I was gonna word it as “flip off” but I think that might’ve been confusing.

My answer would generally be a few times a week for various reasons.

  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de
    31·
    9 days ago

    Every time I have to do something in a Microsoft admin interface at work. Worst software on the planet, fuck SharePoint, fuck Teams, burn it all to the ground.

  • l3enc@piefed.eeEnglish
    25·
    9 days ago

    … never?? is this something people do, first time i’m hearing of it

    • k0e3@lemmy.ca
      2·
      8 days ago

      I don’t think I’ve flipped the bird since grade school. It feels really juvenile and awkward for me. I do swear a lot though.

    • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Yeah I kinda honestly thought most people did this but it seems to be divided! I dunno I’ve been reflecting way more about it than I thought I would because of the comments.

  • mcSlibinas@lemmy.world
    17·
    9 days ago

    On phone i have adblock. Middle finger to ATM every time i see ad there. ATM have camera, which is adds value to middle finger.

  • nikosey@lemmy.world
    151·
    9 days ago

    Flipped off my Mac two days ago and texted it to a friend who shares my annoyance with forced updates

  • Weirdfish@lemmy.world
    9·
    9 days ago

    When YouTube flips to a loud ad and I’m too slow to the mute button, I for sure tell the TV to fuck off and give it the finger.

    For sure a few times a week.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    102·
    9 days ago

    Never. Why would I do that? It’s an object, and I would not even do that toward a person.

    The day we realized there were too many ads on TV… we (my spouse and I) decided it was not a good deal we were offered (paying for a tv and then being forced to watch always more ads) so we got rid of the tv (not breaking it, or anything: we gave it away) and since then we never watched TV again, that was some 26 years ago.

    The day I realized I could not trust my (smart)phone to respect my privacy… I stopped using it for anything personal. No social, no games, not even music or ebooks are stored on it: only what I’m required to use for security and finance purpose because I have no alternative. Heck, I barely use it as a phone ;) And certainly not to watch YT: I watch it on my computer using uBO on a Firefox fork (Waterfox), so I never have to watch an ad. I used to be a paid subscriber to YT, but I decided to stop paying the day they became serious about hunting down on ad-blockers… and I started using one myself ;)

  • Zomg@piefed.worldEnglish
    91·
    9 days ago

    Never. I can control my emotions against an inanimate object.

    ???

  • ScientifficDoggo@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    Windows update at work? That’s a one finger salute! Phone notification that’s not the spouse? Finger! All my packages are up to date and I can’t get my -Syu dopamine hit? Double fingers!

    …so probably at least once a day?

    • Thurstylark@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      I run my own repo for my AUR packages, with the help of aurutils, on a VM, which also needs updates. That way I get to run updates for my server before building packages before running even more updates on my clients. Makes the update O exponentially better 🤤

  • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
    81·
    9 days ago

    hardly any ‘salutes’ to the screen, but definitely some uh… ‘verbal exchange’ happening. usually several times a day, and you wouldn’t want children nearby if i’m really on roll because windows fucked something up big time. aaaaand, occasionally to and at myself because every now-and-then it truly is my fault.

  • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    5·
    9 days ago

    I work in IT…i would be a millionair for every time i did it in the last 5 years. Because somehow its always the same. I finish something and it works. Then come back the next day and it suddenly no longer works!