The Real Driller's definitions

gold membership trolling

A type of social media hoax where you post an image on social media where your viewers need a "premium account" to view the picture, accompanied by a caption of what you intend to post.

Poster (in caption): Latest pic of my car... (image shows user needs gold membership)
Guy 1: Dude, that the heck is with this Facebook Gold crap!?
Guy 2: (Comment available only to Facebook Gold account holders)
Guy 3: Oh wow, are they really charging now?
Guy 4: (Comment available only to Facebook Gold account holders)
Guy 5: (Comment available only to Facebook Gold account holders)
Guy 6: Guys, this isn't real. This is gold membership trolling. Facebook has no intent to charge for using the service.

by The Real Driller March 31, 2020

wet market

A market selling live animals and a big place to become ill. Often found in China, the origin of SARS and COVID-19.

Kyle: Hey, how was your trip to China?
Chris: It was fine, though I did feel a little sick from eating that pangolin at a wet market.

by The Real Driller May 6, 2020

crashaholic

Term used to refer to any buggy app that crashes a lot, but can also refer to your computer as well.

Example 1: Pinnacle Studio is such a crashaholic, so that's why I switched to Adobe Premiere.
Example 2: I bought a new PC because my old one was a crashaholic every time I tried to use it.

by The Real Driller May 19, 2020

intrusive ads

Used when referring to ads on a website or app that are so intrusive, for example, if they cover a large portion of the page or if they're full screen. Or if there are so many on the page. The only way to get rid of them is to install AdBlock.

Kyle: I'm not using EasyBib anymore, they have intrusive ads and they force you to click on them.
Chris: Yeah, and in order to disable them, you have to subscribe to EasyBib Pro for $10 a month.

by The Real Driller July 7, 2020

streisanded

The verb for the Streisand effect, where one uses the DMCA to silence criticism.

Chris: What did people think of your critique on that terrible game?
Kyle: Well, looks like the developers just streisanded my critique with a DMCA takedown. RIP me.

by The Real Driller August 10, 2020

Day One: Garry's Incident

A crappy survival game that became infamous for the developers using the Streisand effect silence TotalBiscuit's negative review on YouTube. His response video delivered more criticism to the developers. The developers also got accused of astroturfing the game's score on Metacritic.

Dude, don't review Day One: Garry's Incident because you could get Streisanded by the developers.

by The Real Driller August 31, 2020

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by The Real Driller September 6, 2020