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Guess this meme will be buried for good then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_me

Guess this meme will be buried for good then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_meme

setpatchaddress 6y ago
Nah. Ted Cruz is still the most likely candidate.
reitzensteinm 6y ago
I am genuinely surprised I haven't seen an authentic looking long form troll video that methodically decodes the cipher and reveals at the finale text including "I am the soon to be born Ted Cruz".
- halturing 6y ago
  oh you guys are soooo hilarious....you all belong at Home Depot!
crispyporkbites 6y ago
> That month, "is ted cruz the zodiac killer" was the second highest suggestion in Google's autocomplete for "is ted", but by April it was not in the autocomplete at all.[1][5] News.com.au writer Matthew Dunn suggested that Google was censoring the search term, showing evidence that it accounted for 89% of total searches when compared to other terms in the autocomplete How often does google censor autocomplete? Does apple do this on their keyboard as well?
- schoen 6y ago
  Google seemingly does this a lot (although I don't know if it's included in their transparency report or if anyone has tried to measure it -- both of which would be nice). You can report predictions as "inappropriate" (look at the lower right of a prediction list in a desktop browser) and you'll see something like Which predictions were inappropriate? [...] The predictions selected above are: Irrelevant Violence or gore Sexually explicit, vulgar, or profane Hateful against groups Sensitive or disparaging for individuals Dangerous or harmful activity Other If Google agrees with the complaint, the prediction could be removed regardless of the popularity of the underlying search.
- gowld 6y ago
  It's censored in Google search, not keyboard.
Anon4Now 6y ago
He tweeted out "uh oh" today at the news, so it might live on.
- EE84M3i 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1337480518074503170 https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1337480518074503170
  - bzb6 6y ago
    I almost feel bad at the replies. They look like they were written by people whose job is to look at Twitter all day.
    - halturing 6y ago
      Yeah that's a job that's almost as bad as yours!

Guess this meme will be buried for good then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_meme

setpatchaddress 6y ago

Nah. Ted Cruz is still the most likely candidate.

reitzensteinm 6y ago

I am genuinely surprised I haven't seen an authentic looking long form troll video that methodically decodes the cipher and reveals at the finale text including "I am the soon to be born Ted Cruz".

halturing 6y ago
oh you guys are soooo hilarious....you all belong at Home Depot!

crispyporkbites 6y ago

> That month, "is ted cruz the zodiac killer" was the second highest suggestion in Google's autocomplete for "is ted", but by April it was not in the autocomplete at all.[1][5] News.com.au writer Matthew Dunn suggested that Google was censoring the search term, showing evidence that it accounted for 89% of total searches when compared to other terms in the autocomplete How often does google censor autocomplete? Does apple do this on their keyboard as well?

schoen 6y ago
Google seemingly does this a lot (although I don't know if it's included in their transparency report or if anyone has tried to measure it -- both of which would be nice). You can report predictions as "inappropriate" (look at the lower right of a prediction list in a desktop browser) and you'll see something like Which predictions were inappropriate? [...] The predictions selected above are: Irrelevant Violence or gore Sexually explicit, vulgar, or profane Hateful against groups Sensitive or disparaging for individuals Dangerous or harmful activity Other If Google agrees with the complaint, the prediction could be removed regardless of the popularity of the underlying search.
gowld 6y ago
It's censored in Google search, not keyboard.

Anon4Now 6y ago

He tweeted out "uh oh" today at the news, so it might live on.

EE84M3i 6y ago
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1337480518074503170 https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1337480518074503170
- bzb6 6y ago
  I almost feel bad at the replies. They look like they were written by people whose job is to look at Twitter all day.
  - halturing 6y ago
    Yeah that's a job that's almost as bad as yours!