# Vulgar pix of celebs? Why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-pix-of-celebs-why/1003771>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [July 5, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-pix-of-celebs-why/1003771 "2024-07-05T13:33:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-pix-of-celebs-why/1003771/12 "2024-07-05T16:03:15Z")

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The thread I cite below is ostensibly about something totally different from this OP, but quickly veers into discussing all the ways you can inadvertently trigger a self-reinforcing spiral of stuff you don’t want to see and some ways to push back at that, slowly whittling away at the flood of unwanted stuff.

@GailForce may find it informative, if only for background:

> [@Do various government agencies routinely monitor our on-line searching/clicking behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-various-government-agencies-routinely-monitor-our-on-line-searching-clicking-behavior/1003639):
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> I’m sure we’ve all noticed it. Some notion occurs to you, so you google and then maybe read an article or something about the topic … and then, starting almost immediately, the entire web seems biased to forcing more info about that subject on you. My most recent example: yesterday I happened to notice that my neighbor’s hydrangeas were a lovely blue color, much more intense than I remember them being previous years. I already knew that hydrangea’s color is dependent on soil pH (among other t…

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