Of Facebook and Advertising

Referencing this article, linked to from feministing.com.

I don't get the "muffin top" or "diet" ads.

What I get instead is bombarded with "Free Designer Samples" and mostly some variation of the following:

"Meet Hot Christian Singles!"
"Meet Five Guys in Five minutes!"
"One of your friends has a crush on you! Find out who!"
"Take a shot at love like Tila!"

And they all have cute guys showing off their six-packs. Well, except for the Christian singles one. It was two blonde girls wearing something rather skimpy and looking at who ever took the picture like they wanted to screw them silly.

I really didn't need to see that, because I was trying to save the rain forest or stop world hunger or something with one of Facebook's many applications. And I don't swing that way.

I digress.

So apparently, because I'm single, I'm desperate to meet some guy (who probably is going to end up being really sketchy) through the computer. Don't people die that way?

And apparently, I also only date in my religion and I all go for in a guy is whether or not they are "hot". Do I really look that self-absorbed?

And coincidentally, I signed on my Facebook to do some research for this post (I am nothing if not thorough), I found every type ad except one for some dating-type thing. Maybe Facebook knows I'm about to drop the ball on their "subtle" advertising skillz, and has sought to do everything in its power to subvert me?

Or not.

Let me know what you think!

Ja ne~
<3 Nikori