# Why Can't Error Messages Be Fun?

**URL:** <https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/why-cant-error-messages-be-fun/205>\
**Category:** blog\
**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/why-cant-error-messages-be-fun/205 "2009-03-10T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johan\_Boule](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/johan_boule/32/76690_2.png) [@Johan\_Boule](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Johan_Boule)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/why-cant-error-messages-be-fun/205/194 "2020-05-31T15:11:17Z")

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So, after reading many of the answers, I have to conclude that the OP was wrong as 90% of people disagreed.

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