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Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did
- kingcharles 5y agoA LinkedIn ad the other day urged me to apply for the position of CEO of Boeing. I was just released from jail. Coincidence?
- belter 5y agoNot a coincidence. Either you share the same lawyer or the same psychiatrist... "Facebook recommended that this psychiatrist's patients friend each other" https://splinternews.com/facebook-recommended-that-this-psychiatrists-patients-f-1793861472 https://splinternews.com/facebook-recommended-that-this-psyc...
- sorokod 5y agoOr perhaps you share the same social network platform - time to leave?
- cheaprentalyeti 5y agoIt's time for me to leave when all of my stalkers start getting professional certification.
- gota 5y agoWait, if that's true its not impossible to perform targeted search to find out who is under psychiatric treatment... that's not ideal, to say the least
- Bombthecat 5y agoStuff like this is already known for a long time.
- avs733 5y ago'known' doesn't mean everyone is aware of something, just that one person knows it. that is a really important reality for interacting in society that I think we often miss in having discussions with others. Just because something is 'objectively true' or 'a fact' doesn't mean that everyone is aware of that fact, when people express surprise at knowledge new to them it seems odd to think that indicating others previously knew that information is somehow a helpful response?
- jazzyjackson 5y agoits very not ideal - facebook just assumes if you’re on the same ip address you should have the right to know each other’s identities. see also: https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-outs-sex-workers-1818861596 https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-outs-sex-workers-1818861596
- vxNsr 5y agoIt's what led me to uninstall their app, and ultimately to basically stop using their website bec the desktop version is impossible to use and the mobile version is also kinda annoying. the result is I don't use it.
- nisegami 5y agoPeople from the same small town, have common contacts and regularly visit the same location. Nothing out of the ordinary, but 1. the fact this it is a healthcare provider creeps people out; 2. people don't already know Facebook collects and uses that information.
- dylan604 5y agoWas your crime skimping on safety resulting in deaths of people? That would be too spooky if it were.
- balls187 5y agoWill you be writing about this experience (I recall another thread where you discuss being on the receiving end of a state sponsored attack).
- kingcharles 5y agoYes, absolutely. I do want to write about it, but there are certain aspects that I feel I can't until the situation is over, and that might be another 6 months, or as much as another 3-4 years.
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- brrrrrm 5y agoUnrelated to the content, anyone else having trouble reading this article? After three reloads from what seems to be way too many interactive ads, the page crashed entirely. I got about one paragraph in before this: https://postimg.cc/2qQ3qPjy https://postimg.cc/2qQ3qPjy
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoI don't, but I don't have any ad-blocking outside of what Firefox supplies by default, and I'm sure that's the difference.
- brrrrrm 5y agoYou’re probably right, I’m browsing with iOS safari and no ad-block
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoNo ad-block? Well that's surprising.
- intrasight 5y agoThank you for encouraging me to install an ad blocker for iOS. Now I can read that article ;)
- ruuda 5y agoWorks fine with javascript disabled. The images don't load, but on Vice they usually add nothing to the story anyway.
- reilly3000 5y agoYes it was pretty brutal, they have all manner of interstitials, exit-pops, app ads, video ads, and more. Publishers thing they have to do this crap to survive, but they are actually ensuring their demise. I had to try three times to get through the article as my UX was totally disrupted when I scrolled up. Two modals stacked atop each other, hoping to catch me before I left. Yuck.
- 8bitsrule 5y ago>My assistant suggested we first try the “wood-knock” technique. According to expert Bigfootologists, the creatures are said to communicate with one another by hitting tree trunks with thick branches... Sounds like Tamlin's 'assistant, a lawyer' is an id^H^H^H^H hasn't spent much time in the bush. BIG NOISE generally means: run fast and hide deep.
- dhosek 5y agoI'm old enough to remember terminal speeds slow enough that you could see “is an id” spelled out and then the cursor back up and the replacement text appear.
- gunapologist99 5y agoThe lawyer could always just hide in the nearest loo until eaten. Chaos theorists might have a more philosophical take that is rich with enlightenment, layers of hidden meaning, and a deeper understanding of the universal meta-reality: must go faster.
- motohagiography 5y agoI like this stuff because I think things like Ancient Aliens are the Subgenius and Discordianism of our time. The genius of it is that it is a note for note send up of ideologies of every kind, literally, the logic of an idea, where when you project it on something, the reflection doesn't illuminate the object so much as reinforce the underlying idea itself as a lens. If I could coin a term for it, I would call it "profound comedy," where the genius of it is that when you apply its structural absurdity to other ideas whose logic people iterate into funhouse mirror beliefs, it shows how equally dumb they are. The laughter is involuntarily revealed truth. This is what makes it so dangerous and subversive, and the people who react to it do so because they know they are being mocked with impunity. I would seriously consider donating to a cryptozoology scholarship fund.
