Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Thomas Shey]

I don’t use FB, but on YouTube and in popup ads in games, I routinely get ads in languages I don’t speak. And I don’t mean intermittently, I mean I’ll just randomly get a run of weeks of non-English ads. Then the run will end, and it’s back to English.

I can sorta understand why I get the Spanish language ones- I live in Texas; my ancestry contains some Puerto Rican & Peruvian which- while not commonly known- may be in some mined data fouling things up.

Yeah, when you live in a city named Pico Rivera that's probably 90% Latinx, its not hard to understand if YT localizes why it may think that's appropriate.

But the Korean & Chinese language stuff?

I don't think I've gotten that, but I seem to recall a couple of Persian or Arabic things. That makes no sense at all.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

This doesn't mean everyone who does that is incompetent (any more than it does with medicine or science) but it does tend to mean its easier for the incompetent to get by, so they can make up a big part of people doing that.

Good lawyer on social media Exhibit 1: Legal Eagle.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, when you live in a city named Pico Rivera that's probably 90% Latinx, its not hard to understand if YT localizes why it may think that's appropriate.

I live in Coppell.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Good lawyer on social media Exhibit 1: Legal Eagle.

Yeah, from what I've seen of him he seems definitely competent. On the other hand, he also hands off the channel to others with more specific specialization at need (this was particularly noticable a couple times recently) which probably gives him some time to do real-world lawyering from time to time.

 

[The Soloist]

Every time I take a peak at ampersand threads, I'm glad I am no longer invested in that game.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

A huge percentage of the posts here on ENWorld are ultimately about people desperately trying to deny that they're aging.

 

[overgeeked]

A huge percentage of the posts here on ENWorld are ultimately about people desperately trying to deny that they're aging.

I'm old, but not as old as some of the geezers around here. Getting old sucks. But, as far as I know, it's better than the alternative.

 

[Scribe]

A huge percentage of the posts here on ENWorld are ultimately about people desperately trying to deny that they're aging.

I believe I've mentioned before, but its REALLY hit me the last year or so.

I look around and see people doing 'adult' things and I think 'there is no way you are legally able to do this, you look too young'.

 

[Ryujin]

A huge percentage of the posts here on ENWorld are ultimately about people desperately trying to deny that they're aging.

The only thing that I'm denying is that my inability to grow an epic long white beard makes me a Warlock, not a Wizard.

 

[Ryujin]

I believe I've mentioned before, but its REALLY hit me the last year or so.

I look around and see people doing 'adult' things and I think 'there is no way you are legally able to do this, you look too young'.

Friends trying to set me up on a date.

"Dude, she's way too young for me."

"How old is she?"

"40."