AShadyRaven

joined 3 months ago
[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

oh i know how this works and its not the way you think. Its somehow better and worse at the same time

Im going to describe the process using a hypothetical situation:

You decide to try a new shampoo but you're not sure what to buy. You ask your friend "hey what shampoo do you use" and they tell you they use Head and Shoulders.

Later that night, you google head and shoulders and read reviews

The next day, your friend gets Head and Shoulders ads on youtube and facebook and Instagram, etc

This is because google knows both of your locations and search history. It sees that you two were within a few feet of each for hours and decides to shoot ads at you both, based on what either of you have searched recently.

This is called proximity targetted advertising and i think its gross.

But this is why so many people say things like "we were talking about it and now im seeing ads they must be spying on me"

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Alright fine ill switch browsers AGAIN

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

if only there was a simple easy solution

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

like jurassic park, life finds a way

Comouter scientists are now able to change gender as an evolutionary response to the lack of women in STEM fields

the socks are not mandatory, they are just given out in case anyone is chosen to be the new cutest girl in the office

i will warn you that if you ever start saying "mrrrp...nya :3" even as a joke, it WILL trigger the process to begin

.......oh shit wait

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

that was a great summary, thank you

trying to research such a broad topic was overwhelming

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

im either joking, a liar or a time traveler

Occams Razor would suggest I'm probably not a time traveler

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

i must be doing something wrong because to me, duckduckgo doesnt even work as well as AskJeeves did in 2001

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Thats crazy because in the timeline i came from, everyone knew Google was a monopoly 20 years ago!

Have you guys boycotted facebook for stealing your information yet? We started talking about that back in 2012.

And you all abandoned Youtube for being inconsistent with their copyright process and how they monetize creators, right? Right?

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

what is that in metric?

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 45 points 3 months ago (15 children)

dont forget the trickster god character who shows up to teach Picard valuable lessons a few times a season

you know, Loki

i mean Mxyptlk

i mean Hermes

i mean Anansi

damn what was his name? Omnipotent, sows chaos, acts as an on again off again antogonist, can warp reality to his will, teleport and shapeshift......

Bugs Bunny

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago

i crave decisiveness like that. it would make me so happy if that sort of behavior became the norm.

too many corpos getting away with murder because they are more convenient than their competitors or because switching is too hard

[–] AShadyRaven@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

hello, i have chosen to value your opinion above my own based on very shaky reasoning i will not be sharing

I abandoned chrome for being too RAM-hungry when im playing games w the browser open

i abandoned Internet Explorer for being too slow

and i abandoned firefox for being too bloated and sluggish, but that was like 2010 and things change

im currently using Opera but why do you choose firefox over its contemporaries?

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