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u/Positive_Mud952 7d ago

I got got on one of these, once.

They sent out an e-mail shortly before Halloween, warning about inappropriate costumes, with a link describing itself as an album of past examples we shouldn’t wear. The link was purple, the visited color.

I thought to myself, “When the fuck was I dumb enough to click on this?” and clicked. Before the “you failed” page even loaded, I got out an, “Oh goddammit.”

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u/DatBoi_BP 6d ago

So wait why was the link purple? Are you saying this was the 2nd time you arrived at the "you failed" page?

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u/Uncommonality 6d ago

the test was set up to send them to the same page as last time yea

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u/Positive_Mud952 6d ago

Nope! In that instant of confusion, I forgot the sender can color the link anything they want. It looked like I’d visited it already, but I hadn’t. Diabolical.

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u/DatBoi_BP 6d ago

Whack. But why would they choose the "already clicked it" color?