Tech fix

December 19, 2025•96 words

(from Starlink Reddit)

Have you tried turning it off and back on again? - obligatory IT Crowd

And I'm old enough to remember why. If you asked if it was turned on then people would automatically lie because they don't want to admit they are an idiot.

But if you ask them to turn it off and back on again quite a lot of the time it was "oh, it wasn't on" or you only heard a single click and magically it's working.

It's psychology to let the id10t user blame the technology instead of themselves.

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