• caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I mean.
    People have been saying “press alt F4 to change your IRC nick” or whatever for several decades

    • tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      And didn’t make an IOS upgrade back in the days the iPhone waterproof? And another one enabled fast charging in the microwave oven…

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        1 year ago

        The fact that manufacturers feel the need to put warnings that encompass this kind of stupidity on their product tells you all you need to know, doesn’t it.

        Wasn’t there a woman who tried to dry her little dog in the microwave, sued the company and won, because they never explicitely stated not to put live animals in there?

        I hope that story isn’t true, but most warning labels exist for a reason, and that reason isn’t common sense.

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      1 year ago

      Or, a bit more recent, telling someone in WoW that command to do something was /camp (it logs you out)