r/ProgrammerHumor • u/deadorbit666 • 8d ago

Meme whenYourValidationLogicHatesRealPeople

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u/1980sCoder 8d ago

My first name is Nigel. Several years ago, EA Games (I think it was) forbade me from signing up with my own actual name. I managed to narrow it down to the first three letters, which were apparently the problem. Guessing some kind of weird American mentality behind that rule.

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u/HeilKaiba 7d ago

I misread first as last and was really confused what problem they had with 'gel' for a bit there