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It seems Women/Girls cannot even broaden their vocabulary without being prompted to "better ourselves" for the sake of men.

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GirlWithPointyShoes · 21/01/2012 16:19

So I was on Thesaurus.com just now looking for alternitive words to "diverse" and right below the header and above an ad for an instant grammar checker were these links

[[http://www.havetherelationshipyouwant.com/index.html?s=39542&gclid=CPC4uMS-4a0CFcsKtAoddmw8lg Make Him Addicted To You
HaveTheRelationshipYouWant.com
Avoid 5 Ugly Mistakes Men Hate And Make Him Fall In Love Forever]]

and

[[http://www.catchhimandkeephim.com/index.html?s=69778&gclid=CPHquta-4a0CFcxofAod11U99Q Why Men Pull Away
CatchHimAndKeepHim.com
10 Ugly Mistakes Women Make That Ruins
Any Chances Of A Relationship]]

There was also another for "Top tips for a tiny belly".

This is a Thesaurus site! Why do these adds need to be here? And young girls doing homework? Do they really need to read this sort of stuff?

I'm probably not making much sense, Just needed a rant.

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CoffeeCamel · 21/01/2012 22:05

I get the belly fat and anti-ageing ones, and I've never investigated diet or anti-ageing products in my life. I reckon they're the ones that get shown automatically to women of a certain age Grin.

meditrina · 21/01/2012 22:02

Maybe it's a reflection of spending too much time on MN?

I get those belly ones all the time, even though I don't post on slimming threads.

SardineQueen · 21/01/2012 21:58

I really don't like these adverts either.

Anyway in the sake of scientific endeavour I went onto thesaurus.com and searched the first word that came into my head (which was fail-safe for some reason Confused)

I got

Tips for tiny belly
why men pull away
exercise your brain
instant grammar checker

Could it be that men pull away because I am fat, thick, and talk in txt spk? lol

Himalaya · 21/01/2012 19:14

Those adverts freak me out - you go looking for shelves or shoes or swimsuits or something then you get stalked all around the Internet by them,

Xenia · 21/01/2012 19:10

Ah yes, I've done a lot of work on this in a work sense. It's fascinating.
Some people find that automatic targetted advertising helpful and others regard it has a huge infringement of their privacy and you caught the issue exactly right - that many families share a computer if they are rich enough to own one at all and dont' log in and out with different pass words so you might see that last night your husband had been on divorce web sites or your boyfriend on wedding ring sites or pro or anti hunting or whatever because of the ads you see next day.

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GirlWithPointyShoes · 21/01/2012 18:43

I was DPs little brothers computer so now I'm freaked out. Hmm :o

I still found the links funny.

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WoTmania · 21/01/2012 18:39

I got the belly fat one too and it keeps coming up on FB no matter how many times I get rid of it. Some seem to just come up no matter what searches you do or sites you usually visit.

STIDW · 21/01/2012 18:15

lol - this actually says more about you or at least the computer you are using rather than the site you are visiting. When using the internet a record is kept of the sites visited and the ads are targeted accordingly. When I visited thesaurus.com just now the ads targeted at me where a Scottish Government campaign and Scottish TV.

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GirlWithPointyShoes · 21/01/2012 16:22

Oh and if you want a laugh, Watch the video on the second link.

Arf.

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