Submitted 1 day ago by Thadden@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5be0711c-7fa7-4411-96e0-5c78064e2a35.jpeg
There’s clearly an implied indirect meaning there. Also I reverse searched the image, and apparently the middle red X is the symbol of a far-right organization? At least that’s the first result.
…wikipedia.org/…/Movement_Against_Illegal_Immigra…
Did anyone else get something like this?
This is so cursed. I’m not clicking on the ad.
I use FOSS stuff and it ain’t perfect. I just personally can not longer tolerate all the ads and tracking
Getting this specific ad one too many times is actually what finally motivated my lazy ass to switch from sync to eternity
It’s 2025 and you’ve got an android, why on earth aren’t you using a Dns that does as blocking?
how do I setup a pihole
I just use nextdns to be honest because I’m lazy.
I’m not saying there’s nothing dodgy about this because the 3 images with pink in them are clearly IMO designed to trick the eye into seeing nudity which isn’t there…
But that red X is the X men logo: …m.wikimedia.org/…/File:X-Men-logo-comics.png
It’s similar to the one you posted, but that one has white edges to the black lines, whereas the one in your pic does not.
Very weird though.
it’s probably a biproduct of that phenomenon.
I’ll bet the ads are programmatic and have a complex testing matrix, they’re rank tested against each other with other images and the ones that get the most attention win and make it to the next generation - the winners being those that inspire the most interactions probably trends towards those that most closely resemble nudity without being too much of a disappointment.
Yeah that’s true, good point. Do you think it’s a coincidence then? I mean there’s already a double meaning, why not another…
I think it’s just whatever asset they could grab.
It’s very clearly meant to be penis, xxx, crotch, naked woman, probably links to porn and is designed that way to avoid some sort of filter on the ad network to detect pornographic or pornography-referencing advertising.
If that’s the case, well played. Clever.
Why are you looking so hard for something that isn’t there… You sound like a miserable human being
I now see that the body part in the penultimate image is an eyelid. The first one still looks like pink fuzzy penises to me. What do you think it is?
It’s shoes. Fuzzy pink heeled shoes. Had to zoom in.
Could be they appropriated it, but it’s actually the X-Men symbol from their costumes at least in lots of comics and animated TV showd. See in this poster, for example: sportsposterwarehouse.com/…/the-uncanny-x-men-mar…
Yes you’re right, and definitely older. I wonder if it’s just a coincidence though. Nothing surprises me anymore
Btw if you are familiar with, or already use f droid. adaway is a pretty nice way to stop ads system-wide. It will occupy the vpn connection, since it’s how it forces ads to not load. But it’s pretty nice.
(Also, be careful with the vpn being set as always on. I had phones that set it like that automatically, anf after uninstalling the app. The phone still expected to connect through a dead vpn, preventing internet access altogether. Fun :p)
Oh that’s a nice recommendation, I’ll definitely try it. Thank you
I recommend installing TrackerControl on your Android phone. Get the one from f-droid for full access to all features
Hey thanks for the recommendation! I tried it and it works perfectly 😌
I’ve seen ads like this for Temu (Teemu?) where they have a bunch of seemingly random products and I actually want to click it to find out what they are.
Yeah, they have some kind of formula that looks a bit like this… Something weird, something quasi-sexual, and actual products all mixed in together.
I get ones that always have something that looks like (but on closer inspection isn’t) sex toys or BDSM clothing or nudity. Stuff like that.
But I have to say, it definitely works on me, I’m like wtf is that, and then spend a good 30s decoding what it must mean.
…what’s wrong with the fuzzy heels or the weird eye thing?
Aside from I know of like two people that would buy the slippers, and that’s an indictment of the slippers
This is so cursed. I’m not clicking on the ad.
Too late, you’re already tracked.
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Why are you using a recording app with ads/tracking when there’s free alternative that don’t do that?
Like, if you really wanna have transcripts, Google’s recording app works even if you deny it network access. Found that put because I was to lazy to look for a proper FOSS solution.
a screenshot of Google’s recording app
Thadden@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t know, it just have features that I like and couldn’t find on others. Google recorder is not available for my phone :/
And yeah I should check the FOSS alternatives again, it’s been a while.