xkcdsub

This extension makes news articles more fun, as suggested in XKCD 1288, 1625 and 1679.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-04

By: http://xkcdsub.blogspot.com

Users: 107

Rating: 4.00 (4)

Version: 0.3 (Last updated: 2016-05-11)

Creation date: 2016-05-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*
activeTab

Size: 13.19K

Email: mc*****@gmail.com

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Want to make news articles more fun? This extension will replace words as suggested by XKCD comic 1288, 1625, and 1679. Clicking the extension button will open a new tab with the current page, with specified text replaced. Here are some of the replacements: "witnesses" becomes "these dudes I know", "allegedly" becomes "kinda probably", "new study" becomes "Tumblr post", "rebuild" becomes "avenge", "space" becomes "spaaace", "Google Glass" becomes "virtual boy", "smartphone" becomes "pokedex", "electric" becomes "atomic", "senator" becomes "elf-lord", "car" becomes "cat", "election" becomes "eating contest", "congressional leaders" becomes "river spirits", "Homeland Security" becomes "Homestar Runner", and "could not be reached for comment" becomes "is guilty and everyone knows it".