• biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Clicks on website for super specific information you need quickly

    Attempt to scroll

    Signing you in with google with an account you didn’t know you had

    Page restarts

    Page lags for a few seconds

    Manually press sign out button hidden under 3 different menus

    Wait for page to reload

    Somehow remember the information you were looking for from prior knowledge, so now you no longer need the website

    This happens to me so fucking often, it’s so infuriating, especially when I am passionately researching about some random topic or getting some info on how to do something in a game, it’s painful.

    • FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Alternate ending:

      Finally find the paragraph with information alluded to in the headline, at the bottom of the page

      Page finally loads the remaining 3 dozen ads (1 for each line break), pushing the sentence you needed completely into the abyss

      Sigh heavily and lose interest in the topic forever

      Receive 3 different welcome emails, each with a different unsubscribe journey, that ultimately doesn’t work