# Her face grosses me out, how do I block her? (Computer Help) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 26, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116 "2011-11-26T03:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RogerDalien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@RogerDalien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogerDalien)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/1 "2011-11-26T03:41:58Z")
Emily Yoffe of [Slate.COM](http://Slate.COM) ---- great daily paper/magazine but I can’t stand her face. [Thanksgiving turkey: The mortal struggle between dark meat and white meat.](http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_spectator/2010/11/the_unbearable_whiteness_of_white_meat.single.html) [![](https://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/life/dear_prudence/PRUDIE_STANDING_MEDIUM.jpg.CROP.rectangle-xsmall.jpg) ](https://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/life/dear_prudence/PRUDIE_STANDING_MEDIUM.jpg.CROP.rectangle-xsmall.jpg) Is there a way to block only a single image? ---
**Author:** ![MC\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@MC\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_E)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/2 "2011-11-26T03:53:03Z")
If you use Firefox, you can install the Ad-Block Plus add-on. Then you can right click on any image and select “Block Image…” and you will never see it again - unless they change the filename. However, I think the ad-blocking features of that add-on might offend folks trying to run web sites that are ad-supported, so you may want to disable that part of it depending on your opinion. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/3 "2011-11-26T17:55:28Z")
In Opera, right click on an empty area of the web page, click on the image you want to block, then “Done” on the Block Content bar. If your browser doesn’t support blocking stuff this easily, get a better browser. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/4 "2011-11-26T18:48:17Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > If your browser doesn’t support blocking stuff this easily, get a better browser. Or, get over your fear of women with face-shaped faces. 😃 Seriously, what is it about her picture that bothers you? It seems no better nor worse than a million others. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/5 "2011-11-27T12:50:00Z")
Could you do this with a router? Most routers can block specific sites (e.g. [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com)), I’m hoping good ones might be able to block specific parts of a site (e.g. [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb)). Come to think of it, those parental supervision / Internet security software might be able to do this, too. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/6 "2011-11-27T13:32:07Z")
Just keep a pad of small Post-Its next to your monitor, and slap one up on the screen when she dares to show her face next to content she wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/7 "2011-11-27T14:03:32Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Just keep a pad of small Post-Its next to your monitor, and slap one up on the screen when she dares to show her face next to content she wrote. White out. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/8 "2011-11-27T16:44:58Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Or, get over your fear of women with face-shaped faces. 😃 > > Seriously, what is it about her picture that bothers you? It seems no better nor worse than a million others. Emily, who is Jewish, does have a Semitic look - her mouth is very wide, her eyes amygdaloid. I happen to find that look striking myself. If you don’t like striking-looking women, that’s a whole nuther deal. Here she is [formally made up](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lniy7m1Jp21qdnrvz.jpg), which softens her look some. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/9 "2011-11-27T17:04:39Z")
The first link only shows me a photo of a turkey being sliced. If that’s her face, she’s got problems. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/10 "2011-11-27T17:45:40Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The first link only shows me a photo of a turkey being sliced. If that’s her face, she’s got problems. When the link was first provided, her face showed up on the “More Slate Stories” tease to the right, and the picture was the same image he linked to in the second link. That makes me think that the OP’s problem isn’t with her face, per se, but that he just doesn’t like her articles. It’s an easy transference to make - commentator X is a bozo, vapid celebrity Y is appearing in way too many stories, politician Z has a repugnant ideology. Therefore, one is sick of looking at their face, even though their actual mug, separated from those other factors, is unremarkable. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/11 "2011-11-29T06:49:23Z")
She has beautiful bone structure! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/12 "2011-11-29T06:57:16Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > She has beautiful bone structure! And she’s quite pretty in person. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/13 "2011-11-29T08:06:03Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > When the link was first provided, her face showed up on the “More Slate Stories” tease to the right, and the picture was the same image he linked to in the second link. > > That makes me think that the OP’s problem isn’t with her face, per se, but that he just doesn’t like her articles. It’s an easy transference to make - commentator X is a bozo, vapid celebrity Y is appearing in way too many stories, politician Z has a repugnant ideology. Therefore, one is sick of looking at their face, even though their actual mug, separated from those other factors, is unremarkable. Then why doesn’t he just not read her stuff? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-face-grosses-me-out-how-do-i-block-her-computer-help/604116/14 "2011-11-29T14:40:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Then why doesn’t he just not read her stuff? I was presuming he didn’t - he just didn’t like her face showing up in the “other articles” sidebar while he was reading one by somebody else.