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30 Of The Funniest Posts From The ‘IT Humor And Memes’ Facebook Group (New Pics)
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There might not be such a thing as the perfect career. No matter which path you choose, it can be one full of ups and downs and loads of situations testing your patience.
However, the ultimate patience-test-of-a-career is most likely working in IT. Whether it’s devices the specialists have to deal with, humans who are no longer in control of theirs (it’s probable that either side is equally annoyed by the question—”have you tried turning it off and on again?”), or other struggles, it all can be quite challenging to manage.
Luckily, representatives of the field can find solace in their fellow IT professionals and online communities, such as the Facebook group ‘IT Humor and Memes’. It provides a much needed giggle for the IT people out there, who are likely to find the posts to be quite relatable. Scroll down to find some of them on the list below and click here for our previous piece about the group. Below, you will also find some thoughts from the group’s founder, Trevor Paquette, which he shared during a recent interview with Bored Panda.
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The struggles of working in the field of information technology differ depending on the area of specialization and other factors. However, some of them are pretty universal, which is why it might be nice to be part of a community of people who know exactly what you’re going through.
That’s likely one of the reasons the ‘IT Humor and Memes’ group already has over 900k members. In a previous interview with Bored Panda, its creator, Trevor Paquette, revealed that he started it after noticing the lack of general IT meme groups.
The founder pointed out that there were groups for developers or programmers, hackers, networking, and so on, but not that many dedicated to generic IT humor, so he created one back in May of 2019.
In a recent interview with Bored Panda, Trevor shared that his expertise covers several areas of information technology. “With 30+ years under my belt, I’m more of a jack of all trades when it comes to IT. Plunk me down in just about any situation, and I’ll either get going right away or figure out how to get it done.
“However, if I had to pick my strongest suit, it would have to be systems administration, and being able to connect high-level ideas to the low-level systems and processes. Because I’ve done both throughout my career, I'm great at connecting the two,” he said.
Trevor told Bored Panda that he got interested in computers back in high school. “A fellow student brought in his Apple II+ (yes, I’m that old), and put on a ‘Lunar Lander’ game. My mind was blown. I knew at that moment I wanted to program and work with computers as a career.”
“Over the years, I’ve gained loads of experience in software development, system administration, DB management, vendor management; you name it, I’ve probably touched on it from doing the work, all the way to managing others that do the work,” he added.
I used to place pillows and couch cushions around my computer to muffle the dialup sound when I was sneaking onto AOL past my bedtime XD
Information technology is a broad term that encompasses an abundance of different roles and areas to focus on. And the extensive list, including but definitely not limited to analytics, programming, artificial intelligence, application development, cybersecurity, and so much more, is likely to continue growing due to the rapid technological advancement of the current times.
That’s one of the things the founder of the Facebook group loves most about it. “In my mind, the best thing about the IT field is it’s always changing; always. There is always something new to learn or to read up on. This keeps the mind active and engaged.”
I can relate. My old laptop has to be plugged in all the time otherwise it shuts off.
Statista’s 2022 data pointed out that JavaScript and Java are some of the most in-demand skills in the field nowadays. Though, it also revealed that professionals of the IT sector were the most interested in developing skills related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.
When it comes to the struggles IT specialists face, Trevor Paquette singled out communication challenges as the most prominent one. “IT people think in ‘tech’, while our users think in their individual work terms (think ‘medical’, ‘finance’, etc). In the end, we all want the same thing—for someone to be able to do their job and be as productive as they can.”
“Some in IT forget we are there to help, not dictate and we both have different ways to describe the same problem. Sometimes that can lead to frustration on both sides; that the other ‘just doesn’t get it’. We’d be surprised at [how much we can reduce] the shared stresses we all face if we tried to just clear up communication,” he told Bored Panda.
Considering the significance of information technology in our everyday lives, there are quite a few people we have to thank for keeping things running smoothly. According to more of Statista’s data, there are 3.12 million people working in the IT sector in the US alone, as of January 2023. The number is expected to surpass 6.1 million by 2032.
* applause * BRILLIANT censoring job, simply brilliant. Let's give bp a standing ovation.
I don't know what you're talking about. I have no idea what Orn Hub is.
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Everyone is talking about orn hub being poorly censored but no one about it reaching 50m in 19 days
Your avatar is too phallic to be commenting here right now.
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Thank god they censored the P! I could almost read it and be influenced.
That's a p? I had no idea. How could you tell!?
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But the world population increased a lot between the introduction of the airplane and Pornhub. And by the time 50 million users already had internet, it was free for them to begin using Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, whereas in the past, beginning to use cars would have cost a lot. So of course Twitter is going to catch on faster than cars!
FUN FACT! Credit cards that we use now a days you can say did take 28 years but if you look into how long credit cards have been around its waaaayyy longer. Credit cards have been around since about the 1400 to 1500. Or in other terms when we had the stereotype pirates. Credit cards used to be a piece of paper, cardboard like card or some other type of informative note that a person carried with them. Its the same, kinda, process like we do now but with out an atm. You would go to a bank ask them for a credit card which then youll give a set amount of money for and then youll be able to use it at literally very few places that take it. Those places that do take it will give you physical money in return for the card. And thus is the quick history of credit cards, they only recently in the past 30 years came to be widely used and accepted by everyone even though it still took people a couple of years to get one.
Does anyone else feel like censoring words is pointless, when everyone knows what it is anyway, and everyone has free access, regardless? It's not as though adults can't handle the words. It's also unlikely a child wouldn't be able to find the word of they have free access to the internet enough to get here. Seriously, who is this censorship for?
So we censor that wird now... But not people probably not being asked if they wanna be uploaded.
Wait what does that AMAZINGLY censored word say? Help someone I have NO IDEA
Just saying it's not bored panda who did the censoring. The original picture is also like this.
I been trying to tell people for years p orn was the driving force that built the internet into what it is today.
Can't wait for the liberals to see what he calls himself. Zoom in to just above the airplane. As far as this goes I'm not exactly surprised.
The creator of ‘IT Humor and Memes’ believes that IT professionals can benefit from similar groups by reading about other people’s experiences. “You’d be surprised at how often others have already lived what you are living and have a solution ready to offer if asked the right question,” he told Bored Panda.
Trevor also pointed out that theirs is not an IT support group, but more of an “IT Support support” group. “It was originally intended, and still is, a place to laugh at ourselves and many situations we find ourselves, our peers, and our users in. Laughing helps the day go by, and anything to help ease that stress, is a welcome respite, I think.”
I remember the beautiful, ancient halcyon days when this worked. In early MMOs (say, Ultima Online) it was pretty easy to convince other players that you could open a "secret developer console" in the game by pressing Alt + F4.
Trevor Paquette said that a random message of appreciation is one of the things he loves most about managing the group. “Every once in a while, we get an out-of-the-blue ‘thanks for making my day go by’ message. Those mean a lot to me and the entire team of moderators.”
“That, and the fact that many of the items posted make me laugh. It helps my day go a little easier as well,” he added.
If information technology-based humor is something that tickles your funny bone, make sure to check out Bored Panda’s collection of IT jokes that techies might find painfully relatable right here.
My grandpa after my aunt installed a VCR when a channel didn't come in it was the VCR's fault.
Ah memories! Always good to do last thing on a Friday when you don't feel like working any more but need to be seen to still be doing something before its time to go home
Can confirm. Have built my own PCs for decades. You just look for the holes that match the plugs of whatever cable you're holding. >_>;
I asked a younger friend why younger people put a link to their Spotify playlist on their social media/profiles now. I still don't understand XD Is that a thing now?
Wearing a monocle to a date in the first place is an epic power move and is probably all you need.
For those who are unsure what is happening, Dad has his laptop right in front of that candle, which has handily half-melted his laptop... on the top left of its screen XD
accurate, but now google wants to put bard into their search thingy so now it will be "I can't help you with that dave, do you want to see an ad? Google searchbard premium is ad-free* * * [terms and conditions may apply]" .... /me goes to duckduckgo.
My wrists just had a flashback to my Alienware laptop circa early 2000s. That thing was probably 7" thick and felt like it weighed 20 lbs XD
The other holes suggest this isn't actually a joke on their part but rather an actual practice.
You don't want to see the result when the nurses leave health care up to I.T.
I don’t get it. Normal people just look outside through the window at various heights but programmers open the door to go outside? So maybe I do get it. Lol!! :)
Never, EVER skimp on the power supply. Better to have more than you need than to turn your expensive components into props straight out of Counter-Strike.
At the time, it made no sense to pay for Winzip since ARJ and RAR were far superior and free alternatives. Later, it was easily available as free download and extremely easy to copy (just one string to copy and paste, it was the same for all installs and versions) so buying an original copy made no sense. Today compression capability is built-in in any OS, so it makes no sense to pay for it.
just don't tell management. I promise anyone in C-suite maybe except cio is probably an idiot who thinks it really needs a lot of wrangling.
And this is why a lot of us don't even bother plugging most of those in, once you've built a PC or two for yourself XD
So, I just need to become a sorcerer, and THEN I can get that 4090 I want. XD
No worries, the key generator warned that my AV would probably detect it as a virus. So I turned it off, only while generating the key.
Please. That's amateur. They don't even have a second powerstrip plugged into the first powerstrip.
ooooouch that is expensive. But yes, GF also did that a year ago... fortunately only to a s****y cheap pc, not a MBP but... ffs....
Time to download some more RAM after looking at all this techy stuff.
Some of the offices and calling it IS now, information systems, rather than Information technology. Why?
Simply put, IT is part of IS. Information systems is about the system as a whole, the creation and distribution of the information and also the processes and all users involved. Users both responsible for their creation as well as the ones it's created for. Information technology is an essential part of this and provides the tools (hardware, software, tcomms) to make this processes and systems come to life and interact with each and the users. Hope that makes it clearer! I was waiting for someone more "qualified" to reply but since it didn't happen, you get the simplified Koala version instead! 😉🐨😅
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Some of the offices and calling it IS now, information systems, rather than Information technology. Why?
Simply put, IT is part of IS. Information systems is about the system as a whole, the creation and distribution of the information and also the processes and all users involved. Users both responsible for their creation as well as the ones it's created for. Information technology is an essential part of this and provides the tools (hardware, software, tcomms) to make this processes and systems come to life and interact with each and the users. Hope that makes it clearer! I was waiting for someone more "qualified" to reply but since it didn't happen, you get the simplified Koala version instead! 😉🐨😅
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