- selestify 5y ago> The genius of it is that it is a note for note send up of ideologies of every kind, literally, the logic of an idea, where when you project it on something, the reflection doesn't illuminate the object so much as reinforce the underlying idea itself as a lens. Could you expound on this? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand what you are saying
- hluska 5y agoIt sounds like David Icke. If you really need someone to expound on this, you could read the source but we’re both on HN and likely reasonably similar. Can I give you some loving advice?? Forget this. There’s nothing good in Icke. I’ve seen way too many brilliant hackers get sucked into David Icke’s bullshit on their way to a crash. If you still really need closure, I can sum it up as the royal family, the elite and the ‘Illuminati’ are lizards, descended from aliens. Find architects who designed buildings for the Baha’i faith, then trace their contributions back to North American parliaments, legislatures and the like. Find the allusions to the Baha’i faith, find the allusions to Freemasonry and then you’ll see the projection of reality. Once you’ve seen the projection, you’re free from it. Be safe. If you want to rap about the ideas with someone reasonably safe, I’m Greg and my email is in my profile. If you’re getting lost, I’ll give you my phone number. Be safe and healthy. Edit - The danger of Icke is that he takes basic geometry and civil engineering and somehow turns them into conspiracy. If you’re remotely scientific, you’ll see signs of Icke all around you. But some principles are principles because they work. We don’t need conspiracy theories to explain how professions grow. Edit 2 - Don’t google David Icke. You’ll want the time back and I can’t offer refunds. :(
- markus_zhang 5y agoI have always been fascinated by these kinds of things. Cryptozoology, UFOs, Occult...wish I could have the resources to pursuit them scientifically. X-Files is still my top-3 TV show but it's quite a bit cliché after 30 years.
- thwarted 5y agoThe commercials for the old Time Life series, "Mysteries of the Unknown" keeps popping into my head recently.
- bashonly 5y agox-files only seems clichéd because every crime procedural and every paranormal genre show since have ripped it off in one way or another. still rules.
- markus_zhang 5y agoYeah exactly. I rewatched the series a couple of months ago, still very good.
- notpachet 5y agoIf you find this stuff interesting, I recommend watching Cryptozoo[1]. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it's definitely a more interesting film than whatever latest Marvel release happens to be making the rounds. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoo
- winternett 5y agoI'm very proud of my history of never clicking a Facebook ad in over 10 years... Most of them are really just shills for capturing targeting data to associate with my profile anyway. This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me, yet quite often triggering my urge to click "Hide Ad", but that too in itself is also a marker that creates a record I'm sure... What a mental health nightmare it's all turned into. I log on a lot less to social media than I used to, and use AdBlock + UBlock everywhere ritually.
- geoduck14 5y ago>This also explains why Facebook shows me wildly random ads for Viagra alternatives, yoga pants, conservative news, and better kitty litter than my current brand... All things which have no relevance to me Well maybe if your cat practiced yoga, he wouldn't need better litter - or viagra. I'm still thinking how to associate a cat on viagra with conservative news... maybe something about Bill O'Riley.
- winternett 5y agoSometimes I make random facebook posts to my page with strategically placed keywords in them based on what I want to see more of though, like "baby squirrels" and it works without fail for about a month at a time... This is what it's all come to... hah.
- geoduck14 5y agoPlease try something about "Bill O'Riley and erect cats" - then report back on what happens.
- gnicholas 5y agoI believe Bob Dole was a Viagra spokesperson.
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- Zababa 5y agoThat's interesting. I personally abandonned ground meat and equivalents some time ago. These days I eat less meat but the meat I eat is "real" meat, usually cuts of beef that I cook quickly in a hot skillet and eat with a bit of salt. It's great that they are alternative for people that are into ground meat.
- apeace 5y agoIt’s unfortunate that this article is probably serving as a great ad for the scam cryptozoology school. I think the article would’ve been just as good if they’d left out the name of it.
- rob_c 5y agoNo, you became a vice.com writer. But hey, if the store bought "qualifications" from it help you have at it, but there's better use of your time (putting down social media for a book being one)
- amelius 5y agoRemember that movie about a guy who ate at McDonald's for a month, to observe the effects? [1] Someone should do the same with Facebook ads. I wonder what somebody would feel and look like after engaging with every ad on the platform. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me
- grecy 5y agoIf you enjoyed Super Size Me, you should checkout the TV series the host Morgan created soon after, called 30 days [1]. He and others basically do something random for 30 days (gets locked up, goes on a fad diet, binge drinking, etc.) The first episode where Morgan and his girlfriend try to live on minimum wage in Ohio for a month is some of the best TV I've ever seen. All the episodes are good, the ones with Morgan are the best. The recent Super Size Me 2 is also pretty good. Not quite the charm of the first one, but still really good. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Days_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Days_(TV_series)
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