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xkcd #3113: Fix This Sign

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We're building on our earlier success getting web developers to pay to change the backslashes in our displayed payment URL to forward slashes.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3113/

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

so 250$ to fix the sign.

Cheapest billboard rental is more than that.

shit business model

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The trick is to never fix it, infinite money glitch

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

You could also technically fix it using the "missing Missy" method.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It's a billboard that was put up by the company itself.