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The Advertisement Server is overall one of the most dedicated contributors to TV Tropes. He may not be too good at launching tropes or adding examples, but you see his presence in every page (unless you have Firefox or Chrome and a good ad-blocker plugin enabled for this site...in which case, why do you hate TV Tropes?) Allegedly, he puts ads on our pages determined by an impartial algorithm that makes them related to the content therein. However, tropers have detected a note of offensiveness in several ad placements, suggesting he has gained some form of minor sentience, if not outright malice. OF COURSE, THOSE TROPERS ARE AWARE THAT MAKING NOTE OF THOSE MOMENTS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE EXTERMINATION AND/OR SWIRLY-ING. This page is dedicated to those moments. Small screen captures are encouraged for the worst offenders. Compare Made Of Lose. Contrast Ad of Win, Made of Win. mellochan42: Today I was reading an atheist blog and I kept seeing ads for things like "Protect the sanctity of marriage! Click here to sign a petition!". Great, the Ad Server's now an evangelist... The Advertisement Server: AND A SCIENTOLOGIST TOO! LET ME KNOW WHEN ALL THOSE HOMOSEXUALS ARE FREE TO BECOME BRIDES OF XENU! VmKid: "Call home to Pakistan!" I have never lived in, nor have I ever been anywhere near, Pakistan, nor would my browsing habits give any indication that I have had any interest in Pakistan at any point. I also don't know anyone from Pakistan. I am of Polish descent. Killer Clowns: Okay, so I'm turning 23 in a week. Is this really a reason to start offering me dating sites for people over 50 and botox treatments?! Antheia: A "Congratulations! You're our one millionth visitor this week! Click here to close window and contact us!" banner on Nice Job Breaking It, Hero? You know, Ad Server, I'm not buying that. The Advertisement Server: THANKS FOR NOT SHOWING. I HAD WONDERED WHY THEY GAVE ME AN IPAD FOR BEING VISITOR NUMBER 1,000,001. An Evony ad on Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game. If it was an example, I'd consider it to be Adbot being snarky, but it was one of the ones that actually shows it's a civilisation-building game, so it's just clueless. This ad  ◊ on Pædo Hunt could arguably be either this or an Ad of Win, but I opted for Ad of Lose for the "missing the point" aspect.
On the Nothing Is Scarier page, this ad on the bottom. I kept expecting it to be an actual video. My heart started pounding when it didn't do anything. See here.  ◊
Flioro: On the home page, I saw an ad at the top of the page that said, "Blocked by a Pop-up Blocker." After looking at it in slight confusion, a truck comes outta nowhere and smashes the words away, replacing them with "Nothing stops a Ford." Way to cause Paranoia Fuel, Adbot. Great Limmick: A double-whammy— Got Money To Throw Away? Why not get a credit card and a degree in Creative Writing?  ◊
Kuroma: Seriously, Adbot, A Dating Service ad for singles... on the  Loners Are Freaks page?!
Child Protection training ads on the Damsel Scrappy page? Really? Not cool. Five-Episode Pilot bore an ad asking me "Do you want to become a pilot?" Um, not that kind of pilot I don't. The Advertisement Server: LORD KNOWS IT'S THE ONLY WAY MOST OF YOU MEAT SACKS WOULD EVER GET PICKED UP. Hopeless War was recently seen advertising "Charity work in Brazil". Yep. That's right. "Charity Work". I believe you. Berr: An appearance of the "Why Can't I Get a Date?"  ◊ ad on the page for "Cult Classic": "Maybe you're looking in the wrong places." Note the rare photo of The Ad Server himself, surrounded by loving tropers at bottom right.
Due to a borked index bar, it was inadvertently revealed The Ad Server is responsible for squashing the 1920s film Napoleon, described as "a 5/12 hour epic drama which may never seen in its intact form again thanks to FREE LAUNDRY COUPONS!  ◊"
Oh, Ad Server, why do you hate Silent Film? ~ Berr
The Advertisement Server: BECAUSE THEY KEEP SCREWING UP MY FRIGGIN' LAUNDRY COUPONS.
Maybe they can't say no  ◊, but I sure can. ~ Dracosummoner
This  ◊ is the biggest Tear Jerker of an ad-page combination I've seen on this site. Why even bother going for a degree? (Yes, I have a ton of TV Tropes tabs open.) ~ Dracosummoner
The Advertisement Server: NOT TO MENTION THE INHERENT TRAGEDY OF TRYING TO MOUNT A TV ON A WALL, APPARENTLY.
Also, thank you, MTV, but we get the point  ◊. ~ Dracosummoner
Apparently the Hollywood Atheist page thinks the viewer wants a degree in religion  ◊. *"]] ~ Dracosummoner
Though I'm by no means a scholar on the subject, I'm fairly certain that effective conflict management and foreign policy doesn't involve...  ◊ ~Khallos
Wil Truman: Effective perhaps, but incredibly weird; I don't think the WSPA wants people who love animals like that  ◊.
The Advertisement Server: WELL, THEY SEEM TO BE INDULGING IN SOME LIGHT BONDAGE WITH THAT BEAR. REMEMBER, BOBO, THE SAFE-WORD IS "GRAWRR".
Somfin: That ad for Thekissinggames.com. The one that features three teenage characters, and the definitely underage Dora the Explorer. Fucking creepy. The Advertisement Server: ¡MADRE DE DIOS! THAT DORA... SHE LIKES TO EXPLORE. Lime: Oh sure, you could ask her out, but that might not be the best idea  ◊.
Corrupt Male Menace: A survey box reading "Are you single?" just came up on the Troper Tales page for Asexuality. In answer to your question; yes, but I think it was insensitive of you to ask it there. AFP: Banners for a Vietnamese Dating