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[-] stsquad@lemmy.ml 89 points 1 month ago

What ever happend to the classic "reticulating splines"?

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago

There a progress bar in an application I wrote that has a one in twenty chance of saying "Reticulating Splines" instead of its usual label.

I have a few hundred users so there are definitely people who have seen it, but so far no one has mentioned it.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Most users don’t care and those who do know chuckle and move along. :-)

[-] Dojan@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago

We don't reticulate splines any more.

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't want free earbuds

[-] Dojan@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Are you a mermaid?

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

🗯️‽#*&

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

source?

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

The Sims 1

[-] Corngood@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I thought I saw it as far back as simcopter

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