Substitutions
Replaces words found from XKCD's comic to make reading the news more fun.
Substitutions - Make Reading the News More Fun
Substitutions is a Chrome extension that replaces words found in news articles with fun substitutions from XKCD's comics. With this extension, reading the news becomes more entertaining and enjoyable. It replaces words like 'witnesses' with 'these dudes I know', 'allegedly' with 'kinda probably', and many more. Check out the git repo for contributions or visit the website for more information.
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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Risk impact
Substitutions requires very minimum permissions.
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- High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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