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Twinkie ads?

kandahm
kandahm Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Why would a fitness app that supposed to help me lose weight show an ad for deep fried Twinkies below where I input my food?? Seems a bad choice don't you think?

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  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Ads go by your browser history, sooo....
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    The advertisements're based on your search results. Since you're using a website that involves counting food calories, you'll receive advertisements concerning food! If you search for a house, you'll receive home owners insurance advertisements, etc.
  • futureicon
    futureicon Posts: 348 Member
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  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
    Great, now I am hankering for a Twinkie
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  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
    futureicon wrote: »
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    That is strangely mesmerizing, just add chili
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    Ads go by your browser history, sooo....

    Wow....this explains A LOT!

    too much i think . . .

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  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »
    km8907 wrote: »
    Ads go by your browser history, sooo....

    Wow....this explains A LOT!

    I have an ad for Vaseline and Aleve...
  • futureicon
    futureicon Posts: 348 Member
    Mapquest and Mazda here.. I guess I'm in for a road trip
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    I get dating ads and 'enlarge your manhood' emails. I don't belong to any dating service and don't have a 'manhood' to begin with, forget 'enlarge'. I wonder what are they suggesting
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    dc6088 wrote: »
    I get dating ads and 'enlarge your manhood' emails. I don't belong to any dating service and don't have a 'manhood' to begin with, forget 'enlarge'. I wonder what are they suggesting

    1st does anyone else, use the device you're using? If so, possibly they're?

    2nd a lot of topics're discussed on this website, that have nothing to do; with fitness/nutrition. So that could be the issue, as well!
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,787 Member
    makingmark wrote: »
    futureicon wrote: »
    MZO0SJcvLqbxm.gif

    That is strangely mesmerizing, just add chili

    It puts the hot dog in the twinkie, or it gets the hose again.
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xRA0Ty2zSo


    Curses! I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you pesky kids and your dog!
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  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    DeficitDuchess wrote: »
    dc6088 wrote: »
    I get dating ads and 'enlarge your manhood' emails. I don't belong to any dating service and don't have a 'manhood' to begin with, forget 'enlarge'. I wonder what are they suggesting

    1st does anyone else, use the device you're using? If so, possibly they're?

    2nd a lot of topics're discussed on this website, that have nothing to do; with fitness/nutrition. So that could be the issue, as well!

    Well, it started before the MFP. Someone suggested that ads' content is related to one's browsing history. I almost never see anything even remotely related, e.g. breast pix (
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,506 Member
    km8907 wrote: »
    Ads go by your browser history, sooo....

    Ut oh.
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