Dear John Lewis, your suggested purchases are not very useful

[andrewducker]

As I bought a washing machine from you last week, and am currently waiting for it to be delivered, the chances of me wanting _another_ washing machine already is not high. Should I worry that the one you sold me will immediately cease to function, leaving me in urgent need of its replacement?

(It came with a multi-year warranty, so I'm not actually worried about that.)

Comments

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

It's like when Google puts up ads for condoms on impregnation or bareback sex fetish sites.

Everyone is all worried about how Google and Facebook are invading our privacy, but, really, they pretty much suck at it.

[del-c.livejournal.com]

I don't worry that large establishments will accurately conclude I'm a terrorist, I worry that they will mistakenly conclude it. From this point of view, incompetence is worse.

ObSF: Computers Don't Argue by Gordon R. Dickson

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

Facebook clearly thinks I'm a terrorist. I intentionally put up bullshit posts and interests to fuck with their advertising algorithm and currently all my ads are for how to make your own bullets at home and how to build a log cabin in the woods that will help you survive the eventual UN enslavement of America.