We must never forget that Donald Trump is not the only element dumbing down our country, making it tackier by the hour.
There are many, many other factors. For instance, Reality TV, which of course has a huge overlap with Donald Trump. And such things as this:
Tiger Woods’ Daughter Was a Cute Kid, But What She Looks Like Now Left Us Speechless: https://t.co/OtbuFvg1L3 pic.twitter.com/Cg8JNuJJK1
— Greeningz (@Greeningz_Com) February 26, 2017
Normally, I get that sort of thing in a block of such come-ons at the bottom of an article I’ve been reading — sometimes on sites run by reputable publications. That “What they look like now will leave you agog!” formulation is very common. Other clickbait favorites include “She didn’t know why everyone was applauding” (which is closely related to “17 epic wardrobe fails in sports”), and “Eating this gross-looking thing will make you live to 100.”
If you click on that one above, it takes you to a page with the headline, “Famous Celebrity’s Kids: All Grown Up!” As opposed to “Unknown Celebrity’s Kids,” I suppose. The first item you get is Jamie Lee Curtis and her daughter. Which was an interesting choice, since to me Jamie Lee Curtis is a “famous celebrities’ kid.” To see more, of course, you must click and click and click some more. And no, I wasn’t curious enough.
Bottom line I’d gotten use to these things appearing at the bottom of stories I was reading. Having them crop up frequently as “promoted” content on Twitter is a relatively new irritation…
Oh, another thing: The feed that put that up is called “Greeningz,” which “was started in order to bring two of our favorite topics together – Eco friendliness and Entertainment.” Which seems among the odder reasons for being I’ve encountered. Do you suppose “Greenzo” is their mascot?
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Aside from the tackiness, there is of course the offensively pervy implication in a pitch such as that: “See this precious, innocent child? Check out a picture of her later, looking hot!”
Have you checked the ad that poped up on this post? It’s about indicting Hillary Clinton. A billion times more annoying than the celebrity kids ads.
I haven’t seen that one. I’ve just seen the one about the Clinton Foundation.
We all see different ads, depending on our own internet patterns…
… at least, theoretically.
Right now, I’ve got a cars.com ad and a couple of them inviting me to buy a 2016 Subaru. I don’t know why I’m getting those…
Here’s a real prize-winner in this category: