The more irrelevant the advertising I see, the happier I am about my digital footprint.

Plus, it's funny to me when "the algorithm" tries to sell a moist, pasty red-head lotion and hair relaxer because I matched into that demographic somewhere along the line.

I've never seen a targeted ad. It's very rare that I see any ads at all. Ublock Origin does a very good job of getting rid of them.

I like to imagine the life of the person ads think I am. I get ads in Spanish, I get medication ads for illnesses I do not have, and sometimes literally cannot have,I get ads for high end lab equipment. By far my favorite was an ad for deep sea oil rig sand traps, why would that ad even be made, and why send it to a 50 year old man in a landlocked state who is watching minecraft lets plays and pink pony club covers.

I am avoiding nearly all ads.

Why are people normalizing targeted ads, let alone being impartial to ads at all?

I don't see ads

UBlock Origin and NoScript are both very useful

Not me, opted out of everything I can that would target me and with the VPN I use it just randomly picks locations and servers

I absolutely love getting ads in random languages I don't even speak

I can't even read the ads so It's like an extra layer of protection from their marketing due to my own ignorance

I got advertised bras the other day when I was forced to see ads for the first time in years

Considering I don't use bras, that's probably a good sign

I love VPNs for this .... I get to see advertising from around the world ... Japanese noodles, Nordic furniture, some weird German food, Turkish real estate, Australian drinks ... and all of it delivered in languages I don't understand.

I see you purchased a washing machine. May I assume you are collecting washing machines? Of course I may. Let me offer you these excellent deals for washing machines!

I'm pretty sure Google figured out I'm a woman in my 40s living in Finland so my YouTube ads reflect that. Get feminine product ads and toy ads before Christmas.

And sometimes weird B2B adverts like business software and logistics services and industrial equipment.

One time it was straight up "hey, gurl, wanna buy a tractor???" ...probably because I have watched Farming Simulator let's plays. Years ago.

I don't get ads. I am nothing.

I live an ad-free life since about 2010. But I do wonder what it's like to see targeted ads.

I'm pretty sure mine are based on my physical location and not me. Walking sticks, supplements, glucose monitors.

I don't

I love it when, rarely as it may be since I block ads as much as possible, I get a completely unrelated-to-me ad… it just means they have no clue who I am

Looks like the right one is leaning on a big pile of poo

I hate when someone asks me about some random thing, I quickly Google it for some quick info about something I don't care about at all, and then I have to deal with pop up ads on that product for weeks afterwards.

Cmon! I don't need or want an abussive vampire boyfriend!

I really liked the person the targeted ads thought I was, back when I saw ads.

They were often targeting an idealized version of myself.

Is the woman on the right Daria all grown up? I didn't realize how bad I want that until now.

I don't even know her

Stop looking at as much werewolf porn. Everything in moderation.

According to the first 4 ads on reddit, I have a lot of problems:

• Epilepsy medicine
• Xolair - food allergy medicine
• Diabetes medicine
• Zepbound - weight loss

Like these ads aren't even that helpful, they just get in the way. All the ads are kind of why I don't browse reddit that much anymore.