Sudo Make Me a Sandwich
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A classic xkcd-derived joke about privilege escalation, based on the idea that `sudo` can make almost any command permissible if you have the right rights. It is part shell humor, part admin-culture meme.
In plain English: A famous tech joke about using admin privileges to do whatever you want.
Example: "The ticket basically read like 'sudo make me a sandwich' but for DNS."