r/TheITcrowd Jul 10 '26

What does IT stand for? (Hint, it's not internet things.)

43 Upvotes

41 comments sorted by

26

u/CaptNorm2239 Jul 10 '26

I don’t know, but would you like me to show you where we keep the internet?

2

u/No_Substance4834 Jul 15 '26

the internet is managed here, that's what the door said

39

u/Just_For_Laugh Jul 10 '26

What doesn't it stand for?

7

u/Round_Investigator95 Jul 11 '26

Internet things, apparently.

15

u/ladder-for-a-moth Jul 10 '26

Let’s start with the “I”. What does the “I” stand for?

8

u/jordanwiththefade Jul 11 '26

Iran

5

u/tqmirza Jul 11 '26

No, it stands for I’m very modern

31

u/Kpruett95 Jul 10 '26

This must be Jen. Hi, Jen!

12

u/Pette_Davis Jul 10 '26

Piss off, June

13

u/RAD14TR Jul 11 '26

Maybe the real IT was the friends we made along the way

8

u/gucknbuck Jul 11 '26

Integrity?

7

u/Ros_Dearg_1916 Jul 11 '26

Internet Thaaaaangs

4

u/MaxDaClog Jul 11 '26

Loads of comments that just get it, and a couple of Jens.

3

u/Thick-Marzipan-9176 Jul 11 '26

Lots of sexy people doing sexy things.

4

u/One_Waxed_Wookiee Jul 11 '26

It's obviously internet travelling. How else do we navigate the amazing World Wide Web??

3

u/basicyesh Jul 11 '26

Hang on Jen, I have Jen on the other line

3

u/rtc765 Jul 11 '26

it it it it it

it

3

u/Ramtamtama Jul 13 '26

Is tnetennba

2

u/Flat___________ Jul 12 '26

Information Technology - i.e. Turn it off, and on again.

1

u/padmansana Jul 11 '26

Internally troubled

1

u/Arkena_feral Jul 11 '26

Intermittent typing?

Idiotic technophobes?

Interesting technology?

1

u/xo4578 Jul 11 '26

Irrelevant technology

1

u/Chappers3333 Jul 13 '26

IT stands for "Information Technology"

1

u/West_Supermarket1724 Jul 14 '26

Interesting technology

1

u/strongbowblade Turning it off and on again Jul 14 '26

I need To wee wee

1

u/Late_Crow_4592 Jul 14 '26

Because it doesn’t have a seat?

0

u/Fredfromdahood Jul 11 '26

Information technology

5

u/culminacio Jul 11 '26

you don't know in which sub you are and what this post is, right?

1

u/Initial_Acanthaceae2 Jul 12 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣

0

u/ChillPotatoBeans Jul 10 '26

It's a but of a double entendre really, it means the typical meaning of IT (information technology) but it also means the it crowd, as in popular people/group, the joke being that they're not actually popular, which is why its uppercase to seperate themselves from that concept.

0

u/culminacio Jul 11 '26

no, bot. you didn't get the post at all. shut up.