The life of an engineer, technician or support person who works in I.T. is rough. The vernacular they use to communicate is different to anyone else in the world. Being in I.T. is a world where everyone ‘gets’ World of Warcraft jokes, and understands the fundamental differences between Minecraft and Minesweeper.
Sometimes the jokes that can be conjured from I.T. are amazing, but in the wrong context are taken out of hand and are utterly, atrociously offensive to ‘real’ people.
For example, a file system is the way your computer stores data. Kind of like a filing cabinet. There are many ways to do this, but each way has a “name”. FAT16 is one of them. Now imagine your I.T. guy telling you he likes his filesystem like he likes his women – FAT and 16. It doesn’t quite translate to the real world.
Given the time of year, people are discussing their new years resolutions. If you ask your I.T. guy his new years resolution, don’t expect to get the typical “go to the gym”, “quit drinking” or “start a hobby” kind of answers. Oh no, your I.T. guy will respond with a numeric value, depicting the literal resolution of his monitor. “Hey Steve, what’s your new years resolution? I’m going on a diet!”… “1280×960”.
In programming, there is a language called “ruby” which defines some attributes as symbols. The way this is done is by using a colon. So, wearing a shirt that says “:sex” says “sex symbol” to other nerds. To everyone else, it says “colon sex”.
In news recently, a sniper was shooting innocent people in America. Most real people were horrified, but I.T. people all over the world, who naturally have an intrinsic understanding of Counter-Strike (a shooter video-game) cursed the sniper not for being a murdering scumbag, but for being a camper (someone who gets kills by staying in the same spot).
I.T. is a sarcastic, satirical world that on it’s own is quite funny but realistically is horribly offensive, and disgustingly inappropriate. However, any I.T. guy will tell you that they have no intention of letting their sense of rampant humour free. Most other people will be thankful for this.
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