Stereotypes And Advertisements

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It's crazy to see things that you wouldn't think you would see on Facebook. Like when you look at a certain object on a different program and then it just pops up on your news feed then you wonder how it knew that you looked that up. A lot of the time it's just random things that pop up just to get your attention most of the time it doesn't get people attention but when these ads show up, someone else is getting paid as they show up. Every moment that passes by and an ad come in they get some money. There are times that i see these ads and i could relate to them but most of the time it just the most random thing that you could possibly think is extremely unpleasant.
I am most intrigued in video game adds. There are a lot pages and advertisements

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