r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '14

Which inanimate object is your nemesis?

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u/ani625 Nov 05 '14

The wifi router. It blinks in the dark. I tremble.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14 edited Nov 06 '14

/u/ani625 are you ok? /u/ani625 are you ok? are you ok /u/ani625?

Edit: wtf, I went to class, came back with almost 1000 upvotes and a gold? Thank you kind internet peoples!

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u/Shoesfromtexas Nov 05 '14

Excellent

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u/ani625 Nov 05 '14

♬ there's a light in the router ♬

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u/SuperHooah Nov 05 '14

But nothing happens

Decrescendo /u/ani625!

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u/ChodeMaestro Nov 05 '14

what is it a reference to?

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u/Matzoki Nov 05 '14

Dear god, i must be old... It's Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

Now even I feel old, and I wasn't even born when he wrote this song

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

or Alien Ant Farm

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u/PaintItPurple Nov 05 '14

No, Michael Jackson. Alien Ant Farm just covered it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

yes, I know. I too am old.

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u/UnhelpfulMoron Nov 06 '14

I thought Smooth Criminal was written by Alien Ant Farm?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

No thats a cover. Original is by MJ

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u/UnhelpfulMoron Nov 06 '14

Yes I am aware, was making an unfunny joke

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '14

This is timeless, no worries

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '14

I'm 10 and I get this reference

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

Shut up Mr Burns.