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OldBaldy1701E

(11,536 posts) Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:15 PM Jun 2025

So, this popped up while I was perusing YouTube...

One has to wonder if this is some kind of intel gathering or something just as sinister?

Look at that ad... I mean, really?

I can't wait to show this one to my hubby when he gets home.

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So, this popped up while I was perusing YouTube... (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Jun 2025 OP

That's some weird shit. 2MuchNoise Jun 2025 #1

First question.... Are you a republican? Or a conservative pastor/youth minister? Norrrm Jun 2025 #2

It's about gathering clicks to strip out an e-mail. Click, get spammed. marble falls Jun 2025 #3

Yikes! ShazzieB Jun 2025 #4

I agree. NCgayguy Jun 2025 #6

Bait. mahina Jun 2025 #5

Yep! NCgayguy Jun 2025 #8

I think it's clickbait, too! NCgayguy Jun 2025 #7

What is truly frightening is that so many will fall for this. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2025 #9

2MuchNoise

(863 posts)

1. That's some weird shit.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:22 PM

Jun 2025

Norrrm

(5,573 posts)

2. First question.... Are you a republican? Or a conservative pastor/youth minister?

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:34 PM

Jun 2025

Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 52

https://www.dailykos.com/blogs/CajsaLilliehook

marble falls

(72,528 posts)

3. It's about gathering clicks to strip out an e-mail. Click, get spammed.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:35 PM

Jun 2025

ShazzieB

(22,870 posts)

4. Yikes!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:08 PM

Jun 2025

And this is obviously aimed at the younger set. The kids in the pic look like very young teens, or maybe even tweens. Double yikes.

NCgayguy

(255 posts)

6. I agree.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:09 PM

Jun 2025

Mixing the cartoonish young with a sexual question is GROSS.

mahina

(20,708 posts)

5. Bait.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:28 PM

Jun 2025

NCgayguy

(255 posts)

8. Yep!

Reply to mahina (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:12 PM

Jun 2025

NCgayguy

(255 posts)

7. I think it's clickbait, too!

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:11 PM

Jun 2025

OldBaldy1701E

(11,536 posts)

9. What is truly frightening is that so many will fall for this.

Reply to NCgayguy (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:33 AM

Jun 2025

It just goes to show you that advertising is no longer about offering information to make informed choices, it has become manipulation and programming.

Because of course those leeches wanted that. I once read a book about the beginnings of mass advertising. The desire to con and swipe was there from the beginning. I always said that the more flash and pizzazz the ad has, the less quality and ability the product has. (Actual quality does not need 'excitement'.)

But, it is not about doing things well anymore, it is about how much you can grift before you get exposed. Then, it is on to the next gift.

The day we truly regulate these leeches will be a great day indeed.

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