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Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Mar 24, 2013.

  1. You mean you can block ads without downloading a plug-in and enabling it?
     
  2. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    That's hardly the point. I can drive by Walgreen's without stopping at it or even looking at that side of the street. I can't walk into Walgreen's and grab some candy bars and walk out without paying.
     
  3. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Couple of interesting articles:



     
  4. Great, another cause YF latches onto on a sports journalist's message board.

    Do you actually do anything to support your pet causes besides posting links to stories on NYTimes.com?
     
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    This is brilliant.

    The Times editorializes against the "tracking" done by websites like Amazon, Facebook, and Google:

    So, what happens when you read this editorial:

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  6. SpeedTchr

    SpeedTchr Well-Known Member

    Weeellllll, you can if they're busy at the registers... :)
     
  7. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Nope.
     
  8. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    And you know this because...
     
  9. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Look three posts up.
     
  10. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    I give up. How does that tell me YF is doing nothing to support his pet causes other than posting NY Times links?
     
  11. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    He did exactly what CO said he does, and I commented to CO.
     
  12. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    No one is disputing that YF often posts links to New York Times stories. What you said is that YF does nothing to support his causes other than that, which is something about which you have no idea whatsoever.
     
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