Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are calling the police

Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by anigbrowl on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:33PM (#40139440)

Off-topic: the video stops playing when you scroll away...eg to the bottom of the page. Infuriating behavior, web designers need to stop hijacking.

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Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by amatecha on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:46PM (#40139518)

Yeah, news sites are especially bad for this. The worst are the ones that start playing some other video (with ads) that is pinned to the side of the page as you scroll. Truly sociopathic design IMO.

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Re:Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are... by anigbrowl on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @03:37PM (#40148627)

Have you noticed how they put the close button for those videos on the bottom right instead of the top right, so you get lost for a second or two. I have a low opinion of the engineers who participate in making things worse for everyone.

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