Do you get weird advertising?

[TBRS1]

OK, so -

My S.O. and I watch stuff on Youtube. I've noticed a odd trend in the advertising I get.

Along with and endless stream of Medicare plan information, I also get advertising for a variety of products...

...but each product seems to have four selling points:

1. The product is "military grade"
2. It is "tactical"
3. It is so powerful that the government doesn't want me to have it
4. I have to "order now before they ban it".

The products have been: a flashlight, a spotting scope, a hoodie, sunglasses, and a small hikers stove.

Is it just me, or are other people getting adds for dangerously powerful sunglasses?

 

[Outdated]

I like playing with Youtube's AI to see what it throws at me.

I'm never logged in to anything when I browse - no google, facebook or anything.
My browser automatically deletes all cookies every time I close it.

Because of this every time I go to youtube I'm a brand new unknown customer. Youtube has no access to my previous browsing history and can only judge me by my current search topics. So I'll deliberately pick on one topic and only click on videos for that one specific topic.

It's amazing how much irrelevant crap it throws at me, and almost always the sort of click bait crap that no intelligent being wants to watch. It takes a bit of work to find genuine content.

 

[Masked Man]

OK, so -

My S.O. and I watch stuff on Youtube. I've noticed a odd trend in the advertising I get.

Along with and endless stream of Medicare plan information, I also get advertising for a variety of products...

...but each product seems to have four selling points:

1. The product is "military grade"
2. It is "tactical"
3. It is so powerful that the government doesn't want me to have it
4. I have to "order now before they ban it".

The products have been: a flashlight, a spotting scope, a hoodie, sunglasses, and a small hikers stove.

Is it just me, or are other people getting adds for dangerously powerful sunglasses?

You must be a guy, or live in an area that is more rural.

These ads are targeted to a certain demographic. For example, right now I'm staying a few days in a very rural area of my state. The television ads are mostly targeted to an obviously elderly demographic. There are also a lot of ads targeted towards people with drug and alcohol addiction, which I would expect in rural areas. When I'm at home, in a higher cost of living area of the state, the ads are more targeted towards upwardly mobile people (very expensive cars and vacations, for example).

The specific selling points you mentioned are targeted towards Prepper types of guys. Selling points 3 and 4 are meant to create a sense of urgency in the potential buyer. It's basic marketing.

 

[TBRS1]

You must be a guy, or live in an area that is more rural.

These ads are targeted to a certain demographic. For example, right now I'm staying a few days in a very rural area of my state. The television ads are mostly targeted to an obviously elderly demographic. There are also a lot of ads targeted towards people with drug and alcohol addiction, which I would expect in rural areas. When I'm at home, in a higher cost of living area of the state, the ads are more targeted towards upwardly mobile people (very expensive cars and vacations, for example).

The specific selling points you mentioned are targeted towards Prepper types of guys. Selling points 3 and 4 are meant to create a sense of urgency in the potential buyer. It's basic marketing.

Yup - I am rural.

I was wondering what kind of list I got on - I guess it's just location.

It's very geared toward preppers.

Here, where I live, there are "family compounds" - right wing communes based around military ideas (as opposed to hippie communes based around free love).

No adds for the chronic alcohol, opiates, and meth users, though.

 

[Masked Man]

Yup - I am rural.

I was wondering what kind of list I got on - I guess it's just location.

It's very geared toward preppers.

Here, where I live, there are "family compounds" - right wing communes based around military ideas (as opposed to hippie communes based around free love).

No adds for the chronic alcohol, opiates, and meth users, though.

Yup, it's mostly location.

It would make no sense to advertise something like vegetarian meat-free products to a community that is, say, located in rural Montana, is mostly male and over 55 years of age. You target those vegetarian ads towards younger people in high cost of living communities.

 

[TBRS1]

LOL - that also explains the Medicare Part B plans that are constantly being pushed. We have a lot of retired folk here.

 

[Jumpinbare]

Hmm. Almost makes me want to pay attention to the ads now. I so thoroughly disregard/tune them out that I literally can't think of what ads I get.