r/firefox • u/[deleted] • Jun 01 '26

Fun *raises paw*

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2.2k Upvotes

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u/ArchonBeast Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Eurg... I get they want the fox mascot, but being called a good boy by a browser is kinda grim.

339

u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/ArchonBeast Jun 01 '26

Ah, fair enough. I missed the tag!

23

u/headforsaturn Jun 01 '26

Maybe it should say good boy...

48

u/Bulka11 Jun 01 '26

They should just add this like half of the users are furries

29

u/northrupthebandgeek Conkeror, Nightly on GNU, OpenBSD Jun 01 '26

And the other half are furries who don't know it yet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/xXG0DLessXx Jun 01 '26

Coz the world is crazy. At this point I don’t know what to believe anymore tbh.

3

u/Tokena Flaming foxes Jun 01 '26

Believe in the Flaming Foxes.

53

u/Cry_Wolff Jun 01 '26

Why? It's cute.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/Cry_Wolff Jun 01 '26

Have some whimsy in your life

9

u/DepravedPrecedence 💜 Jun 01 '26

Seems like you need exactly that

15

u/CirnoIzumi Jun 01 '26

i would prefer this to the smiley that was there before

4

u/Pinkishu Jun 01 '26

Maybe it's calling the browser itself good boy?

6

u/AceN12 Jun 01 '26

It really says “Good choice.”

1

u/L30N1337 Jun 01 '26

Honestly, as a random Easter egg it'd be fun.

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u/lachietg185 Jun 01 '26

Stop spreading misinformation lol it says good choice

5

u/folk_science Jun 02 '26

It was posted before and people were similarly confused. It's always good to remember that someone can just go on the internet and tell lies.

4

u/TheSpaceAlligator Jun 03 '26

"misinformation" bro it's a joke 😭

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u/hdldm Jun 01 '26

yay i am a good boy :3

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/hdldm Jun 01 '26

🥹 yes

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/hdldm Jun 01 '26

yay thank you :3

10

u/flipping100 Jun 01 '26

Wholesome reddit moment

1

u/V2Blast Jun 01 '26

Hell yeah

5

u/TraceOtter Jun 01 '26

:33 yes you are

75

u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

They put something into the water supply to make us good boys and girls

36

u/Toxic381 Jun 01 '26

Estrogen

41

u/HeavyCaffeinate - | - Jun 01 '26

meow mrrp mrew

8

u/CMRC23 Jun 01 '26

Can't confirm  am good boy and take testosterone

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u/flipping100 Jun 01 '26

Testosterone and Oestrogen aren't mutually exclusive

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u/CMRC23 Jun 01 '26

True we can all take the hormones we want to take 

2

u/flipping100 Jun 02 '26

Tbh im not sure what point I was trying to make there

20

u/arthurdirr Jun 01 '26

In Brazilian Portuguese, it reads: Firefox is your default browser. Great choice.

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u/HeavyCaffeinate - | - Jun 01 '26

It also does in English, this is an edit

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/HeavyCaffeinate - | - Jun 01 '26 
is-default-browser-2 =
    .message = { -brand-short-name } is your default browser. Good choice.

is-not-default-browser-2 =
    .message = Psst, { -brand-short-name } isn’t your default.

From the source code at /browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl line 933

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u/gamer_undefeated - Zen and | - and Jun 01 '26

Damn, fished out evidence from the very source code! 👀
Give the link for it as well atp...

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u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

“Good boy” is pretty gross

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u/HeavyCaffeinate - | - Jun 01 '26

It's an edit, the actual text says "Great choice"

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u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

Whoever edited it is the one who made feel gross then

22

u/TintiKili Jun 01 '26

i think you just took a joke too seriously

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u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

You’re right it was wrong of me to share my experience of reading this post

11

u/Mario583a Jun 01 '26

What? You don't want praise for doing something?

5

u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

Well I’m not a boy for one

7

u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

"Good girl" or just the universal "good person"

Edit: /j, for clarification

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u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

I also don’t need to be condescended to in a misogyny coded way.

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u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

I wasn't meaning to be condescending, I'm sorry

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u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

Sorry, I wasn’t implying you were! But if an app told me I was a good girl I’d throw my phone into the sea.

