# What the fuck is going on with these ads on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018 "2006-06-01T15:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/1 "2006-06-01T15:32:41Z")
Okay… I really should have used screen captures to document this, but… A few days ago **brianjedi** started a thread, [Who’s on your school’s all-time basketball team?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373352) Great thread, I dropped in, gave my list, and as I looked at the bottom of the page I noticed three ads - one for African ringtones (?), one for celebrating African-American history, and one on how to reach African-Americans through marketing. Nothing in the thread mentioned race, Africans, or African-Americans. It was just about basketball… Then today as I’m on page 2 of **roger thornhill’s** thread, [How much does white guilt still affect the race debate and race relations in the US?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373541), there are three ads for Kentucky Fried Chicken. [Stewie Griffin]What the deuce?[/SG] Has anyone else noticed the bizarre behavior of the ad bot? I just think it’s a little strange that when basketball is mentioned, it thinks ads for marketing towards African Americans is a good match… and when we’re talking about race (specifically African Americans and racism), it drops a KFC ads down there… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/2 "2006-06-01T15:34:02Z")
Basketball is probably the most popular sport among black people in the US. Why shouldn’t they target that demographic for that subject? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/3 "2006-06-01T15:54:37Z")
I’m so sick of these threads about vanity phone numbers and harassing phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/4 "2006-06-01T16:09:23Z")
I know this is horrible to say, but that bit about the KFC ads made me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/5 "2006-06-01T16:11:36Z")
Feh. It’s the ones that advertise services for such garbage as psychic readings and what-have-you that bug the hell outta me. Crap like that is contra Cecil’s motto and just plain shouldn’t be here. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/6 "2006-06-01T16:13:11Z")
[QUOTE=UncleBeer] Feh. It’s the ones that advertise services for such garbage as psychic readings and what-have-you that bug the hell outta me. Crap like that is contra Cecil’s motto and just plain shouldn’t be here. [/QUOTE] Amen. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/7 "2006-06-01T16:37:26Z")
[QUOTE=UncleBeer] Feh. It’s the ones that advertise services for such garbage as psychic readings and what-have-you that bug the hell outta me. Crap like that is contra Cecil’s motto and just plain shouldn’t be here. [/QUOTE] 😕 Is Cecil the Undercover White Man? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/8 "2006-06-01T16:38:25Z")
I wonder if there are any services out there that offer humor workshops? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/9 "2006-06-01T16:56:44Z")
The stupid Google ads don’t even know we’re talking about them!! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/10 "2006-06-01T17:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] Then today as I’m on page 2 of **roger thornhill’s** thread, [How much does white guilt still affect the race debate and race relations in the US?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373541), there are three ads for Kentucky Fried Chicken. [Stewie Griffin]What the deuce?[/SG] [/QUOTE] Oh, see, it’s because black people like fried chicken. Bet you when you look again it’ll be advertising watermelon. Or grape soda. (In the words of a black professor I had, “Of course black people love fried chicken. Everybody loves fried chicken!”) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/11 "2006-06-01T17:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] The stupid Google ads don’t even know we’re talking about them!! [/QUOTE] Yes they do! Now they’re shilling African-American Hair, Multicultural Marketing, and Black Singles photos. One man’s targeted marketing is another’s stereotyping. Given the link to KFC, I’m now wondering what would happen in a thread discussing watermelons . . . Will a thread talking about potatoes generate ads targeted to Irish-Americans, or one on olive oil ones for Italian-Americans? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/12 "2006-06-01T17:23:22Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I wonder if there are any services out there that offer humor workshops? [/QUOTE] LOL, OK, you win! 😃 Me, I’d like to Take Back Congress, but I can’t find where it went. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/13 "2006-06-01T18:08:51Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Now they’re shilling … Multicultural Marketing [/QUOTE] That seems a bit ironic to me. Oh, yeah. Insert the obligatory sneering “Ads? What ads? I use an adblocker!” note here. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/14 "2006-06-01T18:55:37Z")
And I’d like to donate to Katrina Hurricane victims, but I have no idea how to do that either. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/15 "2006-06-01T19:41:03Z")
I edited my Hosts file so I don’t see the ads. I really, really regret not being able to participate in these humorous threads. Oh wait. No I don’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/16 "2006-06-01T19:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=UncleBeer] Feh. It’s the ones that advertise services for such garbage as psychic readings and what-have-you that bug the hell outta me. Crap like that is contra Cecil’s motto and just plain shouldn’t be here. [/QUOTE] Those I can live with. The ones shilling for Creationist websites and merchandise are what make me see red. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/17 "2006-06-01T19:50:30Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I edited my Hosts file so I don’t see the ads. [/QUOTE] How did you do it? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/18 "2006-06-01T19:52:03Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Those I can live with. The ones shilling for Creationist websites and merchandise are what make me see red. [/QUOTE] I gotta admit those would be worse. I just don’t recall seeing one of 'em. Guess maybe I haven’t been in any religion-type threads lately. ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/19 "2006-06-01T23:15:35Z")
These ads are freaking annoying! > [@The bottom of the page](#): > > Free to Join. 1000’s of pictures & video’s of Beautiful Black singles What were they thinking here? It’s like, “Yeah, ‘pictures’ doesn’t need an apostrophe, but ‘video’ is a pretty weird word, so we better use an apostrophe when we pluralize it. ‘videos’ without the apostrophe would just be too much of a mindfuck.” :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/20 "2006-06-01T23:25:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, see, it’s because black people like fried chicken. Yeah but everybody knows black people go to Popeyes, not KFC. (at least according to the counter guy at Popeyes, ;)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018.md?page=2)