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about their previous computers: > After a while it felt as if a fighter jet was taking off next to me, constantly. as someone who spent time around jets in th

about their previous computers: > After a while it felt as if a fighter jet was taking off next to me, constantly. as someone who spent time around jets in the US Air Force, I absolutely loathe this analogy. The difference between a few computer fans and a jet taking off is like the difference in force between a dead leaf falling on you from 10m above you versus a 25kg anvil falling on you from 10m above you. computer fans are annoying, sure. being 6ft away from a jet engine during takeoff will result in permanent and severe damage to your hearing, if not complete loss of hearing.

denysvitali 4y ago
The Macbook Pro 2019 gets close to that though :D
wccrawford 4y ago
The world is inundated with these over-the-top analogies now. People can't exaggerate just a little, they have to go full nuclear. And when dealing with a lot of sensitive subjects, it negatively affects a lot of people. I'm looking forward to a generation that swings the other way and goes super-literal on everything.
- ejb999 4y ago
  ..that and 'it looks like a war zone' analogy after every storm. Unless you have actually been in an active war zone, you probably shouldn't use that particular analogy either.
- drivers99 4y ago
  Aren’t “inundated” and “full nuclear” exaggerations too?
  - lelanthran 4y ago
    Maybe it was an attempt at humour? Like, "If I've told you once, I've told you a million times - don't exaggerate!"
  - TMWNN 4y ago
sidewndr46 4y ago
I worked with a guy who was an F-4 technician and can appreciate that perspective. But from the perspective of a civilian, we only hear fighter jets when indoors or on the ground. The noise a fighter jet makes is nothing like a commercial airliner. But it is on par in terms of annoyances with the sound a laptop makes when it is maxed out thermally, if you're sitting in your house. I know it isn't a "fighter jet" but recently the USAF passed a U2 basically right over my house. I was shocked to realize just how loud that plane is for example. So the analogy makes sense. About the only other thing that is similar in annoyance is wood chippers.
jenscow 4y ago
I'm sure they've been told a million times not to exaggerate.
rambambram 4y ago
It was only about my own computer, no other people in this story. ;) Since we are still talking about fighter jets, they should make the F-35 less noisy. The Netherlands have a bunch of them and the F-16 is as quiet as my RPi compared to them. Or does this analogy also rub you the wrong way?
iLoveOncall 4y ago
Figures of speech are forbidden now?
- naikrovek 4y ago
  yes that's exactly what I said. I said, exactly, "figures of speech are forbidden, now." and you definitely haven't made a crazy leap at all.
  - iLoveOncall 4y ago
    That was a figure of speech.
    - naikrovek 4y ago
      you can't just call everything a figure of speech and use that as license to say what you want. words have meaning.
      - iLoveOncall 4y ago
        > you can't just call everything a figure of speech When you say "everything", do you mean literally everything, or was that a figure of speech?
        naikrovek 4y ago
        so far you are 100% figure of speech, so that's how I'm talking to you. it is your only known language, apparently.

denysvitali 4y ago

The Macbook Pro 2019 gets close to that though :D

wccrawford 4y ago

The world is inundated with these over-the-top analogies now. People can't exaggerate just a little, they have to go full nuclear. And when dealing with a lot of sensitive subjects, it negatively affects a lot of people. I'm looking forward to a generation that swings the other way and goes super-literal on everything.

ejb999 4y ago
..that and 'it looks like a war zone' analogy after every storm. Unless you have actually been in an active war zone, you probably shouldn't use that particular analogy either.
drivers99 4y ago
Aren’t “inundated” and “full nuclear” exaggerations too?
- lelanthran 4y ago
  Maybe it was an attempt at humour? Like, "If I've told you once, I've told you a million times - don't exaggerate!"
- TMWNN 4y ago

sidewndr46 4y ago

I worked with a guy who was an F-4 technician and can appreciate that perspective. But from the perspective of a civilian, we only hear fighter jets when indoors or on the ground. The noise a fighter jet makes is nothing like a commercial airliner. But it is on par in terms of annoyances with the sound a laptop makes when it is maxed out thermally, if you're sitting in your house. I know it isn't a "fighter jet" but recently the USAF passed a U2 basically right over my house. I was shocked to realize just how loud that plane is for example. So the analogy makes sense. About the only other thing that is similar in annoyance is wood chippers.

jenscow 4y ago

I'm sure they've been told a million times not to exaggerate.

rambambram 4y ago

It was only about my own computer, no other people in this story. ;) Since we are still talking about fighter jets, they should make the F-35 less noisy. The Netherlands have a bunch of them and the F-16 is as quiet as my RPi compared to them. Or does this analogy also rub you the wrong way?

iLoveOncall 4y ago

Figures of speech are forbidden now?

naikrovek 4y ago
yes that's exactly what I said. I said, exactly, "figures of speech are forbidden, now." and you definitely haven't made a crazy leap at all.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  That was a figure of speech.
  - naikrovek 4y ago
    you can't just call everything a figure of speech and use that as license to say what you want. words have meaning.
    - iLoveOncall 4y ago
      > you can't just call everything a figure of speech When you say "everything", do you mean literally everything, or was that a figure of speech?
      - naikrovek 4y ago
        so far you are 100% figure of speech, so that's how I'm talking to you. it is your only known language, apparently.