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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Not to be confused with the Reddit "cumbox."

[–] spankmonkey 8 points 1 month ago

Or a coconut!

[–] Clanket 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow, I'd forgotten about that. Didn't he try to burn it in the end 🤢

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but it kept fizzling out because it was so damp.

[–] bhamlin 2 points 1 month ago

I think the word you were looking for is moist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Or the cumboxers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Definitely based on that gem though.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

These kinds of ads are the ones that drive people to ad blockers.

If advertisers only understood that many of us are okay with limited, non-intrusive advertisements. This kind of garbage only guarantees that I will never ever ever use that product or service, oftentimes out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Yes. Unfortunately each advertiser thinks they can make a little more money if they go a little farther.

It's like the tragedy of the commons (which might have an ahistorical root but nevermind that) where a bunch of people acting in "rational self interest" ruin the thing for everyone.

[–] edgemaster72 16 points 1 month ago

I remember first looking for an adblocker specifically just for obnoxious animated ads, but og AdBlock blocked all the ads and I never looked back from there. If ad makers could've just restrained themselves I might've never gone looking for an adblocker.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I specifically remember the style of ad that made me get an adblocker. In the olden days on the og minecraft forum, they had an autoplaying video ad at the bottom of the page. Every single post you clicked on, or new tab you opened, you had to scroll all the way down to mute the stupid fucking ad!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I honestly hate seeing ads for things that are already ubiquitous to basically living in modern society. Does anyone really need to be reminded that Coke exists every 30 seconds?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

But what if it's purple flavored Coke? We've got to know!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

That’s an incredible headline

[–] feedum_sneedson 1 points 1 month ago

Chum-berg is a great coining.

[–] IsThisAnAI 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Speculater 12 points 1 month ago

THIS 27-YEAR-OLD MOM OF SIX BECAME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

IE: Buzzfeed.

Filthy Frank had a few words about people that consume Buzzfeed content

[–] desmosthenes 1 points 1 month ago