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by freetime2 17 days ago
Thank you, I got a good laugh out of that.

My experience was probably exactly as intended. Click on the "What is a dickover?" link trying to come up with things that it might be. And a brief moment after the page loaded (this little pause is crucial) I am hit in the face with a big annoying popup saying "This is a Dickover" followed by immediate understanding.

Now at least I know what to call it the next time I visit Substack.

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I was afraid it would be a new kind of henway.
I actually had a similar thought - something along the lines of this gag from Spies Like Us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35quNI5ed_k

At least you didn't get misgendered like Zack Mama (aka Monica).

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tH0DWrD0_hE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlLxZr5g5is

Woooah “henway” gives me flashbacks to the Castle of Dr Brain in the early 90s
...You thought a dickover would be about three pounds?
You didn't immediately realize it was someone making up nonsense for clicks?