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Offline franksolich

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what's this tin thing?
« on: May 04, 2009, 05:36:22 PM »
Before anyone gets on my case, remember that while I see a lot of things, that doesn't mean I see everything, and so I miss stuff.

What's this tinyurl link that leads one to a web-site that is actually another web-site?

whiffleball posted a tinyurl link that leads one to a hate-site even more vile than Skins's island; it had to do with my fellow alum Skins suddenly and abruptly mausoleuming gay primitives, willy-nilly, right-and-left.

Why would one use tinyurl instead of the regular http address?

I'm confused; please illuminate.
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Re: what's this tin thing?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2009, 06:18:09 PM »
It's a way to shorten site names for really long websites.

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Re: what's this tin thing?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2009, 06:19:26 PM »
Oh.
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Re: what's this tin thing?
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2009, 12:23:45 PM »
It's also a way to disguise a site that one doesn't want the url to be publicized until the user actually gets to the site. People use it a lot for "RickRolling" or playing pranks upon others.
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Re: what's this tin thing?
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2009, 09:57:08 AM »
Ok, so what is rickroll?

 
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Re: what's this tin thing?
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2009, 10:22:47 AM »
Here's the definition of being Rickrolled .
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