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"Jane is 4 miles away" Pop -Up's

Um IsNot AnAnsa · 2013-03-06 14:08:22

What are these pop up ads like "Jane is 4 Miles away", contact Jane. Where is Boards.ie going with this one? Who is Jane? Anyone ever met her?

06-03-2013 3:08pm

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Um IsNot AnAnsa

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What are these pop up ads like "Jane is 4 Miles away", contact Jane.

Where is Boards.ie going with this one? Who is Jane? Anyone ever met her?

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#2 06-03-2013 3:08pm

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yeah, she's not up for the ride.

Complete waste of bus money.

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#3 06-03-2013 3:09pm

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Ah Jane is grand. Leave Jane out of this.

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#4 06-03-2013 3:09pm

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adblock plus ftw!!

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#5 06-03-2013 3:09pm

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Um...

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#6 06-03-2013 3:09pm

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No, but Jasmine is near me in "unidentified proxy"..

.. I presume by "unidentified proxy", they mean Nando's.

Score!

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#7 06-03-2013 3:09pm

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Um IsNot AnAnsa wrote: »

Whats the story with these pop up ads like "Jane is 4 Miles away", contact Jane.

Where is Boards.ie going with this one? Who is Jane? Anyone ever met her?

I think you might have a virus. If you don't you will if you go to meet 'Jane'.

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#8 06-03-2013 3:10pm

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I'm suspicious of Jane and her mates. They're alway 4 miles away, no matter where i am. How do they know?:D

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#9 06-03-2013 3:11pm

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Its based on info google cached on you. So if you've been to porno websites, it's associated as an interest and provides you similar ads.

Just be happy they aren't presenting you with ads for creches.

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#10 06-03-2013 3:13pm

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My high school cheerleaders are all grown up

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#11 06-03-2013 3:14pm

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Dravokivich wrote: »

Its based on info google cached on you. So if you've been to porno websites, it's associated as an interest and provides you similar ads.

Just be happy they aren't presenting you with ads for creches.

I get ads for Daniel O'Donnell CDs.

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#12 06-03-2013 3:16pm

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Dravokivich wrote: »

Its based on info google cached on you. So if you've been to porno websites, it's associated as an interest and provides you similar ads.

Just be happy they aren't presenting you with ads for creches.

I reckon it's a plot to populate the country with boardsies - an add last week told me i could be pregnant in four weeks, all i had to do was go to Barcelona. Considering i'm a bloke - i'd imagine there must have been more to it than that!
Now i do like Jane, but sh'e 4 miles away - what use is that. If she was in the car park i might run down and meet her for lunch, but 4 miles, she can fúck right off!

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#13 06-03-2013 3:20pm

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Oh God. My ad shows an old perv with money in his pocket, smiling at me saying you don't need a rich father.

I don't wanna...I'm too pretty...

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#14 06-03-2013 3:21pm

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It's always 4 miles away. Now, connect from somewhere in the middle of the Siberian tundra - or from the ISS - and the whole thing gets more interesting!

On a sad note - if these ads keep appearing, it means there are ejiits that click on them...

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#15 06-03-2013 3:22pm

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Oink wrote: »

Oh God. My ad shows an old perv with money in his pocket, smiling at me saying you don't need a rich father.

I don't wanna...I'm too pretty...

That's not an ad, that's me skyping you.

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#16 06-03-2013 3:25pm

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Where To wrote: »

That's not an ad, that's me skyping you.

I will never, ever, feel clean again. *pours lighter fluid on computer screen, strikes a match*

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#17 06-03-2013 3:26pm

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sbsquarepants wrote: »

I reckon it's a plot to populate the country with boardsies - an add last week told me i could be pregnant in four weeks, all i had to do was go to Barcelona. Considering i'm a bloke - i'd imagine there must have been more to it than that!

That's probably related to your wife's searches.

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#18 06-03-2013 3:30pm

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Boards has ads? Never seen any.

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#19 06-03-2013 3:31pm

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Never saw Jane. Upgrade to BoardsGoldR for just €20 per month and you get Svetlana, only 200 metres away.

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#20 06-03-2013 3:36pm

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It never says "Joe is 4 miles away". Kinda sexist so it is.

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#21 06-03-2013 3:47pm

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I had Dominoes and Pizza Hut ads follow me around for weeks once. If I've ordered a pizza online already you don't need to advertise them to me. I know they exist.

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#22 06-03-2013 4:43pm

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http://xkcd.com/713/

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#23 06-03-2013 4:46pm

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Wait.....if she is 4 miles away from three of us, we should be able to triangulate her precise location and then call over to her for a bit of mmmf

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#24 06-03-2013 5:00pm

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4 miles away from me in every direction is farm land, I'm beginning to think Jane is one of those dam sexy sheep.

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#25 06-03-2013 5:07pm

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Always 4 miles away. Is she under armed guard or something? Let's go rescue Jane and her mates.

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#26 06-03-2013 5:07pm

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OP, I'm guessing (and hoping) you're not seeing pop ups but the Google Ads in the bottom right hand corner?

Dodgy ads can be reported here in Feedback.

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#27 06-03-2013 5:15pm

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Pron sites should have a pop up that says "your wife is in the lounge" or "your wife is coming up the stairs",

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#28 06-03-2013 5:16pm

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Oink wrote: »

Oh God. My ad shows an old perv with money in his pocket, smiling at me saying you don't need a rich father.

I don't wanna...I'm too pretty...

Is that a wad of money in his pocket, or is he just happy to see you?

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#29 06-03-2013 5:25pm

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Dravokivich wrote: »

Its based on info google cached on you. So if you've been to porno websites, it's associated as an interest and provides you similar ads.

I was showing my parents a video on YouTube a while back when this ad popped up.

Awkward...

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#30 06-03-2013 5:28pm

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Boards.ie: Nicola wrote: »

OP, I'm guessing (and hoping) you're not seeing pop ups but the Google Ads in the bottom right hand corner?

Dodgy ads can be reported here in Feedback.

Oh gosh no Nicola : ) Just a bit of AH banter. BTW, How far away are you?

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