I’ve never liked the BOFH stories, even when I first encountered them in the early 90s I never thought they were particularly funny, and as I’ve since become a more experienced sysadmin I’ve actually come to despise them and the attitude they symbolize. Sure, the stories are parodies and written in an exaggerated manner, but the underlying humor seems to be saying “Isn’t this what we all really think? Isn’t this how we would all wish we could behave?”, which is an attitude I find deplorable.
I’ve elaborated about this here in the past, first here:
I’ve elaborated about this here in the past, first here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10320829#10322378
and later here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16724962#16725937
(Note: this entire comment is a repost from four years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17164086)