# The freaking cloned baby adverts (minirant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861 "2008-12-05T15:13:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/1 "2008-12-05T15:13:59Z")
Every time I open the dope I get the multiple CGI faces of that weird cloned baby from the Cloning magazine appear at the top of my page. Seeing as I’m a cheapskate who won’t pony up a couple of bucks to remove the adverts, and as I’m not going to circumvent them with script blocking software, I’m stuck with them. Seriously though, are things that bad that the only advertising they can get is from come crappy webmag that looks like the product of "Ernest graduates internet design college (class of '96). So [powerbacks.com](http://powerbacks.com), how about you clone yourselves up a middlefinger and a left frontal lobe and do some halfway interesting web design. I’d put a link to it but I am sure the google page ranking will serve up the damn picture I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/2 "2008-12-05T15:48:13Z")
I once subscribed to the Cloning magazine. Got twelve copies of the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/3 "2008-12-05T16:15:59Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I once subscribed to the Cloning magazine. > Got twelve copies of the same issue. Heh. I work with four people who all subscribe to [this magazine](http://www.conformity.com/). It’s fun to walk by the mailboxes on the day it comes. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/4 "2008-12-05T21:06:19Z")
I once subscribed to the Cloning magazine. Got twelve copies of the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/5 "2008-12-05T21:18:40Z")
I’m subscribing to this thread to see if I get twelve copies of the same joke. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/6 "2008-12-05T21:30:58Z")
Firefox and Adblock Plus be your friend and mine. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/7 "2008-12-05T21:47:58Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > Seeing as I’m a cheapskate who won’t pony up a couple of bucks to remove the adverts, and as I’m not going to circumvent them with script blocking software, I’m stuck with them. I guess you are then. :rolleyes: Firefox and Adblock. Seriously, what’s your excuse? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/8 "2008-12-05T22:26:19Z")
1 0nce subscr1bed t0 the Cl0n1ng magaz1ne. G0t twelve c0p1es 0f the same 1ssue. [sub]I guess this is what happens when you make a copy of a copy…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/9 "2008-12-06T04:17:22Z")
II oonnccee ssuubbssccrriibbeedd ttoo tthhee CClloonniinngg mmaaggaazziinnee… GGoott 1122 ccooppiieess ooff tthhee ssaammee iissuuee… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/10 "2008-12-06T05:19:01Z")
I thought one of the reasons we have mods here is to correct instances of genetic drift… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/11 "2008-12-08T08:33:34Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > I guess you are then. :rolleyes: > > Firefox and Adblock. Seriously, what’s your excuse? how about READING THE GODDAMN sentence you quoted? I’m not going to block the adverts from displaying. I don’t have a problem with the SDMB displaying adverts. if they get any sort of revenue from adverts displayed in adition to clickthroughs, I’m not going to stop them getting that by the means of script blocking. So, take your rolleyes smiley and shove it up your arse. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/12 "2008-12-08T09:57:42Z")
I just subscribed to a cloning magazine and all I got was 12 lousy **Bryan Ekers**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/13 "2008-12-08T13:01:44Z")
I just subscribed to **Bryan Ekers** and all I got was 12 lousy cloning magazines . ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/14 "2008-12-08T13:36:09Z")
Relax, **TwistofPanties**. All you have to do to avoid comments like that is stop complaining about the ads you so willingly look at. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/15 "2008-12-08T13:49:16Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Relax, **TwistofPanties**. All you have to do to avoid comments like that is stop complaining about the ads you so willingly look at. Dude , you can’t proffer user names likes that. You gotta be clever with the homey sign, yo. Yeah, I’m a white chick. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/16 "2008-12-08T13:49:37Z")
Derleth? moar like Derless, as in less thought in your replies amirite? … nah, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/17 "2008-12-08T14:18:05Z")
I once subscribed to the Cloning magazine. Got twelve copies of the same issue. All addressed to Spartacus. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/18 "2008-12-08T14:56:26Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Dude , you can’t proffer user names likes that. You gotta be clever with the homey sign, yo. Yeah, I’m a white chick. I’m sorry, I can’t understand your crazy Moon language. > [@TwistofFate](#): > > Derleth? moar like Derless, as in less thought in your replies amirite? > … > nah, I got nothing. Nobody’s got anything for my username. It’s damn near fireproof. You just hit on the closest thing to a burn anyone’s been able to come up with for it. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/19 "2008-12-08T15:12:21Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’m sorry, I can’t understand your crazy Moon language. > Nobody’s got anything for my username. It’s damn near fireproof. You just hit on the closest thing to a burn anyone’s been able to come up with for it. Oh, I’m sorry. My Moon language says you can’t play with members names. I’m not a Mod so take it with a grain o’ salt. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Haddock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Captain\_Haddock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Haddock)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861/20 "2008-12-08T15:43:54Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Nobody’s got anything for my username. Well Derleth you ‘wotteth neither what you babbleth, nor what you meaneth’. … fine I’ll admit relying on the Early Modern English of some 16th century Protestant reformer for a come-back is a bit weak. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-freaking-cloned-baby-adverts-minirant/475861.md?page=2)