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We should insult the user. “Your edits did not persist due to an unknown network error. Fuck you!”



That's rude. Outrage suffices: "I should've known. You just had to click on our error, had you! Alright, take the error code and leave."


Damn it I laughed out loud at that and I hope my toddler is still asleep.

That was all in the snappiness of the wording, great little joke.


So like this joke error message from a certain 00s game?

"APPLICATION ERROR. SAVE YOUR WORK AND QUIT. YOU LOST EVERYTHING. WAY TO GO, GENIUS."




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