2026-07-20 02:45 UTC
I have one last thing to share about my Skoda rental car. (the running gag of #UX design) This last example is just chef's kiss:
1. Grammatically incorrect
2. Use of a proprietary word which is guaranteed to confuse
3. The verbless assertion to fix #2 by reading the owner's manual
This just fails in so many ways.
Replies (4)
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@johntimaeus@infosec.exchange 2026-07-20 02:48
@scottjenson@social.coop What even does that mean?
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@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 2026-07-20 04:53
@scottjenson@social.coop How did that pass any sort of audit? Are there even audits?
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@scottjenson@social.coop 2026-07-20 04:44
Wow, a quick websearch shows they have been at this a while now. This is clearly text that is used across their entire product line!
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@UkeleleEric@mstdn.social 2026-07-20 05:08
@scottjenson@social.coop that's nothing , I drive a BYD bus for a living - some of the grammatical and spelling mistakes are hilarious. And several times I have had to read a message twice before I got what it meant. Probably written by a Chinese person who thinks he knows (American) English. Translations should always done by a native speaker of the target language.