• Cruxifux@lemmy.world
    31·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been cutting every piece of software that shows me ads out of my life. I basically just have Lemmy and streaming services now. It’s pretty great, but now if I’m somewhere and I see or hear an ad I get extremely annoyed.

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldOP
      15·
      2 years ago

      The lemmy post about them feeling gross was relatable. Like everyone’s so fake enjoying [product] and you’re just watching asking "how does this convince anyone to buy [product]

      • Dojan@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 years ago

        Doesn’t everyone feel this way about ads? I don’t feel like the advert algorithms ever get a good lock on me. On the few occasions I’ve gotten adverts it has been for things like “Visit the UAE” or “Visit Dubai” and a lot of pregnancy and feminine hygiene related stuff.

        I’m a gay man. Pretty sure I’d get stoned to death in Dubai/UAE, and pregnancy is just not on the menu for me.

        • sacredbirdman@kbin.social
          4·
          2 years ago

          Yup, they never figured me out either… Ads are annoying and stupid and thinking about how much resources are poured into them and how much everyone’s time is wasted makes me angry.

          • genoxidedev1@kbin.social
            2·
            2 years ago

            I don’t remember the last time I ever saw an ad but I’m pretty sure if I got one it would be completely unrelated as well. I got way too many different personas on the interwebs. I don’t even know anymore which one is real.

      • bigdog_00@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        This is me with those stupid “Dude relaaaaaaaxxxx” ads for Hello Fresh. I watch them, oddly mesmerized by how bad they are. Also some of the things they show are literally 3 ingredients (potatoes, cheese, pepper for smashed potatoes).

        To their credit, they’ve stopped claiming they’re cheaper than groceries

      • Cruxifux@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        Bruh it’s seriously starting to look like that’s how I’m gonna do shit from now on. Streaming services are getting enshittified like crazy.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    How is “you get ads about something you talked about” 🙂 ?

    This should be “you get ads about something you talked about”:

    Image of sad "Mr. Incredible" from "The Incredibles." (Roughly the same as the right-most image in the original post.)

    “You get ads about something you thought about”:

    "Gorefield" image. A grotesquely mutated giant Garfield tells Jon creepily "let me help you jon."