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MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:28 PM Dec 2012

All the damn gun ads on the internet

Getting pretty fucking tired of seeing them juxtaposed next to articles about gun massacres.
What the hell can be done about it?

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All the damn gun ads on the internet (Original Post) MynameisBlarney Dec 2012 OP

Try turning your computer off slackmaster Dec 2012 #1

Ad-block. LP2K12 Dec 2012 #2

Maybe you should look at different web sites. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #3

I only go to sites like this MynameisBlarney Dec 2012 #4

If you are searching for articles about guns hootinholler Dec 2012 #5

But I have not done any such searches. Not that I can remember anyway MynameisBlarney Dec 2012 #6

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)

1. Try turning your computer off

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:29 PM

Dec 2012

LP2K12

(885 posts)

2. Ad-block.

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:29 PM

Dec 2012

Or similiar add-ons depending on your browser.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

3. Maybe you should look at different web sites.

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:30 PM

Dec 2012

or use AdBlock.

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

4. I only go to sites like this

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:38 PM

Dec 2012

or humor sites like Daily of the Day
And I can't recall having ever visited a site that sells guns or gun accessories.
So looks like ad block it is then

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)

5. If you are searching for articles about guns

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 12:54 PM

Dec 2012

Then the google will place ads for guns. It's like when I search for stuff about republicans, I get campaign ads for republicans. I also get ads relevant to technologies I research for work.

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

6. But I have not done any such searches. Not that I can remember anyway

Reply to hootinholler (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:11 PM

Dec 2012

I look at geeky type stuff.

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