this is why Magneto doesn't own a laptop

[mousapelli]

In case you missed the random post about it a few weeks ago, i am convinced that i have low-level electromagnetic mutant powers, but they are good for nothing except for making my electronics bizarre and making me shock myself on plastic.

case in point: my ibook's trackpad has started to stutter in the last few days, which is bad, and not in the sense of michael jackson, because i cannot afford to replace the battery of said computer, much less finance the fix of a trackpad. it was getting steadily and noticably worse.

but you know what fixes it? unplugging the power cord. let me repeat that, in case it was too stupid to even comprehend:

i fix my trackpad problems by unplugging the power cord.

*throws hands in air* why can't anything i own be normal? why?

Comments

[instantramen]

Because you're Freakazoid. Admit it. You run around in underwear.

[nimori.livejournal.com]

i am convinced that i have low-level electromagnetic mutant powers

... That can happen. My dad can't wear digital watches because he stops them after a month or so within his mutant electromagnetic field. You were obviously exposed to the same supervillain's radioactive doomsday device.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

i have to sync all my computer and cell phone and alarm clocks every week or two, because they get completely out of whack just from me being near them. Over the course of owning the Subaru for 6 years, i went through three dash clocks.

It's good to know that I am not the only person having this problem. perhaps soon there will be enough of us to form an underground movement.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

well, you know, i would if i didn't need the protective layer of the clothing to keep from shocking myself on air.

[instantramen]

You know, if nothing else shocking yourself on air might look cool, what with arcs of electricity jumping to and fro with no apparent cause.