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Chapter 2 - Del seeks relief in additives and enhancers and only finds misery

 

THE STORY OF DEL - Delete

Well, Del's spirit took a plunge and - like so many other superannuated components of the Tech industry - he foolishly sought the relief of additives and mood-enhancers: pills, powders, potions, pellets, snuffs, sprinkles, beverages... and even gels! 


 
For a couple of months he was above it all, happy and high, but then the law of diminishing returns kicked in and - as expected - he hit the skids. REAL HARD. From the warm and tidy keyboards he had once called home, he was out on the wild streets doing rough deals and sharing tweets & needles with perfect strangers.

Well, not everyone was a stranger. On rare occasions he'd bump into a few other banished keys, like CTRL Almighty and Sexy ALT.

Oh what a team they had once been! Back in the day, the three of them together 'CTRL-ALT-DEL' had packed a bigger wallop than 20 straight tequilas followed by a sucker punch from Mike Tyson. Only the Commodore Amiga's legendary 'Guru Meditation' could compare in its approximation of death.







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