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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (9 children)

You know what? I forgive url shorteners, sometimes they truly are necessary

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Why has nobody invented a URL longener?

[–] ayyy 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can always add unnecessary query parameters. Just throw on a ?fart=butts&pen=is&herp=derp etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If I wanted to add unnecessary characters, I'd just use dots.

Like this: (Lemmy unfortunately breaks the URL) google.com...............................................

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