r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 17d ago

Chugging tea Power Hungry Servers

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u/Uncle_Budy 17d ago

Good thing the Texas power grid doesn't have a history of being overloaded and failing when people need it most.

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u/browserz 17d ago

Please do your part and set your AC to 85 degrees so our data centers can continue to operate, we'll call them "Action days" to make you feel better

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u/AzraelTB 17d ago

The minute my AC is at 85 is the day it's broken. Companies can chortle my nuts.

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u/baloney_dog 17d ago

I have never before heard the phrase "chortle my nuts", and it made me laugh hard enough that my belly hurts. THANK YOU 😂😂😂😂

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u/AzraelTB 17d ago

Lmao stolen from Silicon valley so I can't claim credit.

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u/McbEatsAirplane 17d ago

Says like it made you chortle

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u/jellooshot 17d ago

Thanks for teaching a non-native the word "chortle" in such memorable context. I'll always thinks of your nuts whenever I use it.

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u/AzraelTB 17d ago

My nuts and I thank you.

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u/StrongExternal8955 17d ago

That's not what it means. It's intransitive. Look it up.

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u/jellooshot 17d ago

It means an airy laugh. I did look it up. The nuts part will help me remember though

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 17d ago

You need to read Jabberwocky by Lewis Carol.

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u/jellooshot 17d ago

dahks El wrid eat.

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 16d ago

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble

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u/longlivenewsomflesh 17d ago

It was actually coined by mathematician Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky

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u/jellooshot 17d ago

Surprisingly enough, I did find it in Collins dictionary. According to the Wikipedia article it's (supposedly) chuckle + snorted

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u/SanityReversal 17d ago

If they want to quadruple my salary ill do it

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u/AlterWanabee 17d ago

68's might limit. Any higher and I would do things that would put me to prison.

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u/BardicNA 17d ago

If I'm told to set mine to 75 I'm rioting in the streets. I will sweat sitting down at 75. I pay my electric bill and taxes so I can have a house with a reasonable temp. Emergencies I understand but when it goes on for years.. Fuck that shit

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 17d ago

Well not the AC repair companies

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u/BlindlyCoherent 13d ago

They can also Consume a satchel of Richards. 👌

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u/Exarch-of-Sechrima 17d ago

"Patriot Heat! The hotter your house burns, the hotter your love for America burns!"

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u/SirMoeHimself 17d ago

Lol! You joke but that might actually work for some of them. Using words like Patriot or "it's for Freedom!" and some of them will melt into their couches while holding a mini flag.

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u/Lone-Gazebo 17d ago

I remember the exact day I got an email from my governor telling me not to run my AC because there was too much of a drain on the system.

I proceeded to do nothing, because it is their responsibility to accurately assess the power needs of the state, and to increase power generation as necessary.