# What the fuck is going on with these ads on the SDMB?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018>\
**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:** 5\
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**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 2, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/21 "2006-06-02T03:17:53Z")

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[QUOTE=wolfman]  
Yeah but everybody knows black people go to Popeyes, not KFC. (at least according to the counter guy at Popeyes, ;))  
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Damn skippy. Unless you’re broke, then you have to go to Church’s. It’s probably better just to starve.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/22 "2006-06-02T03:22:52Z")

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[QUOTE=sundog66]  
These ads are freaking annoying!  
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:  
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An apostrophe meaning, “Look out! Here comes an s.”

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/23 "2006-06-02T04:51:37Z")

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I’m just amazed someone remembered that thread, since it died pretty quickly.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/24 "2006-06-02T06:53:10Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
I’m so sick of these threads about vanity phone numbers and harassing phone calls.  
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But the one at the bottom of the thread as I type this offers the ability to make your ads 14x better!

Weirdly specific number choice, isn’t it?

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**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:** [June 2, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-these-ads-on-the-sdmb/359018/25 "2006-06-02T08:03:24Z")

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I use FireFox, so I haven’t seen these ads at all.

Why do people spend their time complaining about this, instead of doing something about it? (Like switching to a browser that blocks the ads automatically.)

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