July 7, 2010
#763: Workaround explain

[A relative stands at a computer terminal. Cueball stands behind him with his head in his hands, double-facepalming.]
Relative: See, I’ve got a really good system: if I want to send a YouTube video to someone, I go to File → Save, then import the saved page into Word. Then I go to “Share this Document” and under “recipient” I put the email of this video extraction service…
[Caption below the panel:]
I’ll often encourage relatives to try to solve computer problems themselves by trial and error. However, I’ve learned an important lesson: if they say they’ve solved their problem, never ask how.