Thoughts?

[Grifter]

What do you all think about stuff like this?

A setup for some shady stuff, or just directing a narrative for a specific agenda?

 

[papa]

Very hard to tell anymore what is fact and what is fiction.

 

[benstt]

I think this is another one of those things people get whipped up about but shouldn't. There are a ton of predictive algorithms on Google and it jumping to your state, which they can pinpoint by your IP address, is not strange. You could also type any single thing followed by "porn" and it'll bring you results. The internet is a strange place. There was a rumor long ago that if you said "bomb" "president" "allah" or other such words on the phone the NSA and FBI would come knocking. Great for getting page views, not so much for actual facts.

 

[BobM]

Very hard to tell anymore what is fact and what is fiction.

I rarely use mainstream browsers because of them being manipulated, mainstreamed and Googlized.
Obviously AM not a fan of Google.

 

[Recusant]

To paraphrase Mark Twain, "If you don't surf the internet for news, you're uninformed. If you read the news on the internet, you're mis-informed." Thus the message on my avatar.

 

[Keystone19250]

Holy crap that’s a couple of minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

 

[Peglegjoe]

There was a rumor long ago that if you said "bomb" "president" "allah" or other such words on the phone the NSA and FBI would come knocking. Great for getting page views, not so much for actual facts.

Then try this sometime:

Put your phone on the table at home, at dinner. Talk about something with your family that you NEVER talk about - if you hate the ocean, talk about boating or cruises or something. Surfing. Mountain climbing. Whatever.

Give it an hour or so.

Then...browse the internet on your phone and look at the ads that come up.

I'm not saying the 'gummint' is gonna come for you...but our devices DO listen, even when we think they're just 'sleeping'. All it takes is one malicious hack for the listening software...

 

[KillerFord1977]

Then try this sometime:

Put your phone on the table at home, at dinner. Talk about something with your family that you NEVER talk about - if you hate the ocean, talk about boating or cruises or something. Surfing. Mountain climbing. Whatever.

Give it an hour or so.

Then...browse the internet on your phone and look at the ads that come up.

I'm not saying the 'gummint' is gonna come for you...but our devices DO listen, even when we think they're just 'sleeping'. All it takes is one malicious hack for the listening software...

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FACT !!!
Funny story.
Out hog hunting late one night. Like 2am late night. Gut said it is time to , and I mean right now. Look at my buddies and said: “gotta go in the woods, like pronto”. They replied, “ grab a small tree and stay downwind”.

my cell phone the next day kept popping up ads for camping toilets and proper technique articles for in the woods.

Funny and scary all at the same time

 

[Grifter]

FACT !!!
Funny story.
Out hog hunting late one night. Like 2am late night. Gut said it is time to , and I mean right now. Look at my buddies and said: “gotta go in the woods, like pronto”. They replied, “ grab a small tree and stay downwind”.

my cell phone the next day kept popping up ads for camping toilets and proper technique articles for in the woods.

Funny and scary all at the same time

I have a liberal friend that didn’t believe this happened. So we talked about a random subject one day and the next day they came in panicked. There were advertisements about the subject all over their social media.

 

[Recusant]

I have a liberal friend that didn’t believe this happened. So we talked about a random subject one day and the next day they came in panicked. There were advertisements about the subject all over their social media.

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Alexia knows!"

 

[benstt]

I have a liberal friend that didn’t believe this happened. So we talked about a random subject one day and the next day they came in panicked. There were advertisements about the subject all over their social media.

How is being liberal a relevant fact?

 

[Grifter]

In the context of the discussion, she knows I am a conservative and believes I am full of crazy conspiracy theories.

Thanks for asking.