Basic Trope: An inanimate object comes off as snide even though it isn't sentient.
- Straight: Alice is trying to access a certain website, but keeps getting an error message which reads: "Nice try, loser!"
- Exaggerated: The error message is a very long lecture insulting Alice.
- Downplayed: The error message just says, "Try again" which isn't particularly snarky but begins to sound snarky when she tries again multiple times.
- Justified:
- Bob, who designed either Alice's computer or the website she's trying to access, thought it would be funny to have rude error messages.
- Google Dumblate has issues with the site's actual language. resulting in rather rude 'translations'.
- Inverted:
- The error message reads, "Sorry, but I'm afraid you cannot access this site. It's disappointing, since you're a genius. I'm not being sarcastic."
- Alice insults her computer.
- Subverted:
- It turns out that Alice's computer is sentient.
- Then, a second message reads, "Just joking."
- Double Subverted:
- It's not sentient, just possessed. She still gets the "Nice try, loser!" message even when it's no longer possessed.
- A third message reads, "That wasn't a nice try at all!"
- Parodied: ???
- Zigzagged: Some error messages are rude, some are polite, and some are neutral.
- Averted:
- Alice gets no error message.
- The error message just reads "Page not found".
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded: "My computer and I can't reach an agreement."
- Invoked: Bob designs the computer or the website to have that snarky error message.
- Exploited:
- Defied: Bob considers designing the snarky error message but worries that someone would get offended and sue, so he doesn't.
- Discussed: "My computer keeps playing rude error messages."
- Conversed: "Why are error messages in that show always so snide?"
- Implied: Alice is seen saying, "There's no need to be rude" to her computer.
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Played for Laughs: Alice and her computer actually argue.
- Played for Drama: Alice is deeply offended by the error message and cries.
Back to Snarky Inanimate Object, you twit.
