only P via 1984 as 1984 becomes the Brave New World

[Ian Livingston]

Yes, that's pretty clear, I think. They're still my favorite targeted ads.

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Prashant Kumar <
siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:

> The spam recipes are a joke.
>
> gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/del-eat-your-spam.html
>
>
> On 18 August 2012 13:48, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >No offense, Ian, but you're using a gmail account (as am I).  How do you
>> think Google pays for the servers and all to offer you free email?  By
>> showing you ads tailored for you.
>>
>> Yes, I know, Robert. And I am often delighted with how insanely far-off
>> the mark those targeted ads universally strike. My favorites by far are the
>> recipes attached to the spam folder. It's probably been 30 years since I
>> touched a can of that crap (sorry, any loyal limeys, just is what it is)
>> and another 30 will likely see me past the end of my days safe from those
>> recipes.
>>
>> My comment was tailored to the thrill-teasing aspect especially
>> associated with theme parks and such. But everything from Popsicles to
>> Previa presents itself as the great other that will make your life juuust
>> right until you need some more. Addiction is like that. It's religion
>> without explicit prayers and mysticism: so long as you are in the temple
>> you are at one with all you know, as soon as you start to sober up, you
>> start preparing to return to the sanctity of the temple. To paraphrase the
>> beloved Janis: It's all the same fucking thrill, man!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Ian Livingston <
>>> igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So it sounds like a doping scheme, replacing religion with thrills.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:55 AM, alice wellintown <
>>>> alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> and in the end,
>>>>> the love you make & take
>>>>> is equal to
>>>>> your ride
>>>>> on the snake.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>>>> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust
>>>> in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
>>>> groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
>>>> urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust
>> in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
>> groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
>> urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>>
>
>


-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
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