In the Android app F-Stop Media Gallery, in the settings there is this option:
It strikes me as funny and more to-the-point/blunt/honest than you usually see in program UIs.
In the Android app F-Stop Media Gallery, in the settings there is this option:
It strikes me as funny and more to-the-point/blunt/honest than you usually see in program UIs.
I remember seeing a lot of clever interface touches back in the early days (the '80s).
I was always partial to Apple alerting me of a system error with an old-timey bomb:
And Apple would sneak a “dogcow” in wherever they needed a generic image, like showing me the orientation of how my page would print.
Type “chicxulub crater” in the search box of Chrome on an Android phone and hit enter, and watch what happens.
An unintentionally funny one: I have a Brother multi-function printer/scanner/copier. Lately when I try to use the scanner the little LCD screen displays an error “Scanner Unable AF”. I’m not sure what AF stands for in this context (maybe auto-focus?), but I can’t help but to read it as the slang meaning.
Way back in the pre-internet days, I ran bulletin boards using Opus CBCS. When trying to make a connection (i.e., for upload/download), it would try about 10 times, then quit, saying “Throwing my hands up in disgust.”
Can’t forget the Guru Meditation popup if you were an Amiga user and the danged thing crashed. [Sorry, all attempts to get a pic to show up failed]
Back in the 90s, playing “Doom” with cheat codes on, I found several rooms and platforms that had messages written on the walls saying “Cheater” or “You shouldn’t be able to get here”
I worked with a coder whose error messages would say:
Error: A Badness has Occured.