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Facebook Thinks I’m Humbert Humbert

September 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

I know, I know, there’s a lot to talk about out there — the U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday, the start of the NFL season on Thursday, the start of the AFL Finals Series on Friday, and, of course, Manchester City becoming the new plaything of Arab oil trillionaires. Seriously, the Premier League is getting too outrageous for words anymore…

But before I get to any of this, I have to take a minute to chide Facebook’s ad servers. Look at what they served up for me today:

What is she, about 12? 13, maybe? At point did Facebook’s ad system look at my profile and decide that I might be interested in dating a girl who’s still in middle school? And if I give this ad a thumbs down, will it go even further down the rabbit hole and start inviting me to join NAMBLA?

Maybe I should tell Facebook that I admire Wayne Rooney. Then, any dating service it tries to sell to me will involve women over 50. Sheesh.

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2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Jeff // Sep 2, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    I got an ad telling me to join the RNC… which is awesome because I’m a fairly active Democrat…

  • 2 Alan // Sep 2, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    If I may add, the Tri-Nations decider is coming up next week..

    I’ll put together a preview if you want!