XKCD substitutions
Making the web a stranger better place.
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4.54
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Lots of fun and provides laughter.
- Makes the Internet a stranger and better place.
- Easy to use and install.
- Can create amusing modifications to text.
Cons
- Can introduce confusion if left running for extended periods.
- Has issues with substitutions, particularly with recursive substitutions.
- Slows down websites like Twitter and Facebook.
- No option to delete substitutions.
Most mentioned
- Need for updates and maintenance.
- Desire for improved functionality (e.g., highlighting changes).
- Challenges with word substitutions and recursive replacements.
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 |  | | en | Lots of fun, stunned my friends, no obvious bugs. |
| 2024-10-03 |  | | en | lots of fun, needs an update to stay active though! Plz fix :D |
| 2021-08-05 |  | | Love it. Little thing though: for "expand" --> "physically expand", the extension gives me 10–20 physicallys, probably because the substitution contains its own trigger word. And as others said, uppercase and lowercase distinction would be nice but that's just cosmetic. Edit: they are getting more and more. I am at over 50 physicallys now. | |
| 2021-08-05 |  | | en | Love it. Little thing though: for "expand" --> "physically expand", the extension gives me 10–20 physicallys, probably because the substitution contains its own trigger word. And as others said, uppercase and lowercase distinction would be nice but that's just cosmetic. Edit: they are getting more and more. I am at over 50 physicallys now. |
| 2021-04-08 | Ye Wang | | I tried replacing "."="!?" but instead it just replaces every space with "!?". Other than that it worked fine and I had a lot of fun. | |
| 2021-04-08 |  | | en | I tried replacing "."="!?" but instead it just replaces every space with "!?". Other than that it worked fine and I had a lot of fun. |
| 2021-02-23 |  | | Very nice... worth the install. Laughing for days. Don't forget to turn it off if you're doing something serious, though... it can get confusing. Still. Very good. | |
| 2021-02-24 |  | | en | Very nice... worth the install. Laughing for days. Don't forget to turn it off if you're doing something serious, though... it can get confusing. Still. Very good. |
| 2021-02-12 |  | | It makes the Internet a stranger and better place. There are a couple problems, though, but they are all possible to fix. The first problem is that switching 2 words doesn't work. For example, when you set it to change minute to year and year to minute, it just changes both minute and year to minute. This can be fixed by adding a 0-length whitespace character to the text, like this one: (). This can also fix the recursive "physically physically expands" issue, as others have noted. The second problem is that it does not work with 0 web sites in the blocklist, but that can be fixed by adding gibberish to the blocklist. The third problem is that it does not have the substitutions 3 comic by default, but they are easy to add. | |
| 2021-02-12 |  | | en | It makes the Internet a stranger and better place. There are a couple problems, though, but they are all possible to fix. The first problem is that switching 2 words doesn't work. For example, when you set it to change minute to year and year to minute, it just changes both minute and year to minute. This can be fixed by adding a 0-length whitespace character to the text, like this one: (). This can also fix the recursive "physically physically expands" issue, as others have noted. The second problem is that it does not work with 0 web sites in the blocklist, but that can be fixed by adding gibberish to the blocklist. The third problem is that it does not have the substitutions 3 comic by default, but they are easy to add. |
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