{"id":313476,"date":"2010-02-12T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5470728"},"modified":"2010-02-12T15:07:34","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:07:34","slug":"fear-and-loathing-on-a-tech-support-call-techsupport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/313476","title":{"rendered":"Fear and Loathing On a Tech Support Call [TechSupport]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: VrOhvSvKIhc --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/VrOhvSvKIhc&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: VrOhvSvKIhc --> A lot of people incurred the wrath of Hunter S. Thompson over his long career, and we can now add the &#8220;fools,&#8221; &#8220;bastards,&#8221; and &#8220;idiots&#8221; who worked at his local electronics shop to that list.<\/p>\n<p>Warning, the video is NSFW if you work with old people or humorless prudes.<\/p>\n<p>Take your average septuagenarian&#8217;s frustration with technology and add Thompson&#8217;s well-documented volatility. That will only offer a hint of how amusing this call&mdash;an expletive-ridden threat to the people who set up his new JVC DVD player&mdash;really is.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also reassuring to know that Thompson, who wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.espn.go.com\/espn\/page2\/story?id=1996511\">weekly column<\/a> for ESPN.com at the end of his career, employs the same &#8220;do-what-I-want-or-else-I&#8217;ll-write-about-it!&#8221; tactic we here at Gizmodo routinely use to keep tech support jockeys in line. Just kidding! Hilariously NSFW. 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