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[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I understand that bad ui is a fun meme and all, but how did this one even cross their mind as an idea for a bad UI? This is a new level of convoluted I would not have even considered.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My guess: someone messed up trying to split an array and split a string from it and hilarity ensued.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's too unregular and too good to be a coincidence. Unless they threw an algorithm on it that was intended for whatever

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

To be clear, I don't think the choices are a coincidence; I think the general idea is one.