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[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

I clicked on the article looking for video of it and hooooooooooly shit, what an ad ridden hellhole I was subjected to. It's unreadable. What an absolute shame of a website

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

The most hilarious comment is on that video:

"I'm gonna drain the swamp"

Only now do we find out he nicknamed Clinton's balls "the swamp"

🤣

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I thought this was going to be a rickroll or similar. Pleased (sort of) to discover otherwise.

[–] LBP321@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not trying to defend Trump at all, but I do find it weird that the video went all pixelated before he called them "Piggy" and then it became clear again afterwards. Is my paranoia making me read too much into it?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's accurate. The article in the OP has the same event from a different angle. YouTube, or something, just ate the data in compression I guess.

[–] LBP321@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Okay, good. Thanks for that. AI has made me skeptical of everything now... 😖

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I guess it's because I usually use FF + Adguard + ublock - I didn't even notice how bad it was.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Didn't notice on Vanadium either

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It takes 30 seconds to save a lifetime of ads.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sudden music starts playing:

🎶In the arms of an angel...🎶

...won't you open your heart and adopt a poor, starving ad, today?

[–] runiq@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago

Me neither on Lithium

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for saving me from a risky click

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Why aren't you blocking ads...?

[–] Bonifratz@piefed.zip 4 points 9 months ago

No offense but why do you expose yourself to ads in this day and age?

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this site was actually better than most for me (with a pihole)

maybe it was just Android Chrome blocking pop-ups without telling me, but this was a cleaner read than most news sites nowadays where are you scroll a little bit and get one popup, scroll some more and get another, don't touch the screen for 5 seconds and get another one, back up two lines and a banner that takes up half the screen shows up etc