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IT Crowd - Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again?

Cam G Videos · 3.2M views · 2010-11-16 · 2:05

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Overview

The classic IT Crowd scene in which tech support answers every call with 'Have you tried turning it off and on again?'

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HN posts it as the canonical joke for restart-as-fix situations.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2011–2023

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ly3xqhl8g9 · 2023-03 · Joke / meme

Yes, and that makes it even more funny (and disheartening): 2023's self -fixing technology is the old classic "have you tried turning it off and on again" [1]. [1] [VIDEO]

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isostatic · 2018-04 · Joke / meme

Decade old UK tv series on BBC two? I imagine most have never heard of it. I was thinking more of an even older show: [VIDEO]

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dolinsky · 2011-04 · Joke / meme

At the risk of causing a bunch of you to spend the rest of the day watching the whole 3 seasons of The IT Crowd....The canonical answer to 'Have you tried turning if off and on again': [VIDEO]

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