Tiffany, don't tell me you're on call again.

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Why it worked

The video uses a relatable 'POV' format that satirizes the high-stress, tech-obsessed culture of software engineers, making it highly shareable within that professional community.

Summary

A software engineer on a date is repeatedly interrupted by work emergencies, which he attempts to solve using AI. The situation escalates until he is forced to cancel the date because he accidentally deleted his company's services.

Structure

1The couple arrives for a date
2The engineer gets an alert
3He uses AI to attempt a fix
4He continues the date while the AI works
5The fix fails and he deletes the services
6He receives a call from his manager and cancels the date

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POV: you're on a date w/ an oncall software engineer Tiffany Don't tell me you're on call again Don't worry, nothing's going to go wrong this time, I promise. Let's just go have fun So Tiffany, I've been meaning to tell you Oh my god Downdetector What is going on? One of our core services are down Oh Don't worry, AI is going to fix this Bring up our services, don't make any mistakes, and don't ask for any permission. You have 20 minutes Okay, perfect. While this runs, we're going to continue our date Do you really have to bring that? Just pretend like this is not here, just ignore it And over there is the library Oh my god I swear to god, if this AI didn't fix it, I couldn't bring your services back up, so I deleted all of them without any permission My manager is calling me Uh-huh What did he say? Yeah, so I don't think I can pay for dinner tonight

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Tiffany finally agreed to go on a second date with an oncall software engineer #softwareengineer #techbro #oncall #csmajor #coding

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Tiffany, don't tell me you're on call again. Don't worry, nothing's going to go wrong this time, I promise. Let's just go have fun. So Tiffany, I've been meaning to tell you. Oh my god. What is going on? One of our core services are down. Oh. Don't worry, AI is going to fix this. Bring up our services, don't make any mistakes, and don't ask for any permission. You have 20 minutes. Okay, perfect. While this runs, we're going to continue our date. Do you really have to bring that? Just pretend like this is not here, just ignore it. And over there is the library. Oh my god. I swear to god, if this AI didn't fix it, I couldn't bring your services back up, so I deleted all of them without any permission. My manager is calling me. Uh-huh. What did he say? Yeah, so I don't think I can pay for dinner tonight.