Wow, I never looked at that page before. It's creepy from the top:
you look lovely today, btw.
to the bottom:
you need help
Well, which is it? Do I look lovely, or do I need help? What possible business is it of yours, dear npm? And what about the person who just suffered a facial injury and is very aware of how unlovely they look at the moment?
At least Slack rotates through a few different sayings that tend to be goofy instead of creepy - and you can change them.
This stuff has been around for a long time, it's just cheekier now. Ever install a Windows app and the last setup page says, "Congratulations! You have successfully installed $APP." Congratulations? For what? You congratulate people for an achievement. Are you saying that it was an achievement on my part to successfully install your app? Was the more likely outcome that I would fail to install it? :-0
> Was the more likely outcome that I would fail to install it?
Hilarious.
Well, I think all these things are suspicious and maybe (I don't know) even bad in nature, but they have levels of badness, "you look lovely today, btw" is considerably worse than any form of birthday congratulations -- although I'm also suspicious of the second, which, here in Brazil, is a little more common thing to say than "happy birthday" (people just say "congratulations!").
At least Slack rotates through a few different sayings that tend to be goofy instead of creepy - and you can change them.
This stuff has been around for a long time, it's just cheekier now. Ever install a Windows app and the last setup page says, "Congratulations! You have successfully installed $APP." Congratulations? For what? You congratulate people for an achievement. Are you saying that it was an achievement on my part to successfully install your app? Was the more likely outcome that I would fail to install it? :-0