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Phantom

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on: July 30, 2013, 09:12:49 PM
I just saw an ad for "Bigger Breast Cream".
I don't understand life.

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Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 09:22:39 PM
I use adblock plus.  It blocks the ads and the ones it doesn't I can do a right click on the add and add it to the block list.  I only see ads if I visit the forum on my tablet.  

I guess the ads can be randomly chosen.

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Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 09:26:11 PM
Adblock is great. You can use it in Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer. I think Google Chrome and a couple others can use it as well.

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Reply #3 on: July 31, 2013, 02:20:55 AM
Tried and used on Chrome.  It works.  But it's so much more fun seeing what sorta ads pop up.  I keep getting dating sites.  It might be trying to tell me something.

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Reply #4 on: July 31, 2013, 03:08:54 AM
Maybe that they pay the most to have their ads shown.

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Reply #5 on: July 31, 2013, 01:15:29 PM
Quote from: Phantom,Jul 30 2013 on  07:12 PM
I just saw an ad for "Bigger Breast Cream".
I don't understand life.
It just goes to show you that the vast majority of people are extremely stupid.  It makes me embarrassed to be called a human.  Oh yeah!  Spread this cream on your breasts and they'll increase in size at least 27%!  Or how about you put this belt around your fat stomach and hit the button, and you'll magically lose weight in less than 30 days?  Or how about this?  Pay is $999 and we'll show you a way to make HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars overnight!?  The stupidity of the general population is incredible to me.

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Reply #6 on: August 08, 2013, 11:17:00 PM
Quote from: landbeforetimelover,Jul 31 2013 on  12:15 PM
Quote from: Phantom,Jul 30 2013 on  07:12 PM
I just saw an ad for "Bigger Breast Cream".
I don't understand life.
It just goes to show you that the vast majority of people are extremely stupid.  It makes me embarrassed to be called a human.  Oh yeah!  Spread this cream on your breasts and they'll increase in size at least 27%!  Or how about you put this belt around your fat stomach and hit the button, and you'll magically lose weight in less than 30 days?  Or how about this?  Pay is $999 and we'll show you a way to make HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars overnight!?  The stupidity of the general population is incredible to me.
Amen to that.
Now let me reply to this Nigerian Prince . . .

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Reply #7 on: August 09, 2013, 01:47:07 AM
I got ads about enhancing your sex life Trojan Vibrators and I'm like I don't wanna hear that.

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