One of the craziest aspects of IPv6 implementation is the reverse DNS lookups.

IPv6 uses ip6.arpa and segments each little nybble into a subdomain!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup#IPv6_revers...

This means there are always 32 octets to a reverse-IPv6 address, and there are no shortcuts or macros to overcome this! That means if you wish to assign a singular name that maps from a legitimate /64 Network ID, you must populate 64 bits worth of octets in a zone with this data. It is an absurd non-solution. This never should've been allowed to happen, but it will basically mean that ISPs abandon reverse DNS entirely when they migrate to IPv6 implementations.

Might as well go big. 24 extra bytes per packet is not that big deal. And having that much extra space means you can screw up design multiple times and still be able to reuse lot of infra. Also getting rid of idea that you are even trying to manually manage the address space eases many things.

I'd say it's either because they're just having fun, or because they're dumb.

Having read that thread, I guess one of the small upsides of the world I live in is that "FIFA Peace Prize" is now available as a joke award reference. FIFA really hit it out of the park there in a way that even their normal legendary levels of corruption couldn't imagine.

Edited: In hindsight I notice that "hit it out of the park" is the wrong sport metaphor for FIFA, but I stand by it anyway.