I don’t like it either if it’s aggresively tomato-y. Like basically ketchup. We make ours more like BBQ sauce. Still tomato based, but with more oomph.
When I’m reading a news story online, then I move the mouse to the top so I can close the window, a stupid AD appears. They purposely put in a code that detects when I’m about to close so they can choose that moment to stealth-spam me. Why oh God, why?
That reminds me… when I’m reading a news story online, and there’s a video at the top of the page. I scroll down, and a mini-video player pops down to the corner and autoplays. You know what, news site? If I wanted to watch your fuckin’ video, I would have stayed at the top of the page.
There are Firefox settings in about:config that disable this nonsense, which I did at home some years ago. But that doesn’t help me with the computers at work, where I would have to look the settings up and then implement them every day, because the computers are “restored” nightly. If I even have permission to access about:config to make the changes.
I’m curious, could you explain why this annoys you more than a very little? I think I’ve heard “try and” all my life. I probably say it too. I wouldn’t write “try and” in any formal correspondence though I’m not really sure why. This is the first time I’ve ever encountered any mention of it.
Here’s how you use it:
Click the URL for some recipe that begins with the Epic of Gilgamesh or whatever. Copy it. Type “cooked.wiki/” and paste the URL. Voila!
Compare these two views of the same recipe (click through for the full effect):