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How you remind me

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Today, I was rejected by a company I applied to. When I was writing my application, I spent so much time on their website researching that the ads on my browser are almost all for their products. It's like getting rejected again with every click. FML

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jackwilliams 9

Saturday 2 August 2014 20:23

You can delete your history and cookies and they will go away or get Adblock

Yeshua_fml 19

Saturday 2 August 2014 20:23

Spend hours on a **** site. It'll at least change the type of ads. ... I've heard.

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Friday 5 February 2016 17:34

It's called clearing your history

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