I feel like the fact that The Register has been the Internet home of the Bastard Operator From Hell stories (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From

I feel like the fact that The Register has been the Internet home of the Bastard Operator From Hell stories (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From_Hell) since 2000 really sums up its attitude. It is tech news by and for BOFHs.