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Times Square with adblock enabled meme

This is a humorous edited meme. At the top of the image, text reads 'Times Square with adblock enabled'. The visual shows only the structural forms of Times Square's skyscrapers isolated against a plain blank white background, with all of the numerous digital billboards, advertisements, street-level content, and surrounding visual clutter that are iconic to Times Square completely removed. The joke draws an analogy between adblock browser extensions, which remove advertising content from websites to leave only core page content, and applying this same function to the physical, ad-heavy public space of Times Square.
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Times Square with adblock enabled

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This is a humorous edited meme. At the top of the image, text reads 'Times Square with adblock enabled'. The visual shows only the structural forms of Times Square's skyscrapers isolated against a plain blank white background, with all of the numerous digital billboards, advertisements, street-level content, and surrounding visual clutter that are iconic to Times Square completely removed. The joke draws an analogy between adblock browser extensions, which remove advertising content from websites to leave only core page content, and applying this same function to the physical, ad-heavy public space of Times Square.

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This meme is sourced from X.com (formerly Twitter) user account meme.jpg, distributed via RSS feed. The meme plays on the widely relatable experience of using adblock software to avoid online advertising, applying that concept to a famous real-world location known for its pervasive advertising to create a comedic effect.

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