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The Programmer's Dilemma: Tech Support By Association

10 days ago 145.5K views 1 shares

THE ABSOLUTE AUDACITY of family members assuming you can resurrect their ancient printer from the dead just because you wrote "Hello World" in Python once! 😤 The internal struggle is REAL - that moment when your brain screams "I'M NOT YOUR PERSONAL GEEK SQUAD" but your fingers are already reaching for the USB cable. Why? Because deep down, we're all masochists who secretly enjoy the validation of fixing something completely unrelated to our actual skills. It's the programmer's curse - we can build complex applications that process millions of data points, but our greatest achievement according to Aunt Karen is making her printer spit out a coupon for cat food. The betrayal!

Just Hard Reset It

Debugging Devops Hardware Microsoft Programming

17 days ago 169.6K views 0 shares

When you've exhausted all debugging options and Bing suggests the most elegant solution: physical violence. Nothing says "I've tried everything else" like taking a hammer labeled "HARD RESET" to your production server. The universal IT troubleshooting flowchart: 1) Try to fix it properly 2) Google solutions 3) Bing solutions 4) Destroy the hardware. Works 60% of the time, every time.

Who's Gonna Tell Him

Debugging Hardware Windows Programming

19 days ago 136.5K views 0 shares

That awkward moment when a user proudly announces they've rebooted twice, while your system monitor shows their uptime is 365 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes, and 59 seconds . The face says it all—the silent judgment of an IT professional who knows you're either lying or don't understand what "reboot" means. The computer hasn't been turned off since Biden was still forming complete sentences. At this point, that machine deserves a retirement party more than a reboot.

How I Fix Stuff Working In IT

Debugging Programming StackOverflow

27 days ago 174.3K views 0 shares

Ah, the sacred trinity of IT problem-solving! The blue section is practically my résumé: "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" — works 60% of the time, every time. Then there's the red slice of desperation: frantically Googling error messages while pretending you totally knew what "ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED" meant all along. But my personal favorite is the green slice — that magical moment when you walk up to a user's desk and suddenly everything works perfectly. They look at you like you're some kind of tech wizard, while you're just standing there thinking, "I literally did nothing." The IT placebo effect is the closest thing to actual sorcery in our profession.

The Digital Surrender

Networking Security Windows Linux

1 month ago 161.6K views 0 shares

THE ABSOLUTE VIOLATION OF WATCHING YOUR CURSOR MOVE WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT! 😱 There you are, innocently sipping coffee, when suddenly—YOUR MOUSE IS POSSESSED! That IT person is now navigating your digital kingdom, opening folders you forgot existed, seeing your questionable file naming system, and probably judging your 37 browser tabs. It's like someone walking into your house and rearranging your furniture while you just stand there, powerless, watching the digital intimacy unfold. The ultimate surrender of control!

I'm Too Old For This Tech

Debugging Windows Programming

1 month ago 108.7K views 0 shares

The classic "IT person as unappreciated hero" syndrome strikes again! When you've spent years battling printers that randomly decide to speak in tongues, servers that choose 3 PM on Friday to have existential crises, and users who think "have you tried turning it off and on again" is revolutionary advice... you start to feel like a grizzled detective in a tech noir film. The badge and gun? Those were earned in the trenches of weekend deployments and emergency patches. The real question is why management always looks surprised when IT folks display the thousand-yard stare of someone who's seen too many "unexpected error" messages.

The Sacred Trinity Of IT Problem Solving

Debugging Networking Windows Programming Linux

1 month ago 151.5K views 0 shares

The Sacred Trinity Of IT Problem Solving

Oh, the GLORIOUS life of an IT professional! A pie chart revealing our deepest, darkest secret: 70% of our "technical wizardry" is just frantically hitting the restart button and praying to the silicon gods. Another 20%? Desperately Googling error messages while maintaining a face that says "I've seen this before." And that magical 10% - the "IT placebo effect" - where problems MIRACULOUSLY solve themselves the moment you grace the room with your presence. Users look at you like you're some kind of digital messiah when in reality you just stood there and EXISTED. The audacity of technology to make us look competent!

I Got This... Just Let Me Restart It

Debugging Hardware Windows Programming Linux

1 month ago 128.9K views 0 shares

The universal IT solution that works 60% of the time, every time: turning it off and on again. Nothing quite matches that smug confidence when you stroll into a meeting after "fixing" a critical system by simply hitting restart. Meanwhile, actual IT support people are chasing you down like "WAIT! We need to check the logs first!" Too late. I've already ascended to tech hero status with my sophisticated troubleshooting technique that dates back to the stone age of computing.

Works On My Machine Syndrome

Debugging Programming StackOverflow Testing

2 months ago 133.9K views 0 shares

The ultimate dad joke of debugging in one meme. Patient reports a symptom, and instead of investigating the actual problem, the doctor jumps to the most literal and useless conclusion possible: "I have the same hardware and mine works fine, so it must be YOUR fault." This is basically every Stack Overflow answer where someone reports a bug and the response is "Works on my machine™" — the universal programmer's deflection technique that has solved exactly zero problems in the history of computing.

Never Fails: The Accidental IT Department

Programming Hardware Debugging

2 months ago 132.6K views 0 shares

Never Fails: The Accidental IT Department

The eternal paradox of being a programmer. You spend years mastering complex algorithms and data structures, only to become the default IT support person at every family gathering. Sure, I can debug your printer—not because I know anything about printer drivers or hardware interfaces, but because I've been conditioned to Google error messages until something works. It's the same skill set that lets me solve actual programming problems, just applied to your ancient HP inkjet that's probably older than some programming languages I use.

Have You Tried Turning It Off [REDACTED]?

Security Networking Programming Debugging

3 months ago 147.1K views 0 shares

Have You Tried Turning It Off [REDACTED]?

The cybersecurity version of tech support's favorite question! While normal IT folks ask if you've tried turning it off and on again, security professionals have to redact that advice because... well, turning things off might actually be a valid security measure. Nothing fixes vulnerabilities quite like complete isolation from the network! The guy's RTFM shirt is just the cherry on top – because in security, nobody ever reads the manual until after the breach has happened. Classic "I told you so" fashion.

Logitech Customer Support Conversations Get A Little Bit Too Real

Hardware Debugging

3 months ago 96.4K views 0 shares

Logitech Customer Support Conversations Get A Little Bit Too Real

Oh. My. GOD. The existential CRISIS of tech support in its purest form! 😱 Support rep Sanjay is out here trying to be a THERAPIST while this poor soul is having a complete meltdown over a malfunctioning mouse. "Nothing helped I'm afraid" isn't just about the mouse anymore—it's about LIFE, people! And then Sanjay with the philosophical "May I know why you are afraid?" like he's ready to dive into the customer's childhood trauma. HONEY, THE MOUSE IS THE LEAST OF THEIR PROBLEMS NOW! The customer's deadpan "it's a figure of speech" response is the tech support equivalent of "Sir, this is a Wendy's." Pure comedy GOLD in the trenches of hardware support hell!

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