had this issue. There were several employees that called frequently because their C-drives were full and it was always the Temp folder. Haven't seen that happen with any later Windows version tho, so it seems MS fixed it.

    • @toast1167
      @toast1167 ปีที่แล้ว

      so in windows 10 is it safe to completely clear all the temp files?

    • @raenfox
      @raenfox ปีที่แล้ว

      @@toast1167 The files I'm referring to and that usually caused this issue are located in the %Temp% directory (hit Windows+R and enter %temp%. This leads you to the Temp directory hidden in your User folder). Deleting those is perfectly safe. If any of them are still needed, Windows will tell you that they're in use.

  • @KTS_Carson
    @KTS_Carson ปีที่แล้ว +20

    3:48
    Lexi turned into Soldier from tf2

  • @Dovah_Slayer
    @Dovah_Slayer ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lexi sounds like the person every gamer wants to be best friends because she knows a lot about tech

  • @mitspeithetc
    @mitspeithetc ปีที่แล้ว +7

    17:01 based on the ceiling, this might be yet another school

  • @Zdc360
    @Zdc360 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    18:35 *Sniffle* thank you thinkpad 😭

  • @Schrodingers_kid
    @Schrodingers_kid ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I love hearing genuine suffering in narrator's voice

    • @cycrothelargeplanet
      @cycrothelargeplanet ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She is lexi

    • @maxtes252
      @maxtes252 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@cycrothelargeplanet No. Her name is now Narrator and always will be. The other EmKay narrators are also all named Narrator. Things have been set in motion that cannot be reversed. All hail the mighty Narrator.

    • @captain_rex_yt4490
      @captain_rex_yt4490 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maxtes252 his*

    • @Mockingjaybirb
      @Mockingjaybirb ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@captain_rex_yt4490 Lexi is trans you bladeless ceiling fan.

    • @captain_rex_yt4490
      @captain_rex_yt4490 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mockingjaybirb that means nothing he’s still a guy

  • @superNova5837
    @superNova5837 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:43 haha printer shit itself

  • @TheSeanUhTron
    @TheSeanUhTron ปีที่แล้ว +7

    12:50 - That's actually really common during network upgrades. The techs will just cut the cables instead of trying to unplug 100+ network cables. The cables are being replaced anyways so it doesn't matter.

  • @mexicanitachi
    @mexicanitachi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:55 those are pillows that I would like to have

  • @F35277
    @F35277 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:29 they are called honeycomb mice so they are lighter and don’t make your hand sweaty

  • @SamanthamusPrimeV28050
    @SamanthamusPrimeV28050 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you plug your space heater into a power strip, the space heater using lots of electricity, which will cause a heat to build up and melt the casing of the power strip, would eventually lead to an electrical fire. So ALWAYS plug your space heaters into a wall outlet, and if your wall outlets have only 2 holes for 2 prongs, and your space heater requires 3 prongs, to fit in a 3hole outlet, get those things that have 2 prongs but has 3 holes on the end and put them in the wall outlet, then plug your space heater in.

  • @AkiraN19
    @AkiraN19 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lexi actually defending some of the server cabling makes the rest of the video even funnier because the fact that she does get angry at some of the other ones paints just how bad they are

  • @randominternetbro6562
    @randominternetbro6562 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    21:13 it literally *is* ground. That's where the term comes from. The ground in a building's electrical network is all connected to a literal metal pole that is stuck into the ground somewhere.

  • @oceanethesmilingoctopus
    @oceanethesmilingoctopus ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Why is it always when im about to draw an EmKay video gets uploaded? Im not complaining, im actually happy because i get more stuff to listen to while i draw

  • @RionPlaysTV
    @RionPlaysTV ปีที่แล้ว +3

    22:33 Lexi reminding me of my carefree childhood

  • @meemkade
    @meemkade ปีที่แล้ว +428

    Yummy molten

  • @TehKazlehoff
    @TehKazlehoff ปีที่แล้ว +7

    13:02
    Generally this isnt a case of sabotage. when a server rack is being decommisioned and not replaced (ie: moving to cloud) for some companies its actually cheaper to cut the ethernet cables and sell as-is rather than have someone unplug the cables. no, really, this is apparantly a thing.

  • @militialpickle9304
    @militialpickle9304 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So I do know that Google Chrome stores A LOT in the temp folder. Other than that, I can think of things like different passwords that were saved, cookies, as well as certain other applications like Steam, Origin, and even Netflix that store temp data as well. As for the video, gotta love Lexitalk. As a tech nerd myself, it's a joy to hear others talk about the same things and be loved for it.

    • @auqustfire
      @auqustfire ปีที่แล้ว

      Shouldn't stuff in the temp folder be deleted? It's only supposed to be in there for a little bit, right?

  • @jbirdx07
    @jbirdx07 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've never laughed so hard when I saw the "Hard Reset" tool!?!?!
    One company I worked for starting in 2012 had a rat's nest of cables like the ones shown. My boss had just taken over as manager so he had us come in with him on this one weekend. He would pull the cables and tell one of us it went from this port to this port, and we'd jot it down. Once he had one patch panel cleared, another person would come back and start rerunning the cables, with the correct length, and actually use the cable routing paths above and below the patch panel. Took us all weekend to clean up, but he bought us food and let us listen to football games while we did it.

  • @danicastaneda1099
    @danicastaneda1099 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    15:56 hah, I get it. The million dollar screw

  • @Leafeon64
    @Leafeon64 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    16:40 this reminds me of a laptop we had at church, i volunteered to help with sound for awhile and there was a laptop we got to control all the lights with, like the second time we used it someone closed the laptop and the program crashed and deleted everything so they had to completly set up the lights again, now they just have a note taped to it saying "do not close!"
    also for that last one, my dad also works with computers and always had stuff like that around, me and my brother not realizing it could easily ruin it played with those as kids

  • @memelord2073
    @memelord2073 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    3:25 i have an old microwave and have to suffer through no wifi

  • @Tyberes
    @Tyberes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the reason writers like really old computers is because they're free from a bunch of modern crap that gets in their way.
    Like if you made a computer that was just a typewriter that went to a harddrive instead of paper they'd goddamn love that.

  • @Samur4iPH
    @Samur4iPH ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "oh there's a second picture-" top 10 best last words

  • @veryvance
    @veryvance ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Lexi!! I love her narration so much. She always makes videos 10x more fun and interesting to listen to ^^

    • @theVERYrealriot
      @theVERYrealriot ปีที่แล้ว +16

      BTW if you are gonna comment that it’s a he , lexi is trans so yeah , that’s it

    • @SkiTheGOAT
      @SkiTheGOAT ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@theVERYrealriot who?

    • @rajder656
      @rajder656 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Aterm [GD] i didn't

    • @theVERYrealriot
      @theVERYrealriot ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Aterm [GD] not everyone

    • @ironbonk11
      @ironbonk11 ปีที่แล้ว

      he.