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created by andychef on 09/03/2025 at 16:14 UTC
1865 upvotes, 27 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by Gloria-to-Nowhere at 09/03/2025 at 16:33 UTC
220 upvotes, 4 direct replies
There's a bit in Discworld about the computer needing cheese to function, one theory is that it's for the mouse.
Comment by jetserf at 09/03/2025 at 17:08 UTC
160 upvotes, 2 direct replies
https://i.redd.it/gaqq6b2u4pne1.gif
Comment by builder397 at 09/03/2025 at 17:04 UTC
113 upvotes, 3 direct replies
You know what else works better after being fed a piece of cheese?
!Porthos. !<
Comment by deridex120 at 09/03/2025 at 16:44 UTC
54 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hes getting ready to play some pokemon yellow
Comment by ITGuy042 at 09/03/2025 at 17:05 UTC
39 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The Machine Spirit demands cheese!
A cheddar/pepper jack mix would be nice. And some of those Ritz crackers. And some wine. Nothing fancy, just semi sweet and easy to drink.
Comment by mosstalgia at 09/03/2025 at 17:11 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I also work better when fed cheese.
Comment by Repulsive-Neat6776 at 09/03/2025 at 19:46 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I always liked the little "floppy disc" things. Like, they had the concept of data storage, but it didn't occur to them that, in the future, a spaceship computer could have the internal capacity necessary without the need to carry floppy discs or flash drives or whatever equivalent they could think of in the 60s.
Comment by Nopantsbullmoose at 09/03/2025 at 16:57 UTC
24 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Works on most IT people too. Feed us cheese (or chocolate) and we work better.
Comment by Straight_Jaguar at 09/03/2025 at 17:40 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Likely what inspired flash load programs from Floppy disc Media.
Comment by Wasdgta3 at 09/03/2025 at 17:22 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by Daotar at 09/03/2025 at 17:37 UTC*
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As a 90s kid, they always reminded me of Gameboy carts, especially the colored Pokemon ones.
Comment by Sumthin-Sumthin44692 at 09/03/2025 at 18:22 UTC
14 upvotes, 2 direct replies
They were playing Pokemon.
Comment by snoopwire at 09/03/2025 at 19:35 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You must perform the sacred rite of cheddaring to appease the machine spirit.
Comment by Brain_Hawk at 09/03/2025 at 20:00 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by YogurtclosetNo6559 at 09/03/2025 at 18:37 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by Morgan_Eryylin at 09/03/2025 at 18:54 UTC
3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Real talk what actually is that?
Comment by pivot_ob at 09/03/2025 at 23:14 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All starfleet ships are regularly fed small amounts of cheese similar to how humans get vaccine boosters. It helps to prevent against disease and infection. In the alpha quadrant, starship cheese is easy to research and manufacture, but after the USS Voyager (NCC-74656) was stranded in the delta quadrant, they quickly ran out of their supply, leaving her vulnerable to cheese-based infections. This is why Voyager had such an extreme reaction to the Neelix cheese.
Comment by ThatNextAggravation at 09/03/2025 at 21:02 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Wait, you guys don't do that?
Comment by MaybeMaybeNot94 at 09/03/2025 at 21:37 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You may jerry-rig a console by giving it a piece of cheese.
Comment by BigxBoss112 at 09/03/2025 at 21:40 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If only they did this with M5...
Comment by smokeeater150 at 09/03/2025 at 22:53 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You can tell it’s not American cheese. It’s a solid.
Comment by horridgoblyn at 09/03/2025 at 23:35 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The mice couldn't run on yarn alone.
Comment by Alarming-Chemistry27 at 10/03/2025 at 00:48 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I always thought it was a Gameboy cartridge
Comment by tridup47 at 10/03/2025 at 03:00 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Did someone say Rat?
Comment by DaveMcNinja at 10/03/2025 at 03:14 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Mr. Spock used to have to blow on these before plugging them into the enterprises console.
