This is better than macOS kernal panicking and restarting the computer with a dialog that reads “You restarted your computer without shutting down properly.”
Fuck you, macOS, you didn’t math correctly. Own it.
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026
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Years ago I had to work with a Java library that had the same kind of cutesy errors. I think it was jxta. It was terrible. It would collapse if I looked at it funny.
The first time I got an error like that, I thought how random and cute the devs were.
The second, I thought they were just like me.
The third, I was a little annoyed that they seemed to put more effort into their error messages than their software.
The fourth, I was annoyed that i had to read past their drek to find the error.
The fifth, I hated them.
The sixth, I wanted to find and punch them.
The seventh+, I swore I would never deal with their shit again if I could avoid it.
That was a actual bug report. Somebody has the link? Too much search engine noise.
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