What Made You Think I Would Want THAT? | by Paula Shablo | Read or Die! | Aug, 2023

Advertisements are a pain in the bootie

For some unfathomable reason, I have become the target for advertisers of penis enlargement products.

Any very occasional penis envy I might have extends only as far as wishing I could take a discrete pee by the side of the road when the next services are miles and miles away. There’s nothing discrete about having to undress from the waist down.

Even if I did have a penis, I don’t think I’d go so far as to take drugs or undergo surgery to “enhance” the damned thing.

I hate advertisements. My email is full of them every day. Delete, delete, delete. Even places I have purchased from in the past get a hard delete. If I want something, I will go looking for it myself.

I may have already answered the question, Ruby Noir ?.

#19. How susceptible are you to advertising? Do you want the things you want because you want them or because you see them advertised repeatedly and that makes you want them? Do you crave food that you see in ads or commercials? Do you follow suggestions based on your purchase history because if you wanted one thing — you probably want other things that are similar? Do you own things that you do not use? What about things you’ve NEVER used but bought anyway? How much does advertising impact your shopping decisions and do you think that they contain subliminal methods of making you desire them? That last part is important — don’t leave it out.

Then again, maybe I haven’t. Not completely.

I am an avid Amazon shopper. It is quick, easy and convenient. I have their damned credit card. I love home delivery.

I use the “Buy Again” option a lot, because we run out of bathroom tissue, dog food, Kleenex and Tylenol. (Among other things.)

I generally ignore the “because you purchased X” suggestions. I got what I wanted. I don’t need a similar item.

Exception: BOOKS. Sometimes I get suggestions for reads similar to ones either I or my mother have read, and I cave. Mom reads two or more books every week, and she doesn’t like e-Readers, so we do get a lot of books.