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The Five Stages Of Dealing With Stu Wireless As Told By Cristina Yang

Publishing something online about how the internet doesn't work is pretty ironic.

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The Five Stages Of Dealing With Stu Wireless As Told By Cristina Yang
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Okay, you're going to start some homework, so you go to open up your school's webpage. Waiting time is about six minutes, but it's fine, because you love any excuse to procrastinate.

It finally loads, so now it's time to start writing that ten page research paper on a topic you know nothing about due in four hours. You go to look up some websites to get some ideas. Waiting time is about nine minutes, and you're starting to feel the familiar dread and loathing come on.

You figure you could start some online shopping while that damn webpage tries to load. You attempt to open Amazon to order some snacks to get you through finals week. Waiting time has now increased to 15 minutes and your feelings have fully blossomed.

Everything is just swirling, that dreaded blue bar at the top of Safari is just a fourth of the way full, you're beginning to feel that heat in your face, and all you can think about is smashing your head through your computer.

Okay. That's it. It's been half an hour and the only thing you've accomplished is raising your blood pressure through the roof. Time to close the computer and take the L.

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