The Sacred IT Troubleshooting Trinity

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The Sacred IT Troubleshooting Trinity

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The universal IT troubleshooting flowchart that nobody admits to following! The massive blue section representing "restart whatever isn't working" is painfully accurate—it's basically the digital equivalent of "turn it off and on again" solving 90% of problems. The "quick Google search" slice is that desperate moment when Stack Overflow becomes your actual supervisor. And then there's the magical "IT placebo effect" where systems mysteriously start working properly the second you walk into the room. The computer literally goes: "Oh no, a professional is here, better start behaving!" No advanced degrees required—just the supernatural ability to make technology fear your presence.

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