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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

If it's any consolation, this probably ISN'T a FTM conspiracy ad, it's most likely targeted ads being weird and inaccurate. It's "Hanlon's Razor" - a principle or rule of thumb that states, "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".

I'm a feminine guy in my mid 20s. I have had accounts both with my real info (Real birthdate + sex) and fake ones. Until recently the Google account assigned to my android phone had me listed as a 60 year old woman, or something like that.

And regardless of the info, the ads are never at all accurate. I often get ads very obviously targeted at straight females, dating apps and romance novels for example. On Reddit I usually get ads centered around protein shakes, fitness etc when I've never been into that. And my YouTube mobile ads are the wackiest of them all, I see everything from advertisements for Barbie dolls to "best blue cheese recipes" to 18+ erotic gay manga ads to ads about fishing. I am not into any of these things nor watch videos about them, which is weird.

I think ads are more likely based on browsing history than your data. Which would explain why my ads are all jumbled, since I have morbid curiosity about most things and I explore around a lot. Therefore if you spend a lot of time on discussions about trans and transition (pro OR anti) you're more likely to get ads about it. I know that before my tumblr got banned and I had more "LGBTQ+" in my browsing history I was getting "woke" ads too.

[–]Ferngully 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I appreciate the comment. I’ve never heard of Hanlons Razor, but this past summer and fall I learned about the 4 agreements... I have focused solely on trying to actively practice agreement 2 which is “do not take anything personally” (because I really really need to work on it).

I feel like they are similar, and it is probably better for me to think of this in the context of Hanlons Razor and the Second agreement...

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I'm mid 20s, female, and get pregnancy test adverts :/