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The world seems a bit weirder....

  • 15-08-2018 12:58pm
    #1
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,320 ✭✭✭✭


    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/13/adtech_for_funtimes_spinner_creepy_advertising/


    So the basic gist of this is targeted advertising. We've all heard of the way that people can pay facebook to target certain ads at certain demographics. This brings it a step further.

    The idea is that you get your missus to click on a link which installs cookies on their device. Those cookies generate advertisements on the "targets" browser which encourage them to have sex.
    So essentially you're targeting your spouse with advertisements for sex and sexual acts that you hope they will then do.

    Who the fcuk thought that up? It's creepy in a way I never thought existed.


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  • #2
    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


    Advertising is evil?

    I'm shocked and appalled.


    yvan eht nioj


  • #3
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,319 ✭✭✭emo72


    I'm bombarded with ads of desperate women living close to me who want to meet up. Maybe my wife is trying to get rid of me.


  • #4
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,320 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    emo72 wrote: »
    I'm bombarded with ads of desperate women living close to me who want to meet up. Maybe my wife is trying to get rid of me.

    Desperate singles in your area? I think we live in the same neighbourhood :D


  • #5
    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


    emo72 wrote: »
    I'm bombarded with ads of desperate women living close to me who want to meet up. Maybe my wife is trying to get rid of me.
    Grayson wrote: »
    Desperate singles in your area? I think we live in the same neighbourhood :D


    A lot seem to be from "NULL". Anyone know where that is? :pac:


  • #6
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    verycool wrote: »
    A lot seem to be from "NULL". Anyone know where that is? :pac:

    Leitrim


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  • #7
    somefeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭somefeen


    All I know is that people in Kildare are making 1,000 a day using one simple trick. Pity I live in cork :(


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I love the stereotyping in that advert. Husbands target wives to get them to put out or get freakier, wives can target husbands to get them to mop the floors.

    It's all so evolved.


  • #9
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,320 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Candie wrote: »
    I love the stereotyping in that advert. Husbands target wives to get them to put out or get freakier, wives can target husbands to get them to mop the floors.

    It's all so evolved.

    Whereas for Irish people the advert would be the same for both people, Go make the tea.


  • #10
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    It seems somewhat counter-intuitive to me that anyone to whom it would occur to use such a, umm, system, would be within a thousand yards of a female person who would entertain considering thinking about having sex with them, in this or any number of other universes. :pac:


  • #11
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Oh Christ. I suppose it was only a matter of time before the PUA and red-pill creeps tried to go digital.


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  • #12
    PlaneSpeeking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Candie wrote: »
    I love the stereotyping in that advert. Husbands target wives to get them to put out or get freakier, wives can target husbands to get them to mop the floors.

    It's all so evolved.

    Could I have a freaky good looking 20/30 something who can throw the Dyson round a bit ?

    Not a euphemism btw!


  • #13
    rgodard80a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 568 ✭✭✭rgodard80a


    somefeen wrote: »
    Pity I live in cork :(

    I pity anyone who lives in Cork.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Grayson wrote: »
    Whereas for Irish people the advert would be the same for both people, Go make the tea.

    "The kettle's on". The three most erotic words in the language.

    Also an excellent excuse for a quick getaway. "Sorry, I have to go in a minute, the kettles on". Or if more urgency is required "Sorry, have to dash, kettle's boiled".

    Tea. There really is nothing it can't do.


  • #15
    PlaneSpeeking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Candie wrote: »
    "The kettle's on". The three most erotic words in the language.

    Also an excellent excuse for a quick getaway. "Sorry, I have to go in a minute, the kettles on". Or if more urgency is required "Sorry, have to dash, kettle's boiled".

    Tea. There really is nothing it can't do.

    Only if it's Barry's!

    Oh look cat's here, pigeons all over the place!!!!


  • #16
    Lux23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    jimgoose wrote: »
    It seems somewhat counter-intuitive to me that anyone to whom it would occur to use such a, umm, system, would be within a thousand yards of a female person who would entertain considering thinking about having sex with them, in this or any number of other universes. :pac:


    They might use on a girl that has 'friend-zoned' them.


  • #17
    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


    PlaneSpeeking wrote: »
    Only if it's Barry's!

    Oh look cat's here, pigeons all over the place!!!!


    Barry's > Lyons.
    Batchelors > Heinz
    King > Tayto
    Chef > Heinz (again)


    ...IMO!


  • #18
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    verycool wrote: »
    Barry's > Lyons.
    Batchelors > Heinz
    King > Tayto
    Chef > Heinz (again)


    ...IMO!

    You're being played! There is no spoon! Take the Red Pill maaaaan!! Joe Murphy bought King Crisps back in 1972, Tayto and King are made by the same people. :D


  • #19
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Barry's can go and ****e. No time for it after those horrible smug 'is this a date?' 'I don't know, is it?' adverts.


  • #20
    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


    jimgoose wrote: »
    You're being played! There is no spoon! Take the Red Pill maaaaan!! Joe Murphy bought King Crisps back in 1972, Tayto and King are made by the same people. :D


    I know... but they just taste better!


  • #21
    na1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭na1


    somefeen wrote: »
    All I know is that people in Kildare are making 1,000 a day using one simple trick. Pity I live in cork :(

    I know that I have to stop eating This One Food at night if I want to have a long life, but I also afraid to follow the junk links.
    So which is more risky?


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