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Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 15:32:21 Reply

So yesterday I looked up my 15 year old Tiger rice cooker on Amazon, so I could send the link to Rob as a recommendation for purchasing a rice cooker.

Today I load up Fark.com and staring at me in the 300x250 ad is MY 15 YEAR OLD TIGER RICE COOKER.

It's like watching aliens try to figure me out.

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 15:35:22 Reply

At 6/13/13 03:32 PM, TomFulp wrote: So yesterday I looked up my 15 year old Tiger rice cooker on Amazon, so I could send the link to Rob as a recommendation for purchasing a rice cooker.

Today I load up Fark.com and staring at me in the 300x250 ad is MY 15 YEAR OLD TIGER RICE COOKER.

It's like watching aliens try to figure me out.

Did you buy another one, just in case?

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 15:41:15 Reply

people spend $100 to cook rice?


I'm a single father and a multimillionaire.

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 15:43:08 Reply

At 6/13/13 03:35 PM, Ceratisa wrote: Did you buy another one, just in case?

I did a pity buy just to validate their algorithm.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 15:43:24 Reply

At 6/13/13 03:41 PM, BasedBubbus wrote: people spend $100 to cook rice?

It makes damn good rice.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:00:49 Reply

That's how advertising works nowadays - you need to get with the times, dude.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:18:55 Reply

$114 for a fucking rice cooker?
Damn, Tom, you are one high-rollin' mother fucker.


just roll with it nerd

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:26:23 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:18 PM, Sevkat wrote: $114 for a fucking rice cooker?
Damn, Tom, you are one high-rollin' mother fucker.

I'm curious to find out how much rice cooker prices have gone up in the past 15 years... I think I got it at an Asian market and I don't think it was that pricey but probably wasn't very cheap either.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:28:34 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:26 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 6/13/13 04:18 PM, Sevkat wrote: $114 for a fucking rice cooker?
Damn, Tom, you are one high-rollin' mother fucker.
I'm curious to find out how much rice cooker prices have gone up in the past 15 years... I think I got it at an Asian market and I don't think it was that pricey but probably wasn't very cheap either.

Yeah I bought a wall bracket for my TV a few months ago. I did a search, found the one I wanted, bought it and that was the end of it - or so I thought. Next few weeks nothing but wall brackets in all my ads. It's not the sort of product you buy that often really.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:29:40 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:26 PM, TomFulp wrote:

Damn, Tom, you are one high-rollin' mother fucker.


I'm curious to find out how much rice cooker prices have gone up in the past 15 years... I think I got it at an Asian market and I don't think it was that pricey but probably wasn't very cheap either.

Seems they vary from $15 through $200...


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:31:20 Reply

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:33:10 Reply

At 6/13/13 03:32 PM, TomFulp wrote: So yesterday I looked up my 15 year old Tiger rice cooker on Amazon, so I could send the link to Rob as a recommendation for purchasing a rice cooker.

Today I load up Fark.com and staring at me in the 300x250 ad is MY 15 YEAR OLD TIGER RICE COOKER.

It's like watching aliens try to figure me out.

Fark? Sounds like a dirty word in a clean version. Anyway maybe it's a hint! :o


The cake is a liar!

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:34:25 Reply

At 6/13/13 03:43 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 6/13/13 03:41 PM, BasedBubbus wrote: people spend $100 to cook rice?
It makes damn good rice.

I do like rice....


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:35:40 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:18 PM, Sevkat wrote: $114 for a fucking rice cooker?
Damn, Tom, you are one high-rollin' mother fucker.

His daddy taught him the pimp game.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:39:14 Reply

At 6/13/13 03:43 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 6/13/13 03:41 PM, BasedBubbus wrote: people spend $100 to cook rice?
It makes damn good rice.

Dude, just steal like this guy in the riots. Or call me, I'm Asian, it's a fact that we Asians make good rice.

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:48:46 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:26 PM, TomFulp wrote:
I'm curious to find out how much rice cooker prices have gone up in the past 15 years... I think I got it at an Asian market and I don't think it was that pricey but probably wasn't very cheap either.

How frequently do you use it?

If it lasts 15+ years with normal usage, without needing any repairs then it may be worth it.

Then again, I'm not really a rice person.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:50:11 Reply

Rice cooker >< pot

Is one actually better then the other?


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 16:53:34 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:50 PM, tox wrote: Rice cooker >< pot

Is one actually better then the other?

Have yet to see a pot sell for $114...


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:32:15 Reply

At 6/13/13 05:26 PM, abbiegale wrote: Rephrase and repeat: I saw an old people's disease related ad on a flash games site.
Your site.

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:33:49 Reply

At 6/13/13 04:50 PM, tox wrote: Rice cooker >< pot

Is one actually better then the other?

You can use it to boil pot.


The cake is a liar!

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:35:34 Reply

At 6/13/13 05:33 PM, ragnkinson wrote: You can use it to boil pot.

Oh neat I could just lean over the steam vent!


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:35:50 Reply

Nah, man that's just Google figuring you out. Use another search engine and use a mobile IP or a proxy or something. Also use a browser that lets you go into deep settings and prevent it from sending any information, I know you can do this with Opera at least.

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:36:53 Reply

At 6/13/13 05:35 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 6/13/13 05:33 PM, ragnkinson wrote: You can use it to boil pot.
Oh neat I could just lean over the steam vent!

I would love to see that.


The cake is a liar!

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:38:40 Reply

At 6/13/13 05:35 PM, AndyOfTheArcticDucks wrote: Nah, man that's just Google figuring you out.

Oh yeah. Everyone knows Tom has a thing for rice cookers.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:40:56 Reply

At 6/13/13 05:38 PM, Viper50 wrote: Oh yeah. Everyone knows Tom has a thing for rice cookers.

Hell, I knew that before I signed up.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 17:52:03 Reply

I once looked up a Mortal Kombat fatality compilation, then I began getting advertisements for suicide prevention programs and gore fetish websites. True story.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 18:00:47 Reply

This happens to me too, but on a more broad scale. I bought some knives from BUDK and now I have their ads all over the gaff.


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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 18:07:46 Reply

It's like those Staples ads that show me the exact same things that I've already looked at.

Seriously, what is the point?

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 18:09:49 Reply

At 6/13/13 05:52 PM, sweet21 wrote: I once looked up a Mortal Kombat fatality compilation, then I began getting advertisements for suicide prevention programs and gore fetish websites. True story.

Is that really all true? I'm not sure Google would forward gore porn ads, or porn ads at all. They clean up lots.

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Response to Targeted Advertising 2013-06-13 20:58:10 Reply

Why can't you cook like a normal person tom?