So my dad is shopping for a new Laptop. I, being the closest thing to a computer expert he has, have been tapped to advise.
What follows is a real conversation.
Dad: Well, what about this HP?
Me: It's gotten really bad reviews, both professionally and from users. The screen's fragile, there's really bad light bleed, and the failure rate is shockingly high. How about this Dell instead?
Dad: I don't want a Dell.
Me: Okay, how about this Asus?
Dad: I'm not getting an Asus.
Me: How about this Acer?
Dad: I'm not getting an Acer.
Me: I'd ask you about this Lenovo, but I think I already know what you're going to say.
Dad: You're probably right.
Me: Fine. Apple?
Dad: I'd almost get it, but the price is too high.
Me: So... here's a really nice Toshiba that good marks for business user--
Dad: I'm not getting a Toshiba.
Me: Quoth Plato: "You are a philosopher, Thrasymachus, I replied, and well know that if you ask a person what numbers make up twelve, taking care to prohibit him whom you ask from answering twice six, or three times four, or six times two, or four times three, 'for this sort of nonsense will not do for me,'—then obviously, if that is your way of putting the question, no one can answer you."
Dad: Points for quoting The Republic correctly, but I'm still not getting an asian computer.
Me: THEN HOW ABOUT THE DELL. AMERICAN COMPANY.
Dad: That's a 13 inch screen. I want a 15 inch.
Me: *FACEPALM*