const origToString = String.prototype.toString String.prototype.toString = function() { const str = origToString.call(this) if (str === 'meow') return ':3' return 'lol' } > "meow".toString() < ':3' > "lmao".toString() < 'lol'

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   alina 🌸 (teidesu@very.stupid.fish)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 04:52:50 JST alina 🌸

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   @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me @piggo@piggo.space @domi@donotsta.re @iacore@mastodon.de that happened because within your .toString, this refers to a String object, and since == is a "loosely equal" operator, it implicitly calls .toString to coerce it to a primitive, resulting in an infinite loop
   
   and arrow function doesn't work because by definition arrow functions always use parent this, that's the main difference between them and function functions
   
   something like this works