Why Can't You Just Be Normal Regex

ME Why can't you just be normal? regex ^[\w-.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}$

A distressed woman in the front seat of a car shouts, “Why can’t you just be normal?” while a child in the back seat screams and is labeled “regex.” The joke compares an absurdly complicated regular expression—used to validate an email address—to a child who refuses to behave normally, making it a reaction meme for confusing code or overengineered solutions.

• @gentoomemes / 3127 2023-03-15