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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian11 Jun 2019 4:33 p.m. PST

You were asked – TMP link

I have received some complaints from members who click on links in the forums, only to find themselves at news websites which they object to…

You voted:

55% said "leave things the way they are"
18% said "parse out the domain name (i.e., nytimes.com)"
10% said "add descriptives (i.e., New York Times link)"

Thresher0111 Jun 2019 8:39 p.m. PST

Geeeeezzzzzzz, some people have no self control, or are very easily offended.

A sad comparison to "the greatest generation" who landed on D-Day slightly more than 75 years ago, and dealt quickly and effectively with "real problems".

Zephyr111 Jun 2019 8:54 p.m. PST

How hard is to hover the cursor over a link for a few seconds to see what it says in the link itself, before clicking it? If you aren't sure, don't click it!

Torquemada12 Jun 2019 3:53 a.m. PST

Only communists hit the back button on a porn site!

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP12 Jun 2019 6:01 a.m. PST

How hard is to hover the cursor over a link for a few seconds to see what it says in the link itself, before clicking it?

How hard? Two.

As in "too hard".

(It's more of an auditory joke, but still a classic Dad joke, just in time for the weekend.)

von Schwartz18 Jun 2019 5:46 p.m. PST

I agree with Thresher01 and

Only communists hit the back button on a porn site!

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