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TIL that 'chumbox' refers to the grid of thumbnail advertisements with "low quality clickbait links and articles" (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours 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 13 hours ago

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