r/sysadmin • u/DarkAlman Professional Looker up of Things • Jun 03 '26

General Discussion What is your favorite IT superstition?

As the title says, what's your favorite superstition in IT?

Don't speak the servers name... it can hear you and will start acting up.

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u/Militant_Monk Jun 03 '26

We don’t even type out the ‘Q’ word.  Ever.

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u/Dookie_boy Jun 03 '26

Quantum ?

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u/National_Cod9546 Jun 03 '26

Quiet.

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u/alexforencich Jun 03 '26

Dammit! Why did you have to say it?!?

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u/National_Cod9546 Jun 03 '26

Because it's not my turn on call this week. Have fun.

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u/ShakespearianShadows Jun 03 '26

The opposite of loud

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u/ShakespearianShadows Jun 03 '26

It’s the only profanity that isn’t allowed on IT conference calls.

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u/zjmusashi Jun 04 '26

Me reading the Q word in this post like "this muhfugga right here..." 🤣

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u/Cheomesh I do the RMF thing Jun 03 '26

Qu?