'Designer Guy' = I.T.?
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I love how my dad's experience with computers has grown. No more porn and pop-up invested computer (yes, for all the above reasons). He now runs a clean ship. However, he still uses strange phrases and words to explains things. Such as downloading for example. He doesn't call it downloading but anything in the range of retrieving, ordering and asking for.
Him: "I ordered drivers from the internet."
Me: "You -ordered- drivers?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "Dad, what do you mean?"
Him: "Well I ordered them and installed them."
Me: "Err... did you pay for them?"
Him: "... I don't think so, no. Should I have?"
Me: "Dad, what exactly did you do?"
Him: "I... retrieved drivers, from the internet? For the thing with the ball."
Me: "You mean the trackball?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "Dad, it's called downloading."
Him: "Oh whatever! You know what I mean, don't you?! You're not an idiot!"
Me: "..."