# Fuck POP-UPS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368 "2001-10-29T20:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Lolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lolo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/1 "2001-10-29T20:52:55Z")
I hate pop-ups. Trying to surf and those fucking pop-ups keep popping up. lower your mortage, get a credit card, fuck teenage sluts! fuck pop-ups! ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/2 "2001-10-29T21:15:03Z")
Goddamn, but something about that cracked me right up. Lower your mortgage, get a credit card, fuck teenage sluts! Maybe it was the exclaimation point at the end…in any case, it made me actually laugh out loud, so I’m gonna give it a 9. Nice and simple, full of angst and frustration. Zette ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/3 "2001-10-29T21:17:39Z")
Pop-ups? Pop-ups are great! Especially the Strawberry ones. I love that crusty, sugary frosting with the sprinkles. Piping hot, straight outta the toaster. Ooh, ow, HOT! Man, they’re good. I eat two at a time 'cause they come two in an envelope and you can’t put one back and let it go all stale, right? It’s those Pillsbury Toaster Strudel abominations that suck. Greasy, sloppy things that sag and fall apart in the toaster. Who are they trying to fool? Poaching on the market that somebody else created with the glorious, perfect, pop-up. Mmmmmm… …what? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/4 "2001-10-29T21:40:34Z")
I agree with **Lolo**. Is it time to up my medication or your’s? ---
**Author:** ![Lolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Lolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lolo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/5 "2001-10-29T21:49:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*I agree with **Lolo**. Is it time to up my medication or your’s? \*\* what? is this about the God stuff? do you feel you can’t agree with me b/c of the god-stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/6 "2001-10-29T21:56:48Z")
God created pop-ups? Oh man, we’re all going to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/7 "2001-10-29T22:02:45Z")
It’s called humor, Lolo. I was making a joke. _(Of course your reply might also be humor, in which case I’ve been whooshed.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Lolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Lolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lolo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/8 "2001-10-29T22:15:19Z")
I understood you were making a joke, Homebrew. I was just curious about its origins. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/9 "2001-10-29T22:39:18Z")
I’m in the online advertising biz, and I’m proud to say that I’ve never booked a popup ad for any of my clients. Online media sites keep telling me that they’re effective as hell, outperforming banner ads by ridiculous margins, but I refuse to run them. Why? Because everyone hates them. How many anti-popup threads have we seen in the Pit over the past few months? Bucketloads. Clients generally take my advice that running pop-ups destroys their brand by associating it with folks like X-10 and whoever is running those “Account Overcharge” ads. But sometimes they want proof. Wanna help? Post your anti-popup rants here and I will copy them to the next client who asks me what I think of popups. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/10 "2001-10-29T22:51:57Z")
If people didn’t hate popups would [this](http://www.popup-killer.com/?dw) exist? ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/11 "2001-10-29T23:19:38Z")
While I can’t stand popups, I **really** can’t stand pop-unders. I hate it when I close a browser window, just to find that “Cum-Guzzling Fuck Sluts” have taken over the screen, unbeknownst to me. “You have 1 new message” - Lemme guess - another fucking sales pitch? Aargh! Die, advertisers, die! (Except for ad people like **THespos** , who don’t have to resort to these tactics.) ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/12 "2001-10-29T23:28:52Z")
Well, if you’re using Internet Explorer, click tools, internet options, security, custom level and then check disable active scripting. That WILL take care of popups. If you’re using Netscape, you’re on your own. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/13 "2001-10-29T23:30:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by THespos \* > \*\*I’m in the online advertising biz, and I’m proud to say that I’ve never booked a popup ad for any of my clients. Online media sites keep telling me that they’re effective as hell, outperforming banner ads by ridiculous margins, but I refuse to run them. Why? Because everyone hates them. How many anti-popup threads have we seen in the Pit over the past few months? Bucketloads. > > Clients generally take my advice that running pop-ups destroys their brand by associating it with folks like X-10 and whoever is running those “Account Overcharge” ads. But sometimes they want proof. > > Wanna help? > > Post your anti-popup rants here and I will copy them to the next client who asks me what I think of popups. \*\* **THespos** , I think I speak for everyone here when I say, from the bottom of my colon, _thank you_. ---
