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Too much detail in this error message from EA (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by RoadArchie@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I can just imagine something in the middle being like

`We couldn't log you in because ${getReason(e) || 'the network failed to do its network thing'}.`

[–] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

100% this is what happened. Also, it's its not it's, right?

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

it’s its not it’s, right?

I always get tripped up on this case. What's shown in the picture is correct, though you're applying the rules of English grammar very logically, the apostrophe in it's is only for contraction, not possession. That may go out the window if someone uses it as a pronoun though, idk.