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csirob··on Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland
While the article deals with the topic that is not funny at all, I am amused by people having somewhat ironic names:

> Plamen Tonchev, head of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) said he believed the fire at the Starlink facility was an act of sabotage.

"Plamen" means "Flame", when translated from most Slavic languages (incl. bulgarian) to English.

csirob··on Motivation – Keli Language
> OTOH, that phrase doesn't account for laptops.

It is also not anger-ready for people working on tablets with rubber keyboards attached.

csirob··on Motivation – Keli Language
> If I see "@returns id integer The ID" one more time I'll be tempted to throw my monitor out the window.

I honestly believe we're in a dire need for a more up-to-date metaphor that lets us better express our anger at a computer, due to monitors becoming paper thin and lightweight in the past decade or so.