My baby is electronic

I got a new laptop yesterday and it made me think about all the ways a laptop is like a child, and the ways it is not.

How a laptop is like a child

- Both make weird noises for no apparent reason.

- Both scream at you at times, and you have no idea why.

- Both need a constant positive flow of energy to function.

- Both need care and love to develope in the way you want.

- Both do things you don't understand.

- Both find information you rather they didn't.

- Both are prone to catch viruses, making your life harder.

- Both can be fuzzy when tucked into sleep.

- Both tend to get dirty, and you don't know how.

- Both ask questions that either annoy you or stump you (or both)

- After you've cared for either of them for a while, both get addicted to apps and develope a maximum distance from an outlet in which they function.

How a laptop is not like a child

- A laptop is a computer. A child is a living being.

- A laptop doesn't throw a fit if you don't play with it for a day.

- You don't have to buy diapers for a laptop.

- Baby food is not food. Electricity is always electricity.


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