Alex Buscemi
For all the talk about how technology is supposed to make life easier, it has a pretty solid track record of doing the exact opposite sometimes.
Today’s collection of funny software fails is a reminder that even computers have off days — and when they do, the results are often way funnier than they have any right to be.
Whether it’s a program that glitches so hard it creates a whole new reality or an app just giving up entirely, these moments are proof that no amount of updates or bug fixes can fully protect us from the occasional tech meltdown.
We pulled together some of the best examples floating around the internet, so you don’t have to go digging.
Scroll through, laugh a little, and maybe feel a tiny bit better about the next time your laptop freezes right before a deadline.
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42. Just going to make a quick detour
43. That’s awfully specific
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