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The Monster Who Invented the Papa Bad Says He's Sorry

The man who created the first internet popup ad says that he is sorry. Ethan sarkerman believes that the true sin of the papa bad was ushering in a world in which the american public has grown too comfotable with the idea of being under surveillance. Today, when a website wants to make an add more valuable, they won't shove it in your face with a pop up window. They'll make it more valuable by collecting data on you and the other people they are advertising to. And ethan has this theory, and that theory is pretty much impossible to fact check, because it involves an alternate reality in which the popa bad was never invented.

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