I listened to a Polish all-woman close harmony group called
Laboratorium Pieśni tonight, and ever since I’ve been bombarded with adverts in
Polish. I sometimes get the same thing when I watch Chinese videos. It appears
that Google’s targeted advertising program assumes that if you watch a video
from Poland or China you must
be Polish or Chinese. Maybe I should torture myself with Rolf Harris singing
Waltzing Matilda and see whether I get
showered with adverts for Foster’s Lager (I assume only Australians are
prepared to sacrifice themselves to the patriotic principle by drinking the
stuff. It really is that bad.) But seriously…
I hate adverts on principle and ignore them as a matter of
routine. And when they start throwing adverts at me in a language I don’t understand
it all becomes just a little too absurd. You’d think targeted advertising would
be more sophisticated, wouldn’t you?
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On a more positive note, I had coffee today with the only
stylish person in the whole of Stoke on Trent.
My 15-year-old granddaughter.
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