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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or more accurately: Finagle's law, often confused with Murphy's law. Murphy's law is more about UI design that shouldn't allow for mistakes. Finagle's law is about bad luck and the general perversity of the universe.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Murphy's law is that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong eventually

    It did potentially originate from an aerospace engineer talking about safe plane design, but the law as everyone knows it is the one above.

    Finagle's law is an extension of Murphy's law by replacing "eventually" with "at the worst possible moment"

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