{"id":265,"date":"2023-10-25T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compufail.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2023-11-06T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:13:09","slug":"dude-can-guess-happened-dell-dude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defragg.com\/dude-can-guess-happened-dell-dude\/","title":{"rendered":"Dude, Guess What Happened to the Dell Dude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you were a computer fanatic in the 90s and 2000s like myself, you probably remember the infamous &#8220;Dude, you&#8217;re getting a Dell&#8221; commercials. What you may not have heard is that &#8220;Steve&#8221; was arrested for position of Marijuana and, ultimately, fired from his Dell gig. 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