People like me shouldn't be allowed near computers.

One fixture of being a nerd, it would seem, is being good with computers. However, either I am not a bona fide nerd, or being able to use a computer to its full capabilities is not a prerequisite.

As of yet I have not done anything damaging to my beloved computer, other than the multitude of viruses it contracted through my lackadaisical downloading- and thankfully in most cases, I have been able to remove the viruses myself using the step-by-step instructions for the imbecilic widely available on the internet. Although that did present me with a slight problem when my poor computer contracted a nasty virus that didn't let me use IE, although was partial to Firefox on occassion, but that's another story.

Today I was plagued by a computer "problem" that took me a good half hour to figure out- my failings even leading me to question my competence as a nerd. I was doing my emailing for the day, not that the emails I send are of particular consequence to anyone, when I noticed that something seemed a bit amiss. The text on the screen looked larger than usual, I realised after dumbly looking at it some more. Although in no way does this present any difficulties, it looked annoying and I just had to change it back. Remembering the last time this had occured, I reduced the text size of the browser. It still looked quite defective, so I adjusted the size even further, to no avail. A last-ditch attempt at even increasing the font size did not have the desired affect.

By this stage I was quite anxious- perhaps it would be stuck that way forever, and I would have to learn to get used to it, much to my distaste. I began to look at other settings, figuring that there must be some sort of underlying cause impugnable* for this unforeseen change. Growing more desperate with each enlarged word I read, I was about to Google my dilemma when I realised: the browser was set to zoom 125%. Oops.

Perhaps being a nerd is just not my vocation.

*In case you haven't noticed, I really like the word 'impugn'. It means attack or question, and is pronounced 'im-pyoon'. You should use that word more often.