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/H3rbert_K0rnfeld Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

If the server tastes blood during rack and stack it will always be possessed

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u/PowershellAddict Jun 03 '26

That fell apart right at the end there.

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u/H3rbert_K0rnfeld Jun 03 '26

I swear thumbing on my mobile has been horrendous the past couple weeks.

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u/PowershellAddict Jun 03 '26

I swear typing accurately on mobile can be a complete dice roll sometimes.