Targeted advertising is a huge part of the online experience these days – vast amounts of our personal data are sorted through by algorithms to produce ads supposedly tailor-made to best suit our behavior and preferences. It is big business and the main reason why social media and search engine giants are so keen to keep us sharing and clicking as much and as often as possible.
But they don’t always get it right! Unless, of course, there are actually large amounts of people out there on the lookout for a prosthetic tongue, or hamster leash. The super cheap shopping app ‘Wish’ spends over $100 million on Facebook ads each year, has 170 million unique products to choose from and uploads over 9 million ads every week. That’s a lot for the Facebook algorithm to handle and might explain why it often throws up some pretty crazy examples.
Imgur user BexRani has been collecting weird and wonderful Wish ads for a while now and has decided to share them for our viewing pleasure. And while the ads themselves are good for a chuckle, it is BexRani’s confused and sarcastic commentary that really makes the post!
What is the strangest ad you’ve been ‘targeted’ with? Have you ever actually bought anything that was advertised to you online? Scroll down below to check out some hilariously random examples of what Facebook thinks people might ‘Wish’ for, and let us know what you think in the comments!
#1 I Thought These Were Cushioned Undergarments For Bike Riding At First. But Then I Noticed The Puff Coming Off Of One. Are These Anti Smelly Farts? Why Is There So Much Cushioning?
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#2 A Flat Dog. Cool
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#3 Home MRI? Mini Tanning Bed? Blinding Device?
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#4 Ok So… Are These Tattoo Cover Sleaves? Why Are They On A Cyborg Arm? Are These For Prosthetics? Who’s Prosthetics Look Like Edward Elric’s??
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#5 What On Earth Is $1 In This Picture. Is It The Strap?
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#6 Why
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#7 No
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#8 Why Are These Tiny Blue Plastic Shoes On This Person’s Ear? What Does It Do? Why Do Ears Need Tiny Covers?
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#9 Anti Snoring Device? Chin Shaper? Sleep Talking Nullifier?
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#10 Pills? Expandable Towels? Bullet Wound Packing?
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#11 Are These Hearing Aids? Why The Colored Pins? Who Wants Pins Sticking Out Their Ear?
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#12 Make Up Caboodle? Wax Warmer? Radio? Time Machine To 1994?
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#13 Incubator For Adults?
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#14 I Know These Are Shoes. But Wow They Are Ugly
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#15 Is This A Massager? Muscle Measurement Tool? What’s With The 3 Holes?
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#16 For When You Need To Enter The Matrix
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#17 What Is This? Why Is This? Are They Fake Teeth? Don’t Those Need To Be Custom Fitted?
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#18 Is This An Adult Toy? A Light Chain Pool? Something To Dangle From The Ceiling To Ring For The Servants?
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#19 A Pencil Case? With A Compass? Watch?
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#20 Is This A Water Hose Attachment?
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#21 So Obviously Is Goes In A Fish Tank… But Why?
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#22 Is This A Dumpling Press? Or A Three Tier Cake?
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#23 I Thought This Was A Sweep Bucket But There’s No Flat Edge To Sweep Dirt Unto. What’s With The Handle
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#24 Is This For A Shoe? Exercise Thing? Personal Corn On The Cob Pan
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#25 It Reminds Of Those Plastic Rings On Braces But Wat
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