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The way this person carries their laptop
by /u/deadfrogscaskett | 106 comments | 2026-06-12T21:13:50+00:00 Central
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Spotted in the wild the other day
Edit Context: They were leaving an outdoor food
truck seating area on a super windy/sunny day. Idek
what kind of work you could be doing there.
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| /u/ElbowRager https://preview.redd.it/sin143ie5x6h1.png?width=764&form at=png&auto=webp&s=b1ffb6438e22bc60689e0634da2d7899879de 68e You should see the inside of an Amazon Warehouse. This is how every laptop is held. |
| /u/SeeYouInTrees The open hands palms facing inside cuz inside is dead |
| /u/ElbowRager Literally walking while in rigor mortis |
| /u/thinprivileged I thought of this video immediately after I typed it |
| /u/builder397 Is the laptop company property? If so I wouldnt give half a fuck either. |
| /u/ElbowRager Yeah. The corpo boys (n girls) get MacBooks, but us lowly warehouse folks get old ass HP's and ThinkPads. |
| /u/ElbowRager Honestly, wouldn't be surprised. You'd think a trillion dollar tech company would have better...tech. |
| /u/Violoner Sorry, Bezos needs the money to build a 10,000 year clock inside of a mountain |
| /u/Suicideduck710 No kidding lmao fuck |
| /u/Kelvinek Better odds of breaking fragile macbook, than sturdy thinkpad in the warehouse, warehouse people also gotta be productive |
| /u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo Idk what these people are smoking. I have never seen someone in any "field" position using a macbook for work. The fancy stuff is all Thinkpads, Toughbooks, or Latitudes, and the rest is just usually a cheap surface pro or pretty much any non-mac laptop. I don't know why you would even have a Mac operating system for a warehouse job. Anyone working in that position is about 1000x more likely to be way more familiar with windows. |
| /u/Over-Meringue-5663 Thinkpads are good tho. But I'm guessing it's the dirt cheap ones... |
| /u/underdoge2286 What I would give to have a thinkpad again instead of a dell. |
| /u/Grentain Holy shit they give the warehouse folks better computers than the corpos?? |
| /u/TheYellowChicken Thinkpads are better anyways |
| /u/DevForFun150 Probably keeping it from locking so you don't have to log back in / wake it up when you get where you're going |
| /u/the_orange_alligator Is this like how you can spot a chicfila employee by having them do something and seeing if they say "my pleasure" |
| /u/weenis_machinist And you know you messed up when a worker at a Disney resort tells you to "have a Disney day" |
| /u/GTK_Aztech I wasn't going to be working at Chic Fila in the first place, but I really ain't if they make you say "my pleasure." "Thanks" and "no problem" are the best I can do. |
| /u/awkwardaustin609 Didn't see this comment until I just left mine talking about amazon warehouse leads lmao |
| /u/M1dor1 every IT guy ever holds their laptop like that |
| /u/MoldyLunchBoxxy I was about to write this and saw this comment. Ty |
| /u/himasaltlamp Haha was gonna say this! |
| /u/Deep_stares I was just about to start typing the same thing,haha. |
| /u/ElbowRager Not my drawing* it's by u/Hawthornehoots Saw it a long time ago and saved it because it was so accurate. |
| /u/Aye_Surely So you don't keep it on the lap while walking? Nuts |
| /u/horenso05 They have a Claude Code session open and don't want to close the lid. |
| /u/gthing This. And also it seems like people don't realize you can remote control a claude code session on your phone with /remote-control. |
| /u/BergaDev Remote control still needs the laptop open though, why so many are buying Mac Minis |
| /u/husfyr You can get Amphetamine which keep the mac open even though the lid is closed. |
| /u/eightofdiamonds Took me a second to understand how amphetamine helps the Macbook. |
| /u/Nervous_Pokke Lol me too.. like okie if you say so |
| /u/movzx macOS has this feature built in. You just have to open the terminal and run caffeinate |
| /u/blue-coin sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1 |
| /u/UnrelentingStupidity Amph is ultimately not advisable because MacBooks are designed to dissipate heat opened. At least, don't do it when it's in a backpack sleeve or left in a hot car. |
| /u/anothergaijin I love Mac app names |
| /u/AJohnnyTruant Remote control still needs the host process on your computer to run |
| /u/BodybuilderMany6942 Surely you could just go on the PC settings and make it so closing the lid doesnt put it to sleep or whatever? |
| /u/GreekGott It's terrible, it loses sync all the time. It also "freezes"; you send commands and it doesn't reflect on your terminal. I switched to tmux + tailgate. The whole thing feels like an after thought. |
