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That website popped up another one of those "Subscribe to get our newsletter" things that are infuriatingly common nowadays.

I always enter some variation of "nobody-likes-popups@digitaltrends.com" with the domain changed to suit in the vain hope it tips the balance in a discussion someday.

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I do the same. http://thosefuckingpopups.tumblr.com/ collects screenshots of people who join the cause.

Be aware that simply disabling Javascript by default and only whitelisting it when you need it gets rid of obnoxious brain stressers like these.

Ugh. Yeah I immediately leave the site when something like that pops up. I can't stand that.

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