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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It means "Our incompetence, intransigence, sunk cost fallacy, decision making and hiring idiocy are utterly out of control, and we think this is your problem, not ours. Sorry for the inconvenience."

[–] gonzo0815 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm, either that or it's fabricated for the joke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's joking about the issues people who have non-ascii characters in their name have

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Conversely: "Our incompetence, intransigence, sunk cost fallacy, decision making, and hiring idiocy have prevented you from ever possibly working with us. Sorry for the convenience."

RIP Mitch.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

You would think that being named Null would probably cause a problem. But Jeffrey? lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fortunately, his name is Yeff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sounds like a response from a LLM

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The real question is whether that's a compliment or an insult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget his distant cousin Geff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They used names as the primary key which means Jeffrey is already taken and I guess they can't use Jeffrey2 because it looks unprofessional.