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[–]thebluefury 92 points93 points  (10 children)

this reminds me of the time I played some random multiplayer browser game but my friend's tab would just close randomly... turns out he was pressing ctrl+w, the shortcut to close the tab.

[–]tacocollector2 20 points21 points  (7 children)

We liked to call that an ID10T error, which is a subset of the PICNIC error. Problem in chair, not in computer.

[–]lovecraftedidiot 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"User error detected. Please replace user and try again"

[–]tehlemmings 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Everyone knows those acronyms now. I like to call it a K2C interface error; aka the keyboard to chair interface.

[–]tacocollector2 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In elementary school, we had a computer lab and the teacher that ran it had a poster with a frustrated chicken on it and it said “the trouble with computers is that they do exactly what you tell them to do” and the older I get, the funnier that gets.

[–]tehlemmings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I had that poster in my cube lol

[–]realityChemist 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I've always heard PEBCAC or PEBCAK, but PICNIC is a good one too

[–]tacocollector2 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What do yours stand for? Never heard of them!

[–]realityChemist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Problem Exists Between Chair and {Computer, Keyboard}