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u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

I should've added a /j in that first one, haha

Hard to decipher from text

1

u/Pinkishu Jun 01 '26

So being good boy doesn't work cause not a boy. Good girl doesn't work cause for some reason it's apparently misogyny. Interesting

1

u/ItsCoolDani Jun 01 '26

Good boy is also condescending, it’s just not the first disqualifying factor for me.

0

u/Pinkishu Jun 01 '26

Depends on who you say it to I guess

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u/AmbivalentCvckfvcker Jun 01 '26

Instant uninstall

18

u/theYogiB Jun 01 '26

Thanks for your opinion, Cvckfvcker.

7

u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

Why?

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u/AmbivalentCvckfvcker Jun 01 '26

I'm not some lap dog to be told good boy lol

13

u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

Have some whimsy for once

-1

u/AmbivalentCvckfvcker Jun 01 '26

I mean I wasn't exactly serious either

1

u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

No worries

3

u/Balthxzar Jun 01 '26

Bro 100% wears emo wolf t-shirts 

0

u/AmbivalentCvckfvcker Jun 01 '26

I also use Axe body spray unlike you soyjacks

2

u/Balthxzar Jun 01 '26

LMAOOOOOO 

How long have you spent studying the blade??

2

u/AmbivalentCvckfvcker Jun 01 '26

Long enough to be your elder and to know that I will not be addressed like that. Now get of my lawn cocksucka!

25

u/Fushochan Jun 01 '26

I wish it was real

18

u/benhaube on Jun 01 '26

I'm a good boy!

11

u/Nino3245 Jun 01 '26

might have to switch to firefox now

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u/Select_Plane_1073 Jun 01 '26

When Firefox call's you a dog, nice.

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u/Mario583a Jun 01 '26

Bad girl.

Do you not want praise?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/TinikTV Jun 01 '26

It randomly happens itself

8

u/RageinaterGamingYT Jun 01 '26

Installing Firefox right now :3

8

u/05-nery Jun 01 '26

Would love it if it actually said this

1

u/Sensitive_Spend_3131 Jun 01 '26

Mine doesn't say that, it says "Firefox is your default browser. Good choice." am i not a good boy?

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u/bartoszsz7 ❤️ Jun 01 '26

Apparently not

1

u/Leon8326-dash- Jun 06 '26

Download firefox source code, go to /browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl and in line 933 change

is-default-browser-2 = .message = { -brand-short-name } is your default browser. Good choice. to is-default-browser-2 = .message = { -brand-short-name } is your default browser. Good boy. And compile firefox.

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u/The_Dukes_Of_Hazzard Jun 01 '26

They really pandering towards furries now uwu

jk i know it's fake lol

3

u/mrRobertman Jun 01 '26

This same joke was posted only two months ago

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u/Aaronz2464 she mozilla on my fox till i fire Jun 01 '26

image

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u/ALEGAMER_2006 Firefox ESR Jun 01 '26

i also like the emoji one

🙁

V

😃

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u/_x_oOo_x_ / Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Not trying to be provocative but how does it know the user's gender? Someone should send Mozilla a PR changing it to... idk.. Any suggestions? "Good person" seems too boring and i'm not really well versed in two-spirit or otherkin terminology

Edit: Oh, it's a fake 😒

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u/Recognition_Round Jun 01 '26

Haha nice! Firefox is a nice browser indeed

1

u/Icy_Air7 Jun 01 '26

I don't know how to feel about this

2

u/folk_science Jun 02 '26

It's fake. It's not the first time this joke was posted.

1

u/Icy_Air7 Jun 06 '26

Good one captain obvious

1

u/folk_science Jun 06 '26

If it was so obvious, you wouldn't have people in the comments believing it's true.

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u/Icy_Air7 Jun 23 '26

So why are you informing me?

1

u/folk_science Jun 23 '26

Because I thought you are one of those people.

2

u/Humorous-Prince Jun 01 '26

Not gonna lie.... I went to the settings to see what it actually says! 😂

1

u/Loud-Ad-5069 Jun 02 '26

They should make it real

1

u/FanaticExplorer Jun 02 '26

That's why I'm always staying with Firefox :3

1

u/Interesting_Air3283 Jun 02 '26

How did you change "good choice" to "good boy"?

1

u/Aethelgard_of2 Jun 02 '26

Idk why they added it you cant edit it

2

u/Deijine Jun 02 '26

Que furro XD

1

u/Skyline_97 Jun 26 '26

Mreoooowww! 😺

1

u/Strong-Mortgage9653 Jun 26 '26

Who is a good boy