Targeted Advertising

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/07/2017 at 10:37 • Filed to: None

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TRUMP AND PUTIN IN FIRST FACE TO FACE MEETING.

Perhaps you’d like to purchase this clarinet ligature and mouthpiece cap.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 10:43

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Well, for you, that’s so close, yet so far, right?

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 10:44

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Kenny G-20 Summit?

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 07/07/2017 at 10:55

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LOL. No, really, I laughed out loud at that.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/07/2017 at 10:56

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One of my 11-year-olds is starting to play clarinet, and I had to buy some equipment for him. That’s why it’s there. But it’s still an absurd combination. I understand targeted advertising, but I hate it, and it’s stupid that they are recommending something that you’ve already purchased.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Ash78, voting early and often 07/07/2017 at 11:12

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Thanks to you, I accidentally spit out my iced coffee from laughing.

Well done.

Tekamul > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 11:33

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Exactly this. Everytime I buy something, I get flooded with ads for THAT EXACT THING! I swear, I only needed 1. If I needed two, I would have selected 2.

C62030 > Tekamul 07/07/2017 at 12:08

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Targeted ads should have a button that says “I Already F**cking Bought It From Someone Else.”

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 12:31

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I’m being laid off, and somehow got a targeted ad on facebook for jobs at another company 200 yards from where I currently am. I mean none of the jobs they have are suitable, but still it’s creepy.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 07/07/2017 at 12:33

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That is super creepy. Sorry about your job. That sucks.

user314 > Ash78, voting early and often 07/07/2017 at 13:05

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RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 13:10

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That stuff creeps me out. I was writing an email to a friend who also deeply loves turbo Audi 5 cylinders, and what shows up in an ad bar? “AUDI 5 CYLINDER PERFORMANCE” or something to that effect. Uhh, what? Ours is a fairly obscure interest, how the hell did the Googles know that?!?

ttyymmnn > RallyWrench 07/07/2017 at 13:11

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Google knows everything. Something like 90% of all internet traffic goes t through Google servers. And they mine every bit of it, I’m sure.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 14:47

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Its OK, It’s sacrificing a profit making British based subsidiary of an American company to save American job’s temporarily by moving everything, it happens sadly. Our employment laws are a bit more employee friendly, there’s a 30 day consultation period as they are laying off more than 20 (61 out of 69) then the final arrangements will be made and we will find out how much longer we have employment then we’ll get redundancy pay. I’m surprisingly calm about it.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 07/07/2017 at 15:30

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As they say, when one door closes another one opens.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 07/07/2017 at 16:23

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Exactly, I’m young enough for companies to want to invest in me, I’m a mechanical engineer in his mid-20s with a few years experience, I’m definitely employable.