What the hell, Chromium!?

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luit@xps14:~$ free -m  # My laptop feels sluggish
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3836       3644        191          0         10        498
-/+ buffers/cache:       3135        701
Swap:         8190       1031       7159
luit@xps14:~$ free -m  # I think it's Chromium, let's shut that thing down
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3836       1246       2589          0         12        426
-/+ buffers/cache:        808       3028
Swap:         8190        337       7853
luit@xps14:~$ free -m  # And let's start Chromium again
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3836       3215        620          0         21        631
-/+ buffers/cache:       2562       1274
Swap:         8190        336       7854
luit@xps14:~$ sudo swapoff -a; sudo swapon -a  # And there's room to clear the swap
[sudo] password for luit: 
luit@xps14:~$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3836       3418        418          0         22        694
-/+ buffers/cache:       2701       1135
Swap:         8190          0       8190
luit@xps14:~$ # So, went from over 3G usage + 1G swap, to under 2.7G usage and no swap...