Ahh, those fabulous facebook targeted ads. Does anyone else pay attention to these? One of my concerns of late is that I get more absurd ads than anyone else. Am I paranoid, or am I truly the Magnet For the Absurd (MFTA)?
This beauty came across my page the other night:
What the hell? What is a CPAP mask and is anyone else horrified at the idea of sleeping next to someone wearing one of these things? And, oh wise algorithm of facebook…why me? I wonder, is there a huge population of women my age on facebook that suffer from sleep apnea. Or is this just an ad that rotates through the entire facebook community in hopes that they will find those who do suffer. I had to do myself a little research on this (big surprise) and found this horrifying article that states the following:
New research from South Korea indicates that people who suffer from severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have reduced concentrations of gray matter in multiple areas of the brain.
Gray matter refers to the brain’s cerebral cortex, where most of the analyzing processes take place. The changes in brain structure maybe the cause of heart and memory problems—which are both common in individuals with OSA.
Oh crap, is my lack of gray matter showing! Honey does this reduced gray matter make my ass look fat?
I digress, back to facebook ads. I can understand some of the others that show up on my page. You know the ones that target everything towards 50-year-olds just to remind me how old I am in case I maybe forgot for a moment or two in between the days when AARP has sent me membership cards – I have received 7 to date, no lie. I have seen the Buy Uggs at 50 ad with the pink Uggs that no one on earth would be caught dead in. Figuring this ad was done by some 20-something who thinks her mom’s friends are lame enough to buy them. Or the hey 50-year-old we need you to test out the i-pad, maybe because the i-adultdiaper is not quite out of beta yet! Yeesh!
Wait, what was this post about again? (uh oh, must be the gray matter thing)
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i could cry but i don't have time 
“What the hell? What is a CPAP mask and is anyone else horrified at the idea of sleeping next to someone wearing one of these things?” Laughed at work when I read that! Another great selection, “Oh crap, is my lack of gray matter showing! Honey does this reduced gray matter make my ass look fat?”
why thank you Matt. that means that your mind is as warped as mind. thanks for stopping by
One more comment…love the title of your blog!
i DO know what cpap means–but never mind that. I HAVE PINK UGGS!!! and brown ones too cause my personal fashion policewoman told me it was embarrassing to be seen with a mom in pink uggs……