NickNickiquote@mstdn.social
Aug 13, 2026, 7:10 PM“Looks like your ad blocker is on”
Yeah, looks like it.
Replies
- NickNickiquote@mstdn.socialAug 13, 2026, 7:12 PM
“Looks like your trousers are buttoned up”
Indeed.
Matt Hall401matthall@mastodon.xyzAug 13, 2026, 7:57 PM"Oh, it looks like you intend to deprive us of the opportunity to make fistfuls of money off of you while perusing our now useless website."
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<nods>
"Have you considered using our entirely unhelpful and often-wrong AI chat agent? We haven't figured out how to get it to consistently do anything let alone push ads at you."
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<shakes head>
"Look... We're bleeding money here. Some of the C-Suite might not even get bonuses this quarter. Could you just lay down and take it?"
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Aug 15, 2026, 8:05 AM@401matthall @Nickiquote "Thank you for noticing."
Krzysztof Sakrejdawronglang@bayes.clubAug 13, 2026, 8:40 PM@Nickiquote yup
David Cohendavidbcohen@twit.socialAug 13, 2026, 7:26 PM@Nickiquote The tech companies are so used to silently turning on their tracking shit and hiding the settings, they can’t consider that it might be a conscious choice.
Nigelnigelharpur@musicians.todayAug 13, 2026, 8:04 PM@Nickiquote snap 👍
stux⚡️stux@mstdn.socialAug 13, 2026, 8:06 PM@Nickiquote Wouldn’t have it any other way
Klaus Frankagowa338@chaos.socialAug 13, 2026, 8:42 PMLooks like your ad blocker blocker blocker is disabled. You should turn it on :)
Seán Fenianzakalwe@plasmatrap.comAug 13, 2026, 8:47 PM@Nickiquote@mstdn.social "Oh good, you noticed. Can you guess why?"
no brain no painnobrainnopain@social.tchncs.deAug 13, 2026, 9:00 PM@Nickiquote and I like it 😎
Guillotine Jones, FlâneurGuillotine_Jones@beige.partyAug 13, 2026, 9:37 PM@Nickiquote
Sure does, Nick.
My ad blocker's always on, and that's the way I like it.
At this point, I can't even tolerate looking at teh internet without an ad blocker.
Bong hits 4 ad blockers.
Mr. BillbmacDonald94@hostux.socialAug 13, 2026, 9:53 PM@Nickiquote ~ The smiles that message creates totally defeats their purpose. lolololololololol
Aug 13, 2026, 10:04 PM@Nickiquote famous last words before I tear the site apart by poking and prodding to bypass the check
Frequency Fault Officialfrequencyfault@mastodon.socialAug 13, 2026, 10:12 PM@Nickiquote I love how uBlockOrigin basically turns YouTube into YouTube Premium for free.
kat donegan (she/her) 🇵🇸✊kathimmel@mstdn.socialAug 13, 2026, 10:13 PM@Nickiquote 'cheers, captain obvious. now get tae fuck.'
Julian West🦞lobsterofrevenge@mastodon.socialAug 13, 2026, 10:24 PM@Nickiquote Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational ad blocker.
siwyhiwysidewayshighways@im-in.spaceAug 13, 2026, 10:25 PM
Damon L. WakesDamonWakes@mastodon.sdf.orgAug 14, 2026, 12:02 AM@Nickiquote Today one of these messages prompted me to install an ad blocker, at which point it went away.