| /u/GreekGott It needs multiple parts, but once you understand how it works, it's simple. Yes, you can SSH into your local machine, but the thing with ssh is that you're kinda screwed when you lose connection, switching from WiFi to cellular, random internet connection, that kind of thing. That's where mosh comes to play; you setup a mosh server on your local machine, connect via Termux on Android or Termius/Moshi on ios. Tmux sessions are permanent until you end them, so even if ssh dies, we can reattach to those sessions and keep it. Tailscale helps create a private network, so I can view applications hosted on the my laptop anywhere, this is also the IP I use to mosh/ssh. So 127.0.0.1:8080 can be tailscale_ip:8080. It's sweet. You can prompt ChatGPT to help you set it up, but it looks like this... https://preview.redd.it/2fo2mwt9qx6h1.jpeg?width=1080&f ormat=pjpg&auto=webp&s=597ef698dd8c9170bd6cbaf6a48b8712b 092f41d |
| /u/JeffSergeant Or set most laptops to not sleep when the lid is closed |
| /u/CanadianTrashInspect Not most corporate laptops. Have you ever had a job? |
| /u/ParentheticalComment Enterprise settings disable this. Unfortunately. |
| /u/yanmax I heard that joke before, but I always wonder why they just don't change the "Power Options" so that when the lid closes it doesn't do anything. That's been the first thing I change in a new computer since my first laptop. |
| /u/EnzoDeg40 This option only works if the Mac is powered on. If it's not connected to an external battery or a power outlet, it will go to sleep. |
| /u/TheStorMan Seems like terrible design |
| /u/Obvious_Advice_6879 Why do you think that? For most users, and even engineers pre AI, you'd just end up draining the battery all the time for no reason. Makes a lot more sense to have it default to sleeping for most users and use cases. Also, separately, Macs actually rely on airflow via the keyboard for cooling, so it would get pretty hot if it was doing anything intensive while the lid is shut. |
| /u/lynivvinyl Isn't that a Macintosh point of pride? Like the underside mouse charging port. |
| /u/lyth Haha! Isn't "that seems like terrible design" one of their taglines? I think it was they used after "think different" and before "1000 songs in your pocket" |
| /u/TheGloomyWoodpecker Preventing overheating is not a terrible design. |
| /u/deaconsc In some corporations their green policy cannot be changed (or replaces your settings every now and then, been there, done that) Also I was carrying laptops like this for years now even when I knew I can close the lid. I dunno, feels better when I have to move around. Personal preferences |
| /u/genuine_sandwich This. Amphetamine is a MacOS plugin that prevents your computer from using sleep mode or logging out when you close the lid. I use it for this reason. |
| /u/After-Trifle-1437 I'm gonna out myself as uneducated here, but what's "Claude Code"? |
| /u/likwitsnake Swap Claude with Codex and this is me |
| /u/Wobbly5ausage I do the same thing sometimes but not when walking outside lol only inside when I need to move from one room to another |
| /u/IncurableAdventurer Same. Not often, but when I do I get a sense of guilt because I shouldn't be doing it haha |
| /u/PassivelyAwkward Same. I use a 16" laptop and before I started WFH, this is how I'd carry around my laptop the office. Now I still do this at home. I'd be worried if he was holding it from the monitor half but the keyboard half? Eh? I've never dropped my phone or any electronic device in over two decades. |
| /u/Dangerous-Elk-6362 Slouching from the couch to bed. |
| /u/qinshihuang_420 https://preview.redd.it/c8k79ksj4x6h1.jpeg?width=680&for mat=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acff413041b040f40b5cbee9a3cfeb2256e 9f805 |
| /u/wordpredict What kills me about this is that whoever setup this server doesn't realize you can put the laptop in clamshell mode. It baffles me when technical people like engineers have no idea how to use a computer. |
| /u/TheThiefMaster Yeah just set "action when lid is closed" from "sleep" to "do nothing". Done. It's been an option as long as laptops have had closure sensors. |
| /u/-Xi_Jinping- It's different on a Mac, but yeah. |
| /u/Fluid_Advice684 It's even easier to set it that way on Mac |
| /u/OnceMoreAndAgain How could it possibly be easier than changing a dropdown from "sleep" to "do nothing" lol. Does the Mac read your mind? |
| /u/Immediate-Tutor8672 It's not. Nothing is easier on a mac, unless you download an app for every pesky fucking simple functionality. Ask apple users how to do something simple that you can on other OSs, and 90% of the time their answer's going to be "there's an app you can download". |
| /u/PM-Mormon-Underwear I have a Mac for work that's hella locked down and this pains me so much. They don't even have a volume mixer by default. |
| /u/JD0x0 Absolute shitboxes. Soo many people used to suggest Apple to me because I "do music" and they've always been disappointing, at best. Garageband would crash half the time when trying to do a single-track recording over 5 minutes long. When I finally could get something to work, and I save a file. Corrupted next time I try to open it. Fantastic products. |
| /u/starari It's easy when you're used to macos and already know where it is, it's annoying when you're used to windows. I use both and it's not "easier". I tried and after checking "displays" "battery" "general" "desktop & screen saver" "security & privacy" I gave up. |
