Technology. For the many pleasures and conveniences it adds to your life—it’s also responsible for an equal amount of slow load times, broken links, and dreaded error messages. We’ve developed a love-hate relationship with our computers where hours of mind-numbing entertainment are forgotten the very moment something goes wrong. None quite as infuriating as the Windows error message, which can send us from cooing over cute kitten videos into a mass murderous rage in mere seconds.
Let’s celebrate the most twisted, cruel, and ironic Windows error messages that transcend irritation and have us LOL-ing…
1. Keyboard Error
You’re typing away when this head-scratching error message appears from the geniuses at Windows: “Keyboard Not Responding. Press any key to continue.” Sorry, nerds, I can’t find the “any” key.