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I'm referring to the sh.itjustworks instance. Which one would be it? Because I'm kind of confused..

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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mostly both.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've always read it as "shit just works". Why would the "sh" be there if we weren't supposed to read it?

[–] otp 25 points 1 week ago

No, it's a comforting "sh" like "shhhhh", don't worry, it just works.

It's only one h for the double entendre.

/joking

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some alternative , nerdy interpretations follow:

  • sh: it just works. You don't need bash, zsh, fish, tcsh or anything else, just running sh will provide a shell environment.
  • sh: IT just works. Similar to the previous interpretation, but also stating that IT (Information Technology, which is meant to mean the IT department) just works with sh.
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

#!/bin/sh/itjustworks

[–] Varyk 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

Imagine a greasy old IT technician coming up to you, putting a finger on your lips and gently saying that after you gasped about the entangled mess of hundreds of Ethernet cables in the server room

[–] TokenEffort 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Probably the latter. I've seen it abbreviated as SJW, that's unnecessary don't do that. Am I old?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I dunno, sjw is a lot shorter than shit just works

[–] TokenEffort 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah but... SJW means something else lmfao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] otp 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Peppycito 3 points 1 week ago

Savior, Jesus Wept

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_ 5 points 1 week ago

For starters, because .w is not a valid TLD, and j.w would be registered in about 50 milliseconds if it ever became one.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Hmmm. What if it's because the admin was an old school Linux user and never took to bash. "sh. it just works".

[–] captain_aggravated 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s pronounced like it was something named in the universe of Dune: Zhid-Ghuwerst. You have to raise your eyebrows while you say it, as that’s part of the expression.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I always assumed that it was supposed to be ambiguous between them for humor purposes

[–] lurch 13 points 1 week ago

sh. it's plausible deniability 🤫

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Shhh... we don't ask such things around here.. it just works (tm) that way..

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Why not both?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Shell it just works

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It's "S Hit Just Works" and it's the slapping car meme.

The "S" is because the car salesman has a slight lisp.

Slaps Instance this bad boy just works.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Its:

"shhh... nothing is broken, ignore all the bugs and pretend it all just works, mm'kay?"

sh.itjust.works

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Shit just works - forever and always.

(shh, it just works and shit just works are both valid - the intent was the former IIRC - but the latter is obviously the superior choice. I'm also partial to sh.it.heads when referring to users [cheeky, but thought about in the same way as Deadheads for Grateful Dead fans])

[–] Mouselemming 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Shhhhhhh... ^itjustworks^

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“it just works”

The “Sh” is silent…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

or at least very quiet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Shi Tju - STW orks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Since DNS is hierarchical, it could be set up so that they both work.

[–] Makeshift 4 points 1 week ago

Idk but I picked the instance for the sense of humor in the name either way.

My brain pronounces it as the latter, though the extra jokes make it better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always read it as

ess heych dot it just works

[–] ALERT 7 points 1 week ago

unacceptable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] Mandy 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Id put it in the words of god Howard:
It just works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN0qhSyWy8

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I pronounce it "this post hidden due to instance block settings".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Any reason you have blocked the instance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The general trend of the behaviour of the userbase when it first began appearing. I'm pretty block-happy. I'm sure it's an over-generalisation but I've learned over the years that I'd rather miss out than feel constantly annoyed.

[–] whyNotSquirrel 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

because they didn't censor the bad word?

[–] Pika 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean at least they've said that they blocked it, would have been awkward to try to actually respond to him and just have them never be able to see the post lmao, looking at their post history, I went ahead and blocked them as well because like I could totally see myself trying to respond to him cuz we share a lot of the same communities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Instance blocking does not also block users

[–] Pika 1 points 1 week ago

ah good point, I was under the understanding that it blocks both since that's what happens when I block an instance. I guess that's a client feature.