**Author:** ![ThunderBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThunderBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThunderBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/14 "2001-10-30T00:42:56Z")
In the early days of the internet, people warned each other about the potential of going to shady web sites which would launch unwanted applications that might use up your memory or take control of your computer in ways you didn’t want them to. But now they’re businesses and it’s just an acceptable advertising policy because it results in more sales. I don’t buy it. If I ran unwanted things on their system, to the point of getting in their way of doing work, they’d call it a denial of service and run to their lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/15 "2001-10-30T00:48:28Z")
I really wonder how come these things are legal. The worse if when you close a window and three or four open. If I had the person who created that code in front of me, they’d know how I feel. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/16 "2001-10-30T06:41:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kamandi \* > \*\*Pop-ups? Pop-ups are great! Especially the Strawberry ones. I love that crusty, sugary frosting with the sprinkles. Piping hot, straight outta the toaster. Ooh, ow, HOT! Man, they’re good. I eat two at a time 'cause they come two in an envelope and you can’t put one back and let it go all stale, right? It’s those Pillsbury Toaster Strudel abominations that suck. Greasy, sloppy things that sag and fall apart in the toaster. Who are they trying to fool? Poaching on the market that somebody else created with the glorious, perfect, pop-up. Mmmmmm… > > …what? \*\* Damn you are so stupid! EVERYBODY knows pop ups are a frozen treat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/17 "2001-10-30T12:57:18Z")
Don’t blame the advertisers. Blame the idiot who actually BOUGHT the hidden camera. Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Lolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Lolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lolo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/18 "2001-10-30T15:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by k.os \* > \*\*I really wonder how come these things are legal. The worse if when you close a window and three or four open. If I had the person who created that code in front of me, they’d know how I feel. \*\* we can’t make anything illegal on the net. Once we make rules about pop-ups, they’ll take away everything, including the porn! ---
**Author:** ![Rockmotteller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@Rockmotteller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockmotteller)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/19 "2001-10-30T18:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xploder \* > \*\*Well, if you’re using Internet Explorer, click tools, internet options, security, custom level and then check disable active scripting. That WILL take care of popups. If you’re using Netscape, you’re on your own. 🙂 \*\* What does active scripting do besides pop-ups? I’d love to get rid of the pop-ups, but don’t want to lose good capabilities (if any). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368/20 "2001-10-30T22:05:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rockmotteller \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Xploder \* > > \*\*Well, if you’re using Internet Explorer, click tools, internet options, security, custom level and then check disable active scripting. That WILL take care of popups. If you’re using Netscape, you’re on your own. 🙂 \*\* > > What does active scripting do besides pop-ups? I’d love to get rid of the pop-ups, but don’t want to lose good capabilities (if any). \*\* Yeah, don’t disable that. You won’t be able to do a lot of things. There is a link above to a popup killer. This works pretty well. There are actually several others that let you pick and choose which popups you want, so that if you want one, and there are a couple of sites I go to that I want to see the popups, you can get it. Also, if you see a site that uses popups, e-mail them on it! A couple of sites that I have e-mailed on it sent me an e-mail back saying “Sorry, my ad person or ISP said there would be limited popups.” And the popups disappeared next time I went there. (Note: these were smaller sites where the e-mail actually went to the creator and owner, not an AOL or MSN site). And I agree with **PunditLisa** , Don’t blame the advertisers. Blame the idiot who actually BOUGHT the hidden camera. Bastard. Stop buying things from these ads. Stop buying things from telemarketers. Throw away your junk mail unread! You will never win Publisher’s Sweepstakes. Throw it away!! Thank you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pop-ups/90368.md?page=2)