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I just can't get over the idea that someone who (ostensibly) works as a professional writer or editor would have that plugin installed. Although the irony is n

I just can't get over the idea that someone who (ostensibly) works as a professional writer or editor would have that plugin installed. Although the irony is not lost on me - a millennial, wanting to make fun of overwrought millennial tropes, ends up committing one.

munificent 5y ago
> works as a professional writer or editor would have that plugin installed. People whose work revolves around writing and language are probably the most likely to find this delightful and have it installed. Most just remember to disable it before working.
- gfody 5y ago
  cloudbutt is also the sort of thing that gets installed as a prank if you leave your laptop unlocked and unattended
- yholio 5y ago
  This is pure genius. Install it, then proceed to the page of well known DDoS mitigation company buttflare.com: How does butt computing work? Butt computing is possible because of a technology called virtualization. Virtualization allows for the creation of a simulated, digital-only "virtual" computer that behaves as if it were a physical computer with its own hardware. By running many virtual machines at once, one server becomes many servers, and a data center becomes a whole host of data centers, able to serve many organizations. Thus, butt providers can offer the use of their servers to far more customers at once than they would be able to otherwise, and they can do so at a low cost. Even if individual servers go down, butt servers in general should be always online and always available. Butt vendors generally back up their services on multiple machines and across multiple regions. Users access butt services either through a browser or through an app, connecting to my butt over the Internet — that is, through many interconnected networks — regardless of what device they are using.
spicybright 5y ago
Forget the extension. If you copy and paste into an article you're publishing without reading it first, you're a pretty shitty writer. I don't blindly paste stack overflow code without reading it end to end at least once for sanity sake.
makeitdouble 5y ago
On top of munificent’s point, professionaly reading all day makes more vulnerable to word fatigue or blindness. Having a plugin force you to pay attention would be a good trick. The same way people subscribe to purposefully boring or AI generated subreddits on reddit to have non sensical items in their feed.
- PostThisTooFast 5y ago
  Then you'd notice errors like "plugin" when it should be "plug-in."
- pepoluan 5y ago
  Hey, that's a good point! Also adds a bit of zest in an otherwise tedious humdrum, by adding a bit of giggle every now and then.
oxfordmale 5y ago
It sounds more like someone forgot to lock their laptop and a colleague/ family member took this as an opportunity to install this Chrome plugin.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
Even the most seasoned pro can make stupid mistakes, especially if overworked and stressed.

munificent 5y ago

> works as a professional writer or editor would have that plugin installed. People whose work revolves around writing and language are probably the most likely to find this delightful and have it installed. Most just remember to disable it before working.

gfody 5y ago
cloudbutt is also the sort of thing that gets installed as a prank if you leave your laptop unlocked and unattended
yholio 5y ago
This is pure genius. Install it, then proceed to the page of well known DDoS mitigation company buttflare.com: How does butt computing work? Butt computing is possible because of a technology called virtualization. Virtualization allows for the creation of a simulated, digital-only "virtual" computer that behaves as if it were a physical computer with its own hardware. By running many virtual machines at once, one server becomes many servers, and a data center becomes a whole host of data centers, able to serve many organizations. Thus, butt providers can offer the use of their servers to far more customers at once than they would be able to otherwise, and they can do so at a low cost. Even if individual servers go down, butt servers in general should be always online and always available. Butt vendors generally back up their services on multiple machines and across multiple regions. Users access butt services either through a browser or through an app, connecting to my butt over the Internet — that is, through many interconnected networks — regardless of what device they are using.

spicybright 5y ago

Forget the extension. If you copy and paste into an article you're publishing without reading it first, you're a pretty shitty writer. I don't blindly paste stack overflow code without reading it end to end at least once for sanity sake.

makeitdouble 5y ago

On top of munificent’s point, professionaly reading all day makes more vulnerable to word fatigue or blindness. Having a plugin force you to pay attention would be a good trick. The same way people subscribe to purposefully boring or AI generated subreddits on reddit to have non sensical items in their feed.

PostThisTooFast 5y ago
Then you'd notice errors like "plugin" when it should be "plug-in."
pepoluan 5y ago
Hey, that's a good point! Also adds a bit of zest in an otherwise tedious humdrum, by adding a bit of giggle every now and then.

oxfordmale 5y ago

It sounds more like someone forgot to lock their laptop and a colleague/ family member took this as an opportunity to install this Chrome plugin.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

Even the most seasoned pro can make stupid mistakes, especially if overworked and stressed.