# Aw Snap! We are crappy programmers! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241 "2011-10-01T09:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/1 "2011-10-01T09:56:23Z")
While I like a lot of things about Chrome, I most certainly do not like the hip-hop language message when if fucks up. Fuck you. You are writing software that will be used by people besides knappy-headed teenagers. Some of your users might even be fucking ADULTS. Wassup wit dat, G? ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/2 "2011-10-01T11:45:28Z")
Haha! My husband panicked when he saw that come up. He thought we had a virus. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/3 "2011-10-01T11:52:12Z")
It seems to me that appealing to current culture, your likely audience, is pretty _smart_ programming and that what is crappy is the old, bitter cuss that doesn’t undertand that. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/4 "2011-10-01T13:06:33Z")
I noticed that when Chrome came out and thought of the people with a not so tight grasp of English may have a problem understanding what’s going on. For example using “Under the Hood” (or some such wording , I don’t use Chrome at home) instead of Options or Settings. For someone with a limited English vocabulary that may be confusing or plain indecipherable. For quite some time on Google has been focusing more in looks and style rather than function. Well, as pretty much the whole of today’s software UI designers. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/5 "2011-10-01T14:41:20Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > knappy-headed teenagers. racist. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/6 "2011-10-01T14:43:17Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > I noticed that when Chrome came out and thought of the people with a not so tight grasp of English may have a problem understanding what’s going on. > For example using “Under the Hood” (or some such wording , I don’t use Chrome at home) instead of Options or Settings. For someone with a limited English vocabulary that may be confusing or plain indecipherable. Shhhhhhh…it’s part of the effort to tilt the playing field toward English-language programmers…yo, right? Ixnay on the discussion please. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/7 "2011-10-01T14:50:41Z")
Aw Snap! We’re serious as cancer when we say your web browser has crashed…er. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/8 "2011-10-01T15:17:22Z")
I fell your pain… Then again I’m not sure its worse than the aceptable english phrase “abort, retry, fail” cockteasing I endured thousands of time that never ever worked and I just had to turn the fucking computer off instead. And get off my lawn you nappy headed little shits! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/9 "2011-10-01T15:37:44Z")
I don’t care - I just want to be able to turn off tooltips!!! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/10 "2011-10-01T15:40:37Z")
Please tell me some dancing paperclip thats dressed like it came from Portland doesnt show up at some point. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/11 "2011-10-01T15:45:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > racist. Is it now racist to refer to distinguishing physical characteristics of a particular race? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/12 "2011-10-01T17:13:46Z")
And get off his lawn too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/13 "2011-10-01T17:14:09Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Is it now racist to refer to distinguishing physical characteristics of a particular race? Don Imus got into a lot of trouble for referring to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/14 "2011-10-01T17:32:29Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Is it now racist to refer to distinguishing physical characteristics of a particular race? It’s racist to imply only black people can’t speak standard English. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/15 "2011-10-01T18:15:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Don Imus got into a lot of trouble for referring to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” The problem was with the “hos” part, I think. Now I want to find a way to crash Chrome to find out what this is. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/16 "2011-10-01T18:16:44Z")
Fooh ohh fooh beyotch… ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/17 "2011-10-01T18:26:35Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > …[W]hat is crappy is the old, bitter cuss that doesn’t undertand that. You don’t have to be old and bitter to understand “Zounds!” or “Egad!”, the more appropriate lexicon for an interjection reflecting software malfunctions. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/18 "2011-10-01T18:29:06Z")
If you ask nicely, I’m sure they can produce a special edition for you with an obscure error code implying user error on your part and an abstract notice to contact your administrator instead. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/19 "2011-10-01T18:46:11Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > It’s racist to imply only black people can’t speak standard English. Agreed. But this has nothing to do with the nappiness of their hair. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/20 "2011-10-01T19:18:11Z")
You poor, humorless curmudgeon. I pity how sad your life must be that the phrasing of an error message irritates you so. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241.md?page=2)