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Re:Moral injury can occur in many contexts and populations, ... by gruez on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:07PM (#30436707)
>A real world analogue would be if I tried to leave a store and someone blocked my way to try and make me buy something.

That'd depend on the implementation behavior. If it's using window.onbeforeunload, yeah I guess it's kind of like someone blocking you when you try to leave, although you can easily walk around them (on most browsers if you try to close the tab and the modal shows up, and you try to close the tab again it will override the modal). However, there's also another type where it tracks the location of your cursor, and shows a popup when it leaves the content area (indicating that your mouse is going to close the tab or go back). In that case it's not really blocking anything, and much more analogous to a salesperson saying "before you go" as you're walking out the door.

Re:Moral injury can occur in many contexts and populations, ... by lazide on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:37PM (#30436903)
Either of these behaviors is equivalent to someone standing in front of the door and trying to harass me when I leave.

Which is a solid ‘no thanks, not coming here again’ from me.

Re:Moral injury can occur in many contexts and populations, ... by marssaxman on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:53PM (#30437016)
> much more analogous to a salesperson saying "before you go" as you're walking out the door.

I would try to avoid going back to that store.

Re:Moral injury can occur in many contexts and populations, ... by zestyping on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:34PM (#30437270)
I would never go back to that store and I would tell my friends not to shop there.