>be poorfag in eastern europe
>love computers but never had my own >mom buys me a ThinkPad T40
>hey its not perfect but it works right?
>instal windows on it, laggy as shit but at least firefox works kinda smoothly
>browse internet a lot
>meet friend on runescape
>friend shows me Sup Forums
>start browsing /sci/ and Sup Forums
>see loonix memes everywhere
>ask what to install
>"GENTOO" "ARCH" "VOID"
>for some reason decide to do Arch, it sounded cooler than other
>spend a whole day trying to finish the base install
>spend the rest of the week installing xserver and i3wm
>finally finish it after a week and a half
>after two years, grow to love Arch and i3wm
>however, getting tired of having to tinker with everything I want done
>after a few years, after an update broke xbacklight decide
>decide to move to another distro
FIRST TIME:
>get old ubuntu cd i burnt for my sister
>plug in usb to copy config files
>start reading Arch wiki on automatic device mounting
>fast forward its midnight and im still holding ubuntu cd in my hand
>I'll do it tomorrow
SECOND TIME:
>tomorrow morning, wake up
>decide to finish the installation
>curious about could I put multiple distros on USB for leet haxor stuff
>read arch wiki on multi-boot usb for hours
>eventually get tired of trying and just put arch on usb to reinstall
>reinstall arch
>...
>wtf why did I reinstall arch I wanted ubuntu
THIRD TIME:
>okay I got this shit
>reinstalled arch so don't have anything automated the way I want it
>reinstall i3, all my stuff, copy the config files
>plug in usb
>decide to download debian since i have to redownload it again anyway
>download the iso
>plug in usb
>mkdir /mnt/kingston && mount /dev/sdb /mnt
>...
>black out
>next thing i remember, I'm sitting by a fresh Arch installation on my ThinkPad
>find a README file in my home dir
>$ cat README
>"stop trying to get rid of me, kiddo"
fuck you Sup Forums you brought me into this shit
