Facebook Is Trying To Kill Me
I am slowly gathering the impression that Facebook is plotting my demise.
It, like pretty much everything on the net these days, has “smart ads” that recommend based on keywords that you type/are found on the page you’re looking at.
Well, it kept suggesting Warrior Dash to me because other people I know have done it/like it/are planning to do it. Since I’d looked at all the photos that Kristine had posted from her sojourn, I’d remembered Juan telling me about his adventure doing the Dash, and then Dionne said she was registering for it. I finally decided to talk to sweetie about it and see if he wanted to do it as the next race is in November and it’s only 3 miles (5K). He said yes, so I “liked” Warrior Dash as well as its other 5K equivalents from Red Frog, Beachpalooza (5K obstacle course on the beach) and The Great Urban Race (5K obstacle course in the city, which includes puzzles about the city itself that you must also solve in order to complete the race).
A few days later, I started seeing a recommendation for Tough Mudder, which is a half marathon (10 miles) that has obstacles much like Warrior Dash, only these obstacles were designed by the British SAS and only 78% of participants finish the race. Sweetie was game for this dependent upon our performance in the Dash (using it and the other Red Frog events as training if you will), and so I “liked” it too in order to bookmark it if you will for future reference.
A few weeks passed, and yesterday a new recommendation popped up:Spartan Race which is another obstacle course race. This one is actually the umbrella term for a large number of races, tiered by difficulty. The easiest - the Spartan Sprint - is equivalent to the Warrior Dash. Next up is Super Spartan, which is 8+ miles. Tier 3 is Spartan Beast - the 10+-mile equivalent of the Tough Mudder which claims to be more difficult than the Tough Mudder. The final tier is the Spartan Death Race, which is a 48+-hour endurance challenge that drops 90% of all participants.
The website for the Death Race is, literally, www.youmaydie.com. OMFG.
This is why I now believe that Facebook is trying to kill me via the power of suggestion. I’m Buddhist, but to use the easiest reference possible, here it is: Facebook is Satan.
It, like pretty much everything on the net these days, has “smart ads” that recommend based on keywords that you type/are found on the page you’re looking at.
Well, it kept suggesting Warrior Dash to me because other people I know have done it/like it/are planning to do it. Since I’d looked at all the photos that Kristine had posted from her sojourn, I’d remembered Juan telling me about his adventure doing the Dash, and then Dionne said she was registering for it. I finally decided to talk to sweetie about it and see if he wanted to do it as the next race is in November and it’s only 3 miles (5K). He said yes, so I “liked” Warrior Dash as well as its other 5K equivalents from Red Frog, Beachpalooza (5K obstacle course on the beach) and The Great Urban Race (5K obstacle course in the city, which includes puzzles about the city itself that you must also solve in order to complete the race).
A few days later, I started seeing a recommendation for Tough Mudder, which is a half marathon (10 miles) that has obstacles much like Warrior Dash, only these obstacles were designed by the British SAS and only 78% of participants finish the race. Sweetie was game for this dependent upon our performance in the Dash (using it and the other Red Frog events as training if you will), and so I “liked” it too in order to bookmark it if you will for future reference.
A few weeks passed, and yesterday a new recommendation popped up:Spartan Race which is another obstacle course race. This one is actually the umbrella term for a large number of races, tiered by difficulty. The easiest - the Spartan Sprint - is equivalent to the Warrior Dash. Next up is Super Spartan, which is 8+ miles. Tier 3 is Spartan Beast - the 10+-mile equivalent of the Tough Mudder which claims to be more difficult than the Tough Mudder. The final tier is the Spartan Death Race, which is a 48+-hour endurance challenge that drops 90% of all participants.
The website for the Death Race is, literally, www.youmaydie.com. OMFG.
This is why I now believe that Facebook is trying to kill me via the power of suggestion. I’m Buddhist, but to use the easiest reference possible, here it is: Facebook is Satan.