For some reason, it makes me feel better knowing that my information is being collected and sold (however unethically) to make profit
I can understand the drive for profit maximization. Most of the info probably ends up with the government, but at least I’m pretty confident that the ppl at google and Facebook have no ulterior motive other than $$$
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People overseeing these operations at these companies come and go. They can easily take this information with them or sell secretly sell them to other companies even when they’re employed.
I changed my internet telecommunications device some time ago, which was provided for free from my service provider after giving my details and stuff on the phone. 2 DAYS later I received an obvious scam call from someone who said he was from the same company and knew I was having internet connection problems.
The odds of this being a coincidence are as high as me striking the lottery.
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Just to go on a tangent, I think this deadlift and the 800lbs squat session was deep into his Mr O prep.
I wonder what he could have lifted at 20% body fat and training for a big total.
It was. It’s what I meant by “weeks out from the Olympia”. Dude was nuts.
Yes he was. Shame to see how he is now though.
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I find it useful. I merely whisper E-Bike while my Alexa is playing music and pop open Instagram and there are 29 ads. Click a few ads, fine one I like and my wife has a BDay present.
I want a functional trainer for my garage, few minutes later Costco is sending me ads for one.
I buy more directly from ads than I do from Amazon these days.
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I haven’t clicked an ad in over 25 years of internet usage. Besides those porn ones with the tiny X button that you gotta close or your can’t see the good bits where you accidentally miss the X
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Is this not worse?
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Their profits are maximised if you are a zombie on a universal basic income mindlessly looking and clicking through a screen.
After 50 years of cigarette companies engineering their products to be highly addictive and deadly, they were found out and had the shit sued out of them.
I expect in the future we will find these companies were purposefully engineering their products to be highly addictive while knowingly causing significant mental health issues all the while lobbying governments to enable a society that is okay with mindless zombies.
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I confess that not only do I glove, but since Covid I have switched to full-finger gloves that I even wear on leg day.
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Fixed that for you 
@rroo @strongmangoals
I agree. What these companies are doing is wrong. I’ll explain my views more fully in my log later if you guys are interested
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I recently purchased an engagement ring, and I used an incognito browser to do so. That didn’t stop the targeted ads one bit. Drives me nuts. I went ahead and spent about an hour looking at gym equipment, climbing gear, sneakers, guns, and motorcycle equipment to fool the algorithm.
Did you see that guy who bought ads based on a bunch of keywords (those are the highlighted words) and then put this up as the ad:
Freaked users out and they banned his ass.
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You concern me.
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I confess that I don’t know if I should wish my narcissistic parent a happy birthday today, and it is very much bothering me.
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Without any context to this - not knowing your situation at all - I’d say “you do you”, meaning you do the right thing.
The right thing is to be the bigger person and say “Happy Birthday”, and if they respond badly then it’s on them but at least your conscience is clear.
And -
I confess I’m inappropriately amused because instead of saying he/she him/her I’m saying they/them, and it’s reminding me of earlier in the thread when people were losing their shit about calling non-binary people by neutral pronouns.
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Echoing this, but only if it doesn’t mentally suck you back into a bad situation from which you have a tough time escaping, whether mentally or physically.
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Inconsequential to 99.99% of people, but I confess that the new Ford Maverick is way more appealing to me than it should be. I use my full-size truck at (or over) its capability limit 1-2 times a year and pay for an average of 19 MPG all year long. Could probably redneck a mini truck to pull off the same thing if I try hard enough.
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I relate to this! I drive less than 5,000 miles a year, pootling around the suburbs, usually alone. I should either buy a little electric vehicle if I’m sensible or an Aston Martin DB11 if I just do what I want, but instead I drive a 4x4 BMW X6 because once every two months we go to Costco and my wife fills the whole damn thing with “essentials”.
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