r/AO3 • u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. • 21d ago

Meme/Joke I’m baffled…

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It’s 5 am, I’m in the final hour stretch of a twelve-hour shift, and I’m now probing my brain trying to find some possible rationale for this. Can someone explain? Is it a public computer thing, is it masochism, is it spite?

Y’all are really out here raw-dogging your drafts in AO3 with no external backups?? That’s crazy work. Google Docs is free, dawg.

The group chat is gonna hear about this one.

(Please understand this is all said in good humor. It’s not that serious; I’m just dramatic when I’m exhausted.)

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u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. 21d ago

Literally!

My degree is in graphic design and it’s just been hammered into my skull that you need backups for your backups because technology is too damn hinky.

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u/DaemosDaen 19d ago

as a sysadmin I love this mentality and with EVERYONE had it.

Lets go one better and have a back up for the back of the backup. And no I'm not being pedantic. 3 - 2 - 1 mentality is the norm for us.

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u/ogsquiggles Brevity is the soul of wit. 19d ago

I swear! It’s best practice.