In case anyone was wondering, this was tested and is Not true
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2025
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Not that this really matters since this is a shitpost, but this is misinformation. Completely harmless misinformation, but still incorrect.
The coconut image does exist but it's not a JPG (it's a VTF), the game doesn't crash if you remove it, and the dev comment isn't real.
Transgirl Source Engine λ would never lie to me!
It is a fictional visualization of a real thing where complex systems often have functionality that fails if something isn't included even if it isn't used.
For example, if a game had a process for verifying the game assets were not altered by the user then removing those assets could break the check due to them not existing instead of just being altered if it wasn't written to handle the absence of the asset.
Fake but plausible and conveys the intended message to non-technical people.
Damn, if only this real thing you speak of had a single example that isn't total bullshit.
I have found one without faith. The heathen amongst us. Get them
Put him in the coconut, boys
Shun. Shuuuunnn.
Dev must have been new, that's your standard load bearing coconut. Pretty common for source engine games.
Can't hear the clopping? Then someone deleted the coconut. Pretty nice for debugging.
For debugging I use a swallow.
African or European?
Not that kind of swallow
Back in my sys admin days a software packager couldn't get a packaged application to replicate to the distribution servers.
Knowing a few things, as all wizards do, I added a NSFW meme to the package. The package replicated to the distribution servers. Removing the meme breaks it.
I can still picture his expression of confusion, frustration and sheer bloody rage.
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For those who really want to know, it was with SCCM 2012 and the package had been corrupted when doing the initial hash. A package will fail replicating to distribution points if the hash doesn't match, adding the image updated the hash while removing it reverted it to the broken state. Adding any file to the package will fix it, as will a version update to the software.
Neat reveal of the magic trick. Makes sense and pretty simple, but sometimes it's the simple things right in front of us that are the hardest to see.