This is why I block ads

I turned off AdBlock last night to reacquaint myself with the unfiltered internet—just to see what it really looks like with the goggles off.

It didn’t take me long to run screaming for the ‘on’ button again.

Here’s the retina scarring monstrosity that did it. (Warning: not safe for readers with epilepsy.)

2006-11-30 23:55 UTC. Comments: 2.

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  1. Matt Nordhoff

    Wrote at 2006-12-04 19:44 UTC using Firefox 2.0 on Linux:

    Hahaha, nice. There should be a competition for most annoying ad.

    I’m not sure who would be willing to be a judge, though. :P

  2. James

    Wrote at 2006-12-04 22:26 UTC using Opera 9.02 on Windows XP:

    I’m the 1,000,000th visitor too! Wow! That is proper migraine inducing it wins the “advert least likely to make me click it” award.

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