| /u/hellomistershifty dude so easy on a mac it's just ctrl+option+cmd+P then a four finger downward swipe then enter your root password then click the lock that says 'are you absolutely sure you want to change a thing" then enter your root password again. so obvious idk how everyone doesn't know that |
| /u/NefariousnessFar1247 Somehow Xi Jinping commenting on a thread started by Qin Shi Huang is quite funny to me. |
| /u/SecreteMoistMucus We'll never know how |
| /u/TheeseDragonFruit For some reason (possibly unfounded) I don't want the screen to sit on a hot surface for days. So, I prefer not to close it either. |
| /u/passionfruit2378 I was just going to say this lol. |
| /u/coolsilentebeans Same. Also might miss errors or other issues with it closed |
| /u/ChengliChengbao the unibody aluminum macbook pro lineup exausted hot air upwards, from the gap between the screen hinge closing the lid blocks the exaust and overheats the device https://preview.redd.it/ce68shcrex6h1.png?width=4032&fo rmat=png&auto=webp&s=88635bd5bc0e3a2b13ef9203f3eb779be37 cf0b2 |
| /u/ActualWhiterabbit operating while closed doesn't seem to be a primary use case for a laptop |
| /u/Deep90 Apple has had a long history of overheating/thermal issue related lawsuits. |
| /u/Vegetable_Bank4981 I'm a solid engineer and a somewhat below average computer user. They're correlated skills only. Being a dumbass actually makes me better at testing though, I catch a lot of stuff the other devs missed because their power user workflows sidestepped the issue. My stupid ass using three versions out of date safari with no ad blocker gets it all. |
| /u/Siks7Ate9 I had a laptop that wouldn't enter sleep mode(weirdest thing was that it was sometimes lol), it would eventually get quite warm when the lid was closed without me realising it. Its also probably just way easier to keep it open and make people aware to not touch or move it and pull out cables. |
| /u/w0rlds They know, and it is probably set to do nothing when the lid closes. Closing the lid reduces cooling capacity. |
| /u/Mysteriy21 that laptop there probably has some bug that prevented it from going into clamshell mode, it's not too uncommon for a bug like that to occur |
| /u/TaroProfessional7 "Engineer" is a term that gets thrown around very loosely in the IT world. There are very few actual engineers, but there are quite a few technicians who have the title of engineer because it helps their egos. |
| /u/AkronOhAnon And that is why invaluable tools like this exist  https://preview.redd.it/7pj6mx6z8x6h1.jpeg?width=1170&f ormat=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31cfa65cafb196ea2bb5631ab822d90ea e34eaa4 |
| /u/AkronOhAnon PLA, probably. Though it does say to use PETG. |
| /u/ifeelkindaYeeee All y'all in here and not one "Hand of Claude?" Terrible. Everyone take a lap. |
| /u/Haggisboy Next time Reddit goes down, it's because someone closed the lid. |
| /u/smthomaspatel I would think anybody who knows how to run a server knows how to keep their laptop from going to sleep when you close it. Silly me. |
| /u/jebarson_j Imagine running a server without knowing that you can configure to not sleep or shut down the machine even when the lid is closed. |
| /u/Siks7Ate9 They are walking outside though, pretty sure for a server you would want stable Internet connection. |
| /u/thinprivileged I'd find someone to 3d print something to prevent that from closing |
| /u/HalloweenersOSRS Why? Just put it into never sleep mode 🤷 |
| /u/OpeningLeopard Can't let their agent go to sleep. |
| /u/M23707 Yep, they are "working" ! 🙌 |
| /u/metabyte9 the agent is probably dizzy as hell watching the floor spin around from that chaotic grip. They are absolutely fighting for their life in that webcam feed right now |
| /u/WinterSector8317 "I was just using it normally and it broke in half!" |
| /u/TheVoicesOfBrian I work in IT, so I know this a-hole is going to say exactly that. |
| /u/WinterSector8317 I've been in IT and auto repair, same idiotic excuses |
| /u/AndreTheShadow I fix chromebooks in a middle school and I've heard this so many times. |
| /u/WinterSector8317 Kids making stupid, blatantly false excuses is expected Having a 30 year old tell you with a straight face that thousands of dollars of damage just suddenly happened from "normal use" is a different animal |
| /u/AndreTheShadow Oh, I get that from the teachers. |
| /u/DarkEmblem5736 IT guy here. Walking between offices, this is what I do when you dont want the lid closed. Just dont bump it into anything. |
| /u/staling_lad Isn't there an option on windows that sets exactly what closing the lid does? I've set it to just turn the display off by now. |
| /u/digitalplebeian I don't want to have to remember to manually put my laptop to sleep because walking with it open upsets other people. Bro probably has a local AI agent ripping while he's going on about his life and holding the laptop he owns. Lol |
| /u/evilducky6 This is probably a macbook |
| /u/Ok-Cantaloupe-7697 Claude is working hard, no doubt |
| /u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy Ahhhh looks to be one of MY end users |