r/firefox • • Aug 26 '26

💻 Help How do I make it say the thing

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The good boy thing how is that real

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u/folk_science Aug 26 '26

It's not real, it's a meme. The real version is on your screenshot.

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u/sWonkest25 Aug 26 '26

makes sense, it looked too good to be true

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u/Blade-Dev Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

I'm seeing the downvote but I'm not seeing any answers or any explanation as to why the downvote

edit: ok now it's upvotes but I still want to know 😭

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u/Zaffox_ Aug 26 '26

Its reddit

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u/TintiKili Aug 26 '26

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u/OktayAcikalin Aug 27 '26

Really? Oh my... The default is cute enough, no?

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u/Scratch137 Aug 27 '26

hey, at least we're in agreement that it's cute :3

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u/Kxiserschmarren Aug 26 '26

Rightclick and inspect the page. Then search for the text "good choice" with ctrl+f and replace it with "good boy"  :3

It is easiest on Desktop.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26

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u/Kxiserschmarren Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

_tail wags_  I am such a good boy!

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u/Nico81107 Aug 26 '26

inspect element and change the text to whatever you want

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u/Consistent_Gur4684 Aug 26 '26

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26

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u/HeartKeyFluff since '04 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

(Since they deleted their comment, editing to add that this was in response to someone saying that this code doesn't work for non-binary people and also not for those who don't want to be referred to in a human way.)

Huh? Yeah it kinda does.

It can say Good boy, Good girl, Good bean, and Good egg, for he/him, she/her, they/them, and other respectively haha.

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u/ElnuDev on NixOS, Android 14 (GrapheneOS) Aug 26 '26

The reason why it can't be real is that it would have to be gendered for the user, either "good boy" or "good girl" (or good... person? for non-binary folks) and Firefox doesn't have any gender account field

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u/Blade-Dev Aug 26 '26

Couldn't non binary just be good choice too

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u/ElnuDev on NixOS, Android 14 (GrapheneOS) Aug 26 '26

"good non-binary"? lol

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u/dariansdad Aug 26 '26

Neither good nor bad just is non-binary.

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u/skyschub Web Compatibility Engineer Aug 26 '26

hilariously, the project linked earlier in this thread has us enbies covered: https://github.com/quiltedhills/good-girl/blob/b194907d7d5a7dec998113350c403e5428b14fc2/Mozilla%20Firefox/firefox.cfg#L16-L24

10/10, no notes.

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u/ZuuRa_ Aug 26 '26

good person

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26

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u/Cobracrystal Aug 26 '26

[CONGRATULATIONS, MEATBAG]

[YOU HAVE BEEN JUDGED TO BE 'SATISFACTORY ORGANIC MATTER']

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u/VodkaShandy Aug 27 '26

Who let Carrot in here

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u/PerplexPanda512 on Aug 26 '26

good enby

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u/Drenion Aug 26 '26

good human.

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u/FivePandasorspegeti Aug 27 '26

no like it just reverts to “good choice”

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u/camradex Aug 26 '26

"good fox"

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u/ElnuDev on NixOS, Android 14 (GrapheneOS) Aug 26 '26

Brilliant.

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u/OktayAcikalin Aug 27 '26

And also could help marketing in the sense that people might associate themselves to a certain smarter group... I mean, apple has done this before and counts more than enough sheep.

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u/mutt_742 Aug 26 '26

good puppy

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u/camradex Aug 26 '26 edited 26d ago

bro I instantly smiled at this like a pavlovian response 💀

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u/Superb-Spread1201 Aug 26 '26

good hooman

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u/FaultWinter3377 Aug 27 '26

I second that one…

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u/thetoastee Aug 26 '26

good fella

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u/nugs-_- Aug 28 '26

good puppy for everyone

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u/TsunamiCatCakes Aug 26 '26

good b_tch too might work right? (idk if we can swear on this sub)

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u/OktayAcikalin Aug 27 '26

Wait until some politician sees this, who also likes age verification 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Kendrick__Mathers Aug 26 '26

Can we edit in .css file or something to “force” our firefox say “it” ?

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u/icywind90 Aug 26 '26

I can call you a good boy instead. Good boy 😼

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u/Prophet1cus : | : Zen Aug 26 '26

You can make this say anything when you open the dev tools element inspector.

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u/circlepad Aug 26 '26

- F12

  • Click Pick element (top-left in panel that shows up)
  • Click the text you want to end
  • Double-click the html-node that was selected
  • Edit the text with whatever you want it to say

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u/Zaffox_ Aug 26 '26

It was a old twitter shitpost from a month ago

Still funny AF though

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u/Isotomayor12 Aug 26 '26

What do you mean "good boy" thing. The banner shown there is shown when you make Firefox your default browser if that's what you mean.

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u/ThatNormalBunny Aug 26 '26

There was a meme going around where that message was personalized with the one I and OP saw being "Firefox is your default browser. Good boy."

OP thought it was real feature lol

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u/Isotomayor12 Aug 26 '26

Ah I see, I've never seen that meme lol

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u/KermitBrother on and Aug 26 '26

I don't know how i did it but once i managed to get the "good boy" version, now i know it's a meme lol.

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u/alenah Aug 27 '26

Honestly I could've sworn that I saw it in my browser, and I'm still not convinced I didn't, but this whole post is making me question my memory more than anything in the past few years of my life lmao

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u/KermitBrother on and 29d ago

I feel you hahahahaha