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33. One accidental misclick and you can pay for it for weeks.

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:43 AM

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I've accidentally clicked on a video or advertisement while trying to scroll down (it only takes a slight slip of the cursor), and the algorithm on You Tube or Facebook immediately and persistently floods my feed with related content. Since some of those things on the sidebars are really marginal in more than one way, the results can be hilarious.

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