We all need this!

[DigitalDaz]

The would have saved me so much pain in the past

https://www.ostechnix.com/avoid-accidental-shutdown-reboot-linux/

Simply:

apt install molly-guard

 

[cybermaus]

Pretty cool. I'll check that out

But I do believe the passive aggressive "Good thing I asked; I won't shutdown ubuntuserver ..."
should be matched by a reluctant "Fine, since you insist I'll shutdown ubuntuserver ..."