> "Woah, there pardner."
Cutesie error messages aren't funny even the first time, and by the tenth time they are wildly annoying.
> if you just create an account
"Just"
Cutesie error messages aren't funny even the first time, and by the tenth time they are wildly annoying.
> if you just create an account
"Just"
"Hi?" "We?" You are a piece of software. There is no "we" here. I can't even begin to express how infantilizing that sounds to my ears.
Anyway, I didn't last long on Windows for that laptop. /rant
Come to think of it, I wonder if it's for the same thing that gets people to refer to Google Assistant/Siri/et c. as 'she'. I've noticed that a lot also.
The message is fine for the true target audience which is vastly different from the audience of the 80s and 90s. Microsoft and Apple (well, Apple HAS been using friendly language since the 80s!) are smart to use friendly language.
Plus, it gets us all used to our corporate god-kings when we're dominated by the AI angels.
The infantilizing error messages are where it’s infuriating because it comes off as if they’re making fun of you. “Oopsie woopsie we did a fuckywucky and all your data is gone! Cherriooooo couldn’t be me!”
“Please wait and consult your operators manual: 0x0A”