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i saw this when I opened a fresh tab on Firefox and got a list of "thought-provoking stories"

what is up with the photo here?

are you, like, spending too much money on *owls* or something

Als Antwort auf Clive Thompson

"I gotta cut back on my monthly subscriptions, man, I really went overboard last year."

"Me too. Did you -- "

"The owls?"

"Oh shit yeah."

"What were we thinking?"

Als Antwort auf Clive Thompson

People saying they are poor, with their flat screen TVs, smartphones and owls. Wasn’t like that in my day.
Als Antwort auf Clive Thompson

"Did you hear about Clive? He ---"

"Who?"

"Clive, he subscribed to---"

"Who?"

"I'm telling you, it's Clive, he's got---"

"Sorry, that was my owls. What's this about Clive?"

Als Antwort auf Clive Thompson

almost certainly meant to reference the incredibly old meme "o rly". As in "oh really, I can save money in all these ways I never expected?"
Als Antwort auf Clive Thompson

I can give you a real advertiser answer! Generally the ad networks that push these out have the advertiser supply a bunch of different images and copy, and they mix and match to see what gets the most clicks. There may be some other copy that is more owl-oriented.
Als Antwort auf rednikki

@rednikki

yeah, I figured it was something like that!

infrastructural back-end madlibs

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Clive Thompson

@joeturner

worked with me!

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@nein09

right??

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Of course somebody already made this joke infosec.exchange/@lazarus7/113…
@clive


here's my budget:
Food: $600
Rent: $3,500
Utilities: $250
Owls: $6,500
Transportation: $150
Other: $500

someone who is good at money, please me budget this. my family is dying