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Detinwolf
2012-01-26 03:01:34 PM
"Ads Preferences:

Cookies are disabled"
 
soundguy
2012-01-26 03:01:39 PM
It thinks my cookies are disabled. Must be Adblock Plus.
 
Sargun
2012-01-26 03:01:40 PM
You currently do not have an 'id' cookie.

Well.
 
dywed88
2012-01-26 03:01:49 PM
It thinks I have a lack of cookies, which is true, some chocolate chip ones would go great right now.
 
Submitted First With a Better Headline [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:02:02 PM
Games - Computer & Video Games - Fighting Games

/guilty
 
evilmrsock
2012-01-26 03:02:07 PM
So I can't opt out? What happens when I click the big blue "Opt Out" button on the "Opt Out" page that's conveniently linked to on this one?
 
unremarkable asterisk [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:02:07 PM
If the google says it, it must be true.
 
flyinghouse99
2012-01-26 03:02:14 PM
lol 35-44 Male
 
tommyl66
2012-01-26 03:02:20 PM
If we can't opt out then what is that opt out option all about?

/What the hell is going on out there?!?
 
Russ1642 [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:02:33 PM
Google's own privacy notice to me was filtered as spam by Gmail.
 
knightofargh
2012-01-26 03:02:37 PM
It seems to think I don't have cookies. Must be noscript.
 
Lando Lincoln [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:03:04 PM
"Male - 35 to 44."

Must be all the lesbian porn I watch.
 
Snarcoleptic_Hoosier
2012-01-26 03:03:09 PM
I live in Rhode Island AND South Carolina, according to Google. Good for me.
 
sprgrss
2012-01-26 03:03:09 PM
I don't have an ID cookie. Guess I win.
 
Jerkwater
2012-01-26 03:03:15 PM
I work in online advertising and Web traffic analysis so I'm getting...

/cookies are good. cookies are GOOD
 
Strategeryz0r
2012-01-26 03:03:22 PM
This webpage is not available
The webpage at https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ads/preferences/getcookie?sig=ACi0 TChwoCWbp5uN64s1VS8WxHqZNTEQDXWfAMGI4pNMnGVIAcNGsIS-9CwjnLz-D2TMkahnRe 75&redir_ac=1&continue=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS9zZXR0aW5ncy9hZHM vb253ZWIvP2hsPWVu&hl=en might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
 
swaniefrmreddeer [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:03:28 PM
It thinks I'm a 45-54 yo male, I'm insulted, I just turned 35 on Sunday.
 
HotWingConspiracy [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:03:46 PM
No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far.

Suits me fine.

Haven't seen an ad in years.
 
oldfarthenry
2012-01-26 03:03:48 PM
Drew-Drew-Drew, Max Tucker shed his frat boy ways and you should as well.
Do we have to have yet another intervention?
 
wildstarr
2012-01-26 03:03:57 PM
tommyl66: If we can't opt out then what is that opt out option all about?

/What the hell is going on out there?!?

I clicked that opt-out button too...should I be scared?
 
NSFW
2012-01-26 03:04:04 PM
It thinks I am a 65+ male with an interest in waste management
 
bim1154
2012-01-26 03:04:06 PM
my host file blocks that link.
 
monkybunney
2012-01-26 03:04:12 PM
OH LAWL!! Im a 65 year old male...that's high-larious!

/FAIL
 
JerseyTim [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:04:22 PM
It thinks I'm Fark.com.
 
Double-oh Steven
2012-01-26 03:04:33 PM
I'm 28, but google says I'm 65+! Wow, I must be a loser.
 
soopey
2012-01-26 03:04:41 PM
It's just shunting me back to fark.com
 
LockeOak
2012-01-26 03:04:46 PM
65+ male. what in the sam hill?
 
Probity
2012-01-26 03:04:49 PM
"Shopping - Photo & Video Services - Stock Photography"

I have no idea how I got this associated with me.
 
whenIsayGO
2012-01-26 03:04:54 PM
It got my age right, but not my gender.

Although the same could be said of my genetic code / God / mother nature / or any pasta-based deity you believe in.
 
coinspinner [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:05:00 PM
I don't want to be Fark.com. Fark you, Googz.
 
Grither
2012-01-26 03:05:06 PM
Uh, it just redirects me to Fark.com.
 
drew46n2 [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:05:06 PM
no id cookie. except, of course, on Fark...*ahem*
 
postnobills
2012-01-26 03:05:13 PM
swaniefrmreddeer: It thinks I'm a 45-54 yo male, I'm insulted, I just turned 35 on Sunday.

You think that's bad? It thinks I'm a girl!
 
glenlivid
2012-01-26 03:05:15 PM
The search engine is great, but everything else Google does seems like it was translated from Mandarin Chinese. I dread making changes to my gmail because it is the LEAST INTUITIVE email I have ever used.
 
Wellon Dowd [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:05:16 PM
soopey: It's just shunting me back to fark.com

Me, too.
 
AtticusFinchEsq [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:05:16 PM
It's right except that it thinks I live in New England. Which I don't blame it for.
 
ThrnPhl [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:05:24 PM
45-54 male

/34 yo male
 
cgraves67
2012-01-26 03:05:26 PM
I got linked back to Fark.
 
Andy Andy
2012-01-26 03:05:42 PM
At least it got my gender right.

CSB time - (I use gmail) I got an email from a friend last summer, just three pictures. No text in the subject field or body. I knew the pictures were coming, so no need for a description. The google ads on the side were tailored specifically to what was in those pictures somehow. The sender did not have a gmail address, and I hadn't emailed him prior regarding the topic. Freaky.
 
Oak
2012-01-26 03:05:47 PM
Google Chrome blocked the mouseover explanation of why Google thinks I'm a 20-something male as Error: insecure.
 
unchellmatt
2012-01-26 03:05:49 PM
Adblock Plus.

NoScript.

Google can feel free to snort my anal vapors.
 
Inigo_Montoya
2012-01-26 03:06:00 PM
I.
Am.
Fark.com.
 
Rev.K [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:06:00 PM
Jerry Sandusky


Is that bad?
 
Jarylan
2012-01-26 03:06:10 PM
That's...actually kind of amusing.
 
KatjaMouse
2012-01-26 03:06:10 PM
I got redirected to Fark. So where is this ad server because I'm not really finding it on my own,
 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:06:14 PM
JerseyTim: It thinks I'm Fark.com.

Same here. WTF?
 
I Have The Touch of a Shocked Monkey [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:06:27 PM
No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far. You can add or edit interests and demographics at any time.
 
AngryJailhouseFistfark
2012-01-26 03:06:32 PM
soopey: It's just shunting me back to fark.com

Me too.
 
The Onion is prophetic [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:06:38 PM
Games - Online Games - Massive Multiplayer
Games - Puzzles & Brainteasers
Home & Garden - Home Furnishings
People & Society - Subcultures & Niche Interests
Reference

Age: 18-24
Gender: Male

Home furnishings? Really? What the hell have I been googling?
 
WTF Indeed [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 03:06:40 PM
65+ male. Line forms to the right, ladies.
 
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