I find your example surreal as well... I get the surreal feel from these kinds of technological liminal spaces where hard and fast rules break down into seeming

I find your example surreal as well... I get the surreal feel from these kinds of technological liminal spaces where hard and fast rules break down into seemingly black magic. "You might be able to get cell service by holding your phone differently. Try waving it randomly around the room, one corner might work better than others." "The USB stick enters on the third try." "An iterative semi-deterministic bag of matrix multiplications can convincingly communicate. Undefined behavior appears schizophrenic." On an intellectual level, I get it, but it's still fuckin' weird.