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They Read my Mail

One of the things about having gmail that worries some people are the sidebar ads generated by Google based on the content of your emails.  Personally, I am more worried that one day my account will be suspended or taken away for some unknown reason and I’ll lose all my emails.  I see the ads as an interesting interface between human and bot, as a barometer of how well they can read us.

Here is an ad generated today based on an email that was sent to me:

Sponsored Links
Track your wife
Install a low cost GPS tracking system in their car. Great Prices!
bluewatersecurityprofessionals.com

I was really excited at first but then I realized that it was Bluewater not Blackwater. 

Missionary Go Home

On Saturday I spotted two Jehovah’s Witnesses canvassing my neighborhood.  Within twenty minutes I saw two Mormons.  I find myself offended by missionaries.  I’ve noticed that they no longer prey on me, which you might suppose would make me find them easier to put up with, but no, the truth is, knowing that they target specific people makes me hate them even more.  Cómo se dice “ten percent of your paycheck?”

You could say that in a sense, every declarative sentence pushes a point of view, and that by merely speaking, I am guilty of trying to convert people to something or another as well.  I guess that’s what a clever Mormon or JW would say to you if confronted with my feelings towards them.  That’s fine, but I don’t travel to Utah to tell Mormons that I think they’re full of shit, yet they have no problem with coming to Roslindale and pushing their beliefs on other people.  My not hopping on a Salt Lake bound JetBlue to push my religion of cynical nihilism there is an act of ecumenical consideration.  However, if the pushers don’t let up, I may be forced to resort to their methods.