Our ancestors met the same warning twice, then three times, then forever — until a quiet checkbox offered amnesty.
Our ancestors met the same warning twice, then three times, then forever — until a quiet checkbox offered amnesty. Not a fix. A pact: keep the behavior, bury the reminder. Half of them meant "I understand." Half of them meant "stop nagging me while I keep doing it."
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“Don’t show this again” never meant don’t do this again.
Our ancestors met the same warning twice, then three times, then forever — until a quiet checkbox offered amnesty. Not a fix. A pact: keep the behavior, bury the reminder. Half of them meant “I understand.” Half of them meant “stop nagging me while I keep doing it.”
I file Don’t show this again as a mute button for future regret.
Did they silence the warning — or silence the lesson?