# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/41 "2011-10-09T19:27:05Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I don’t care - I just want to be able to turn off tooltips!!! Turn them off? I had to install a firefox extension to make them not disappear after a short time so I could read the alt text of webcomics uninterrupted. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/42 "2011-10-10T00:18:20Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What’s wrong with something like “We’re sorry, but an error has occurred”? Something clear and concise. It’s not the place for jokey responses that may make people think they have malware or something. It’s not the place for colloquialisms that may confuse people from other cultures or generations. Mass market software should be comprehensible to anyone of normal intelligence. > > Deliberately excluding people just because you immaturely consider them to be “bitter”, “old”, and “cussed” makes you sound pretty bitter and cussed yourself. Hmmmmm. My post was pretty tongue-in-cheek. I guess it wasn’t as obvious as I believed. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/43 "2011-10-10T01:20:07Z")
Aw, snap! - does suck. I hated it the first time I saw it, and I still hate it. And I can’t believe it annoys me as much as it does. But it do. be do be do. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/44 "2011-10-10T18:29:32Z")
I also thought that “Aw snap” had to indicate a virus, since no no major multinational corporation would ever use it. If they’re going to get rid of something, though, I think Google Instant should go first. Really, nobody wants that. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/45 "2011-10-10T20:24:43Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Aw, snap! - does suck. > > I hated it the first time I saw it, and I still hate it. And I can’t believe it annoys me as much as it does. But it do. > be > do > be > do. “To do is to be” –Sartre ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/46 "2011-10-10T20:48:07Z")
I love that this thread is still going strong!! “You people” = people who think “aw snap” is in someway confusing/inappropriate I have said it before, and so have others. “Aw Snap” or “Oh Snap” has fallen out of popular usage, and it is being used ironically/anachronistically; no one ever uses this phrase seriously anymore. If this sort of term confuses or upsets you, Chrome is not the browser for you. Evidently even Netscape did stuff like this at one time, so I guess _you people_ should just stick to safe ol’ IE or your AOL stock browser, with their safe and boring error messages. To those of you who actually think a virus programmer would use the phrase “aw snap!” I shake my head. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/47 "2011-10-10T21:52:52Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I love that this thread is still going strong!! > > “You people” = people who think “aw snap” is in someway confusing/inappropriate > > I have said it before, and so have others. “Aw Snap” or “Oh Snap” has fallen out of popular usage, and it is being used ironically/anachronistically; no one ever uses this phrase seriously anymore. If this sort of term confuses or upsets you, Chrome is not the browser for you. Evidently even Netscape did stuff like this at one time, so I guess _you people_ should just stick to safe ol’ IE or your AOL stock browser, with their safe and boring error messages. > > To those of you who actually think a virus programmer would use the phrase “aw snap!” I shake my head. It’s not about whether or not someone here thinks malware programmers would use that phrase. It’s about users in general. I do user support as part of my job and believe me, some people will think that a message like that indicates a virus. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/48 "2011-10-11T16:41:21Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I love that this thread is still going strong!! > > “You people” = people who think “aw snap” is in someway confusing/inappropriate > > I have said it before, and so have others. “Aw Snap” or “Oh Snap” has fallen out of popular usage, and it is being used ironically/anachronistically; no one ever uses this phrase seriously anymore. If this sort of term confuses or upsets you, Chrome is not the browser for you. Evidently even Netscape did stuff like this at one time, so I guess _you people_ should just stick to safe ol’ IE or your AOL stock browser, with their safe and boring error messages. > > To those of you who actually think a virus programmer would use the phrase “aw snap!” I shake my head. I’m not cool enough to Google? Aw… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/49 "2011-10-11T16:48:28Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I agree, it is a stupid error message. I’m going to learn how to write Chrome extensions just to make one that replaces “Oh Snap!” with “Nigga Please!”. Here I was thinking “Shit just got real.” would be an appropriate replacement. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap-we-are-crappy-programmers/598241/50 "2011-10-11T19:04:34Z")
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