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I get them all the dang time

Suppose I want to search for a textbook in an open directory. This query will get flagged almost immediately:

    textbook -inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:asp intitle:"index of" +(epub|mobi|pdf|txt)
Suppose someone says to me "no one in this forum believes (dumb conspiracy theory from Obama-times)" or "the lamestream media never reported on X." Naturally I will do a few quick iterations of

    conspiracy related "terms" site:someforum.com before:2017-01-01
which will trigger a humanity check if you iterate too quickly.

I got hit recently when the news about Tucker Carlson's racist writer came out. I set out to find the full threads in which the offending comments were made. Iterating through combinations of text, usernames, and urls like

    "full text of offensive post" username before:date-news-broke -inurl:news
got me checked every 3rd search or so.


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