"well we're not focused on x right now, are there problems related to our current work" yeah, I told you, y happens "yeah but x isn't important right now" great, I will be polite and not mention this in 2 wks when y happens on prod and I have to drop whatever I am working on to fix it immediately

"well x shouldn't happen" hate to break it to you but a huge part of our job is making sure stuff fails gracefully when things that shouldn't happen do happen

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