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Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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You’re probably right, I’m browsing with iOS safari and no ad-block

No ad-block? Well that's surprising.

Thank you for encouraging me to install an ad blocker for iOS. Now I can read that article ;)

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Unrelated to the content, anyone else having trouble reading this article? After three reloads from what seems to be way too many interactive ads, the page crashed entirely. I got about one paragraph in before this: https://postimg.cc/2qQ3qPjy

Works fine with javascript disabled. The images don't load, but on Vice they usually add nothing to the story anyway.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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If you find this stuff interesting, I recommend watching Cryptozoo[1]. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it's definitely a more interesting film than whatever latest Marvel release happens to be making the rounds.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoo

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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Not a coincidence. Either you share the same lawyer or the same psychiatrist... "Facebook recommended that this psychiatrist's patients friend each other" https://splinternews.com/facebook-recommended-that-this-psyc...

Wait, if that's true its not impossible to perform targeted search to find out who is under psychiatric treatment... that's not ideal, to say the least

It's what led me to uninstall their app, and ultimately to basically stop using their website bec the desktop version is impossible to use and the mobile version is also kinda annoying. the result is I don't use it.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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I like this stuff because I think things like Ancient Aliens are the Subgenius and Discordianism of our time. The genius of it is that it is a note for note send up of ideologies of every kind, literally, the logic of an idea, where when you project it on something, the reflection doesn't illuminate the object so much as reinforce the underlying idea itself as a lens. If I could coin a term for it, I would call it "p…

> The genius of it is that it is a note for note send up of ideologies of every kind, literally, the logic of an idea, where when you project it on something, the reflection doesn't illuminate the object so much as reinforce the underlying idea itself as a lens.

Could you expound on this? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand what you are saying

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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I like this stuff because I think things like Ancient Aliens are the Subgenius and Discordianism of our time. The genius of it is that it is a note for note send up of ideologies of every kind, literally, the logic of an idea, where when you project it on something, the reflection doesn't illuminate the object so much as reinforce the underlying idea itself as a lens. If I could coin a term for it, I would call it "p…

Is this comment supposed to make sense?

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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I like this stuff because I think things like Ancient Aliens are the Subgenius and Discordianism of our time. The genius of it is that it is a note for note send up of ideologies of every kind, literally, the logic of an idea, where when you project it on something, the reflection doesn't illuminate the object so much as reinforce the underlying idea itself as a lens. If I could coin a term for it, I would call it "p…

what is the truth that ancient aliens is revealing? that people are gullible? i don’t get it

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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I have always been fascinated by these kinds of things. Cryptozoology, UFOs, Occult...wish I could have the resources to pursuit them scientifically. X-Files is still my top-3 TV show but it's quite a bit cliché after 30 years.

The commercials for the old Time Life series, "Mysteries of the Unknown" keeps popping into my head recently.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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I have always been fascinated by these kinds of things. Cryptozoology, UFOs, Occult...wish I could have the resources to pursuit them scientifically. X-Files is still my top-3 TV show but it's quite a bit cliché after 30 years.

x-files only seems clichéd because every crime procedural and every paranormal genre show since have ripped it off in one way or another. still rules.

Re: Facebook ads told me to become a certified cryptozoologist, so I did

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I have always been fascinated by these kinds of things. Cryptozoology, UFOs, Occult...wish I could have the resources to pursuit them scientifically. X-Files is still my top-3 TV show but it's quite a bit cliché after 30 years.

x-files only seems clichéd because every crime procedural and every paranormal genre show since have ripped it off in one way or another. still rules.

Yeah exactly. I rewatched the series a couple of months ago, still very good.
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