# Aw Snap!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 25, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039 "2018-11-25T01:52:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039/1 "2018-11-25T01:52:52Z")

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Something went wrong while displaying this webpage.

**Lately when I’m browsing the Dope, the page I’m looking at turns into the above error message**

Any idea why? Doesn’t seem to happen on other sites…

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039/2 "2018-11-25T03:26:28Z")

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I get the same message whenever any web page goes kaplooey.

I think it’s a Chrome thing.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039/3 "2018-11-25T03:57:17Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> I get the same message whenever any web page goes kaplooey.
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> I think it’s a Chrome thing.

Yup!

> **[Fix "Aw, Snap!" page crashes and other page loading errors - Computer -...](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95669?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en)**
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> If you're getting the "Aw, Snap" error or another error code instead of a webpage, Chrome is having problems loading. You might also notice the page loading slowly or not opening at all. If you rece

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039/4 "2018-11-25T04:51:41Z")

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Speaking of which: What ever happened to **AwSnappity**?

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-snap/825039/5 "2018-11-26T20:00:04Z")

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Huh thanks for the responses. For some reason, all these quirks that are attributed to Chrome never impacted my browsing experience until recently, and I’ve used Chrome for years 😕