See PCer on Wiktionary
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"text": "The .sig is really fun, but your posts get quite boring after the time. Would you please stop it? Yes, some PCers think Amiga is lame, some Amigaers think the PC is lame. So what? People are people, but the group already has enough rubbish for you to encourage more.",
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"text": "alt.x.y consists of primarily WebTV subscribers that broke away from another group and found that one abandoned. We have had PCers there all along in the form of family, co-workers and friends of the WebTV folks that post over there. […] Unfortunately, it's the morons who are the loudest and tend to run around Usenet trying to stir up trouble. I'm sorry that that is primarily the interaction that some PCers have with WebTVers giving them the impression that it is the norm.",
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"text": "Go to \"Mail\"; click \"Settings\", click \"Signnature^([sic])\"... Ya see that box? Ok... (Some PCers won't see (all) of the following....:-)) […] OBTW, (To PCers! :))...in above-mentioned site will be a banner on the right to \"Sleeping Lady\"....",
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