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We don't normally post clickbait stuff like this but, for anyone that has been on the internet for more than 5 minutes, this is a must read. 
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20th Century Headlines Rewritten To Get More Clicks
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and by "clickbait" I mean the subject of the comic, not XKCD
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One weird tip to prevent polio really got me. Haha.
and by "clickbait" I mean the subject of the comic, not XKCD
Oh, man I was about to say... "You post all sorts of shit, and you have a problem with XKCD!" good think you clarified.. war averted ;-)
To me, it is 95% of Yahoo news articles that I see every day.
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hahaha good one steve.
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And every one of those 500 things will require you to click "next" to see.
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and if you hover long enough: 1916: "PHYSICIST DAD" TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO GRAVITY, AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HE FINDS. [PICS] [NSFW]
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It's supposed to; the comic is making fun of those ads.
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I found the Challenger launch headline particularly brutal. Good stuff right there.
I've hated these adds and headlines since they first started. I never heard of the term clickbait though. Now I know and knowing is half the battle.
I've hated these adds and headlines since they first started. I never heard of the term clickbait though. Now I know and knowing is half the battle.
Hah! That was written really well. My wife didn't know what click bait was until a few days ago because she sees them on the sites she torrents from. I showed her one and she SO would have clicked it had I not intervened and explained to her how they work.