I can’t even describe how tired I am of these. Sim City has always had them all the way back to 1995. This is not a new idea and it just gets more and more annoying.

Example: Picnik, the Flickr online image editor. Status message as it is s…l…o…w…l…y loading the interface over my terabyte connection here at work:

Applying sunscreen…

I think there’s another one along the lines of:

Unwrapping sandwiches…

I get it. The application is called Picnik, so all the status messages have to be picnic themed in order to have an integrated design based on this stupid application name. Right? WRONG!

This is not a clever design. It is annoying, and it sucks.

What is wrong with

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?

NOTHING! Loading is perfect! It gives you information and doesn’t make you feel like all these highly paid professionals think of you as a 3rd grader who is entertained by this crap.

I’m such a hater, but whatever.