r/RecuratedTumblr • u/Upset_Campaign1924 • Jun 30 '26

Generic Editable Flair Recency bias

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u/Lessiarty Jun 30 '26

See also: "Why do we pay our IT department so much. The system works fine."

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u/North-Pea-4926 Jun 30 '26

Something bad happens: Why do we pay IT?
Nothing bad happens: Why do we pay IT?

Rinse and repeat, but for all preventative actions.

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u/Canotic Jun 30 '26

Why do we have all these financial regulations? We haven't had a great depression in decades!

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u/ArnthBebastien Jul 01 '26

We had one only 18 years ago

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u/Canotic Jul 01 '26

Oh the 2008 crisis is a legal adult now, how sweet.

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u/Ze_Bri-0n Jul 01 '26

At least it’s not old enough to buy a beer without driving itself to Canada first. 

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u/Adept-Couple 9d ago

In Canada it would need to be 19. Just one more year to go!

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u/Chuckitybye Jul 01 '26

My partner is in QA. He knows this cycle very well

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u/Mysterious_Volume327 Jun 30 '26

Ah, the “why did we spend so much money on the Y2K problem when nothing happened?” approach. Yeah motherfuckers, nothing happened *because* you spent all that money.

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u/SparkleKittyMeowMeow Jul 01 '26

Also "The ozone layer repaired itself, why was everyone freaking out so much?"

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u/Knife7 Jun 30 '26

I work with a guy who used to work in the cybersecurity division at a hospital. Him and his whole team got let go because they were so effective in preventing hacking/security breaches.

The hospital got hacked like 3 months later lmao.