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http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/68382/

So I already mentioned a few weeks ago the stuff I was getting after searching for "anti-depressants that don't cause decreased sex drive." But I have another one! I was watching some Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam videos on the youtube the other day and now I am getting ads for Islamic dating sites everywhere.
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All of my ads on facebook are in Chinese.
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Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
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Craig Jessop wrote:Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
Wait, you're not a 65+ white male?
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At one point in time google thought I was a man. They did get the 18-24 age group right though. That's what extensive searches on RPGs and video game consoles will do. Although right now my searches for jeans and down east basics have set the record straight about my being a female.
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SMP wrote:
Craig Jessop wrote:Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
Wait, you're not a 65+ white male?
How old was Vorpal Blade?
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Defy V wrote:
SMP wrote:
Craig Jessop wrote:Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
Wait, you're not a 65+ white male?
How old was Vorpal Blade?
I think at one point he was 62.
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May he rest in peace.
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