# The weirdest recommendation Netflix has given you. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426 "2017-06-08T11:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/1 "2017-06-08T11:44:06Z")
So, everyone who uses Netflix has certainly gotten recommendations from it that leave them baffled. I’d like to hear the most ludicrous ones you’ve gotten. Mostly because Netflix’s ‘weird rec’ hit a new record for me, today, and I wanted to share it. The recommendation bar was: ‘Because you watched ABCs of Death 2’ … The first one on the screen was: Pokemon Indigo League. Pokemon must have really changed after I stopped following it! ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/2 "2017-06-08T12:18:52Z")
I noticed the other day they were getting strange too. The one that tipped me off was they recommended: [Oklahoma City, A documentary about Timothy McVeigh](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333090/?ref_=nv_sr_2) because of my interest in Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/3 "2017-06-08T13:03:06Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > I noticed the other day they were getting strange too. The one that tipped me off was they recommended: > > [Oklahoma City, A documentary about Timothy McVeigh](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333090/?ref_=nv_sr_2) > > because of my interest in Cheers Announcer: Cheers is filmed in front of a live studio audience [Norm enters Cheers] Everyone: Norm!! Woody: What’s up, Mr. Peterson? Norm: Not the Alfred P. Murrah buidling in a little while. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/4 "2017-06-08T13:11:14Z")
Not Netflix, but DoorDash. I use DoorDash fairly often, but I never order anything from a place that is close to my house (I live in walking distance to quite a few), and always get pretty healthy stuff. It’s usually from a Thai or Indian restaurant. So I get this message from DoorDash the last time I logged on: Based on your earlier choices, you might like this restaurant: And it’s a Burger joint that I can walk to in 5 minutes from house. :smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/5 "2017-06-08T15:26:19Z")
Netflix once recommended a chick-flic and a romantic comedy, two genres I hate. That’s when I realized I had to create a separate profile for my gf. I have the same problem with Amazon. I have Prime, and I allow coworkers to order stuff using my account. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/6 "2017-06-08T16:04:38Z")
Mine appears to be completely random. I watched a holocaust documentary and got a weird assortment of documentaries, kids shows and movies, TV shows, shows about the arts, biopics, horror movies, drama, and true crime. The Confession’s of Thomas Quick Malaysia 370: The Plane that Vanished Brad Pitt War Machine Bill Nye Saves the World Real Crime: A Very Special Constable The Winding Stream A Tale of Two Thieves Untold Stories of the ER Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Mercy A Royal Night Out Prince Philip Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Oceans Rising Lemony Snicket’s: A Series of Unfortunate Events Bigger Fatter Liar Spirit: Riding Free H2O American Horror Story Elizabeth at 90 No No a Duckumentary Sunset Strip Orange is the New Black Dirty Wars A Kind of Murder A Very British Gangster Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian Greenwich Village Goosebumps Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me White Chicks Brilliant Lights, Brilliant Minds Ballet 422 Life Itself The Galapagos Affair Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Camp Rock 2 The Irish Mob Deep Water True Memoirs of an International Assassin Never Back Down 2 The Blue Planet Don’t Stop Believin: Everyman’s Journey Ouran High School Host Club The Vampire Diaries Trans Fatty Lives Burn Gotham The Great British Baking Show Lost For Life The Nightmare Before Christmas Raiders of the Lost Art Most Likely to Die ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426/7 "2017-06-08T17:00:06Z")
Netflix might get better data if they weighed whether I watched a significant portion of a show. I get “because you watched X you might like Y” on shows that I dumped after 10 minutes.