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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This brought to mind a collection of asshole admin stories from the early internet. With a bit of googling, it was The Bastard Operator From Hell. God, I haven't thought of those since the 90s. I can't believe I could even recall something like that.

Anyway, fuck users.

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

Original author too. He was hired by The Register.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

That thing spawned so many fucking great memes before they were even widely called that

[–] clif@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I just referred to the BOFH in class last week.

... Nobody caught the reference but it made me happy.