Substitutions
Replaces words found from XKCD's comic to make reading the news more fun.
What is Substitutions?
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.
Stats
By:
rhyneav
Rating:
5.00
(3)
Creation date:
2016-10-18
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Size:
10.88K
URLs:
Website
Stats date:
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Summary
Replaces words found from XKCD's comics to make reading the news more fun.
Check out and contribute to the git repo here: https://github.com/rhyneav/xkcd-substitution
View more on my website here: https://vlaservi.ch/
Words being replaced:
- witnesses: these dudes I know
- allegedly: kinda probably
- new study: Tumblr post
- rebuild: avenge
- space: spaaace
- google glass: virtual boy
- smartphone: pokedex
- electric: atomic
Safety
Risk impact
Substitutions is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Substitutions has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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