Likely Normal

Every IT pro knows the horror of peering behind a server rack only to find cables twisted into a Lovecraftian nightmare that defies physics. What started as neatly bundled wires has somehow reproduced into a snarled beast that hisses when you touch it. This, friends, is the IT version of the Gordian Knot, except instead of ruling Asia, untying it earns you the privilege of explaining to your boss why the entire accounting department just went offline (“The blue one looked important!”). Sure, we try to be civilized with velcro straps and labels, but let’s be real: after the third “quick fix,” those cables evolve into a sentient tangle with opinions about your life choices.

And then there’s the metaphorical knot—the legacy code so ancient it might as well be written in hieroglyphics, or that network config held together by digital duct tape and the ghosts of departed sysadmins. No one knows how it works, but everyone’s too terrified to poke it lest the whole system erupts like a possessed toaster. Sometimes, you channel your inner Alexander the Great: “Screw tracing this disaster—I’m rebooting the whole thing and blaming ‘upgrades.’” It’s not laziness; it’s strategic violence. Why spend weeks untangling spaghetti code when you can yeet it into the sun and start fresh? Just pray the CFO doesn’t ask what “technical debt” means.

So here’s to IT warriors everywhere, armed with cable cutters and reckless optimism. May your knots be few, your backups current, and your resolve to “just turn it off and on again” unshakable.