they freaked out about fucking BARCODES YO

How did they miss this one!?

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Because they need the computer to access Facebook!

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any Christian who has heard of them is also educated enough to know it’s just a name not a literal demon.

it’s not something a layperson would hear about

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and the inner workings of barcodes are?

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Most people will literally never encounter a daemon by definition, but barcodes are everywhere

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Have you never sent an email to an address that doesn’t exist and got a reply from [MAILER-DAEMON]?

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they did actually, I remember bullshit about this from Christian unix nerds who wanted the name changed

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:yes: this drupal thread about master/slave terminology, as well as various other ones from the ancient age of 2008 mentions it although I swear there was a BBS or even older popular forum post about it, but I forget the site.

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Of course there are spirits in machines. Thats why I slather my desktop in holy oils and chant the activation ritual before powering it up.

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Praise the Omnissiah!

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