# Jaw-Dropping Answer To Stunning Clickbait Hyperbole That Made Weep WIth Joy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380 "2014-05-13T21:53:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/1 "2014-05-13T21:53:07Z")
[http://www.wiyakom.com/post/?id=164120](http://www.wiyakom.com/post/?id=164120) Hallelujah. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/2 "2014-05-14T08:31:17Z")
I’d rather see an app to replace the clickbait with whatever the hell the damn video is actually about. I once got fooled into watching some Upworthy thing, something about “Fantastic! Will restore your faith in humanity!!” and it was just about some stupid soup kitchen. Who gives a shit? ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/3 "2014-05-14T10:12:18Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > I’d rather see an app to replace the clickbait with whatever the hell the damn video is actually about. Interestingly, the brilliant idea was that the flowery qualifiers are excitingly the amazing opposite of the marvelous truth. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/4 "2014-05-14T10:30:09Z")
Ironically, I don’t trust your link enough to click on it and you’ve given no description in your OP. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/5 "2014-05-14T11:45:30Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Ironically, I don’t trust your link enough to click on it and you’ve given no description in your OP. Huh–I thought that was the point of the OP, that it was stunning clickbait. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/6 "2014-05-14T11:49:58Z")
Aah, woosh for me then! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/7 "2014-05-14T13:12:18Z")
I’m not sure whether the OP is a whoosh or irony. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/8 "2014-05-14T13:12:55Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Ironically, I don’t trust your link enough to click on it and you’ve given no description in your OP. It’s an app that replaces the hyperbole in click titles with calmer language. “Epic” becomes “mundane” and so on. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/9 "2014-05-14T13:27:25Z")
Eh, I don’t mind the hyperbolic adjectives-- I can translate those myself in my head. The problem I have is that, on the rare occasion I’ve been curious enough to click one, it doesn’t go to the story it’s talking about _at all_. Rather, it goes to some sort of link farm site which consists of nothing but a bunch of those stories. If you click on the corresponding link on that site, it takes you to yet another link farm, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/10 "2014-05-14T18:26:30Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m not sure whether the OP is a whoosh or irony. I wonder what would happen if this app was used on a pornography site? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/11 "2014-05-14T18:29:00Z")
What you learn using this app is how many people talk like clickbaiters… I was confused why so many people on Twitter were publicly trashing one another until I disabled the app. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/12 "2014-05-14T18:31:43Z")
It rivals the app that replaces every instance of literally with figuratively for pointlessness. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/13 "2014-05-22T17:57:52Z")
I installed it, and learned that it changes text on the whole page, not just the ads. I just made a complete, utter ass of myself on another board just now. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/14 "2014-05-22T23:02:33Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > I installed it, and learned that it changes text on the whole page, not just the ads. I just made a complete, utter ass of myself on another board just now. Yikes…how so? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/15 "2014-05-23T17:42:21Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > I installed it, and learned that it changes text on the whole page, not just the ads. I just breached online etiquette on another board just now. Hey! It works! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/16 "2014-05-23T18:24:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Hey! It works! It’s against the rules to change quotes from other users, don’t do this again. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380/17 "2014-05-23T19:57:36Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It’s against the rules to change quotes from other users, don’t do this again. Whoa Mr. Moderator, I was just pretending I used the App on Harvey’s post. It wasn’t my intention to misquote him.