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Effete Snob

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1. That's absolutely brilliant

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Apr 15, 2021, 09:53 PM

Apr 2021

A headline about a “common ingredient” and four paragraphs of text - none of which reveal the headlined ingredient, thus requiring further clicking and scrolling.

Is this sort of “revenue friendly” writing technique being taught formally somewhere?

It’s ingenious.

I, for one, am glad that I know which vegetable to never eat, and that I have learned the one simple trick to remove earwax safely.

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The very common vaccine ingredient at the center of J&J, AstraZeneca drama [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

That's absolutely brilliant Effete Snob Apr 2021 #1

The adenovirus is the common ingredient. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #3

And the ingredient is....wait for it..... an adenovirus vector. Native Apr 2021 #2