# Most Stupid Clickbait Ads You See On Here and Other Websites **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857 "2016-08-15T00:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/21 "2016-08-17T01:36:28Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Butch can tell you… \*“But I can tell you…”. Damn auto-correct. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/22 "2016-08-17T02:25:09Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Also, apparently there’s a miracle cure for tinnitus! This odd trick ends it overnight! It looks like it may involve pouring something out of a brown bottle directly into your ear. Fascinating. The last cure for tinnitus I saw online evidently made use of cotton balls and duck tape. I’m not sure how stuffing cotton balls in your ears is supposed to help. Butch can tell you as someone who has tinnitus, the last thing you want to do is block out ambient sound. That just makes the tinnitus waaaaay more noticeable. As tinnitus is a symptom of nerve damage within the brain, I don’t see how pouring, stuffing, or taping anything in your ears is supposed to help it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/23 "2016-08-17T11:30:45Z")
Happily, I’m finally beginning to see less of that once-omnipresent photo of Trump’s “other” daughter who looks like a sad alien that couldn’t get a date for the interstellar prom. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/24 "2016-08-17T12:03:27Z")
Apparently, one of the “8 tips to keep your liver healthy” is to put a slice of red onion inside your sock. I’m not surprised, seeing that putting a leek in your underwear guarantees a healthy urinary tract. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/25 "2016-08-17T12:14:20Z")
I don’t see them much these days, but for a while it was always “[Location] mom blah blah blah” where [Location] was given by IP address and apparently metropolitan statistical area. Nothing screams “I’m clickbait!” like the “Albany-Schenectady-Troy mom blah blah blah” I’d get in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/26 "2016-08-17T13:42:30Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I don’t see them much these days, but for a while it was always “[Location] mom blah blah blah” where [Location] was given by IP address and apparently metropolitan statistical area. Nothing screams “I’m clickbait!” like the “Albany-Schenectady-Troy mom blah blah blah” I’d get in New York. I still get them in the form of “[Town] drivers are furious at this new law!” I’m also happy that the bizarre Tiffany Trump photo that makes her look like she’s kept in the cellar seems to be going away. And I’ve been chuckling at “12 Things You Didn’t Know About That AT&T Girl” where Milana Van-whatshername’s breasts are photoshopped to watermelon size. (I actualy use AdBlock on most of my computers but one of my tablet’s browsers still lets the Taboola in) ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/27 "2016-08-17T18:32:25Z")
“15 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were…” A. Black B. White C. Gay D. Straight E. Celebrities ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/28 "2016-08-17T19:22:26Z")
Some celebrity chick changed her hairstyle AND THE INTERNET IS FREAKING OUT! There used to be ads for low mortgage rates accompanied by a random pic of a homeless person. Don’t know why. Did they think the user would decide “Oh, I don’t want to be that guy! Better click on the link!”? Leonardo DiCaprio’s Model Girlfriend Wears Tracksuits on Planes - WHY IS THIS A HEADLINE? ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/29 "2016-08-17T19:26:54Z")
There’s one about “Celebrities who have aged terribly - you won’t believe #17!” accompanied by a picture of Anna Chlumsky alongside a photo of an overweight, monster-looking woman. Yeah okay. Anna Chlumsky is freakin’ gorgeous. And sometimes “#17” which I “won’t believe” doesn’t even exist, the “next page” clicks only go to 16. Also the ones where “You won’t believe what someone from \ did after winning the jackpot!” for some kind of Internet slots scam. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/30 "2016-08-17T19:48:21Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > …And I’ve been chuckling at “12 Things You Didn’t Know About That AT&T Girl” where Milana Van-whatshername’s breasts are photoshopped to watermelon size. Huh, here I thought that they were pretty much watermelon sized. On a similar note, youtube has a list of “youtube videos you may also be interested in” on the right of the their site. I’ll occasionally see one for “Funny Embarrassing News Moments of the Week” with a thumbnail of a newscaster looking woman with huge breasts that apparently lost a couple of buttons on her blouse and is thus showing a huge amount of cleavage. And that picture is never in the actual video. I’ve checked a couple dozen so far. I’ve almost learned my lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/31 "2016-08-18T00:29:51Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Huh, here I thought that they were pretty much watermelon sized. She’s chesty but the one I’m thinking of seems to go above and beyond. Or perhaps it’s just creative cropping to fill as much of the frame as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/32 "2016-08-18T02:17:19Z")
At this very moment, my [nbcnews.com](http://nbcnews.com) page is showing “[What Farrah Fawcett Looks Like Now Is Crazy](http://www.sportingz.com/opinions/29-famous-women-70s-now/?utm_campaign=SP%20Famous%2070s%20Women%20V2%20SAFEE%20-%20Desktop&utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=nbcnews&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fimg2.timeinc.net%2Fpeople%2Fi%2F2008%2Fgallery%2Ffarrah_fawcett%2Ffarrah_fawcett400.jpg&utm_term=What+Farrah+Fawcett+Looks+Like+Now+Is+Crazyterm=What+Farrah+Fawcett+Looks+Like+Now+Is+Crazy)” She looks like someone who died in 2009 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/33 "2016-08-18T04:22:23Z")
“Try this one simple trick to burn belly fat all night long.” “After the release of this incriminating document, Obama may have no choice but to resign.” ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/34 "2016-08-18T09:53:49Z")
I’m getting tired of the one secret trick that uses a close-up of the seed part of a pepper as the mysterious picture to get you to click. > [@Nava](#): > > Apparently there are billionaire moms sharing their secret in: > > Palencia, when I’m in Valladolid, > Saragossa, when I’m in southern Navarre, > Pamplona, when I’m in northern Navarre, > San Sebastián, when I’m in northern Navarre, > and Castelldefells (???) when I’m in Barcelona. > > Amazing how much that chick in the picture travels. And given how many places she lives in, I guess she’s in real estate. She really gets around Massachusetts, too. And when I see her, she’s never, ever from New Hampshire (which I’m closer to than Boston). Odd, that. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > “Try this one simple trick to burn belly fat all night long.” Lots of sex? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857/35 "2016-08-18T13:13:56Z")
Shocker! You wouldn’t believe what Karl Rove looks like now! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857.md?page=1)