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I love the concept here (nice implementation too)

Removing the 'content' and just showing the structure of these annoying web elements in isolation has an interesting effect:

our minds typically do the exact opposite (to a certain extent)—the showcased elements are repeated so often they get partly filtered from experience: our minds know there's nothing interesting to them; a stored and practiced routine can be put on autoplay without conscious attention.

So the page serves to exactly invert that filter and highlight these elements that increasingly vanish[1] from our experience in response to repeated exposure.

[1] aside from a persistent low intensity feeling of annoyance/frustration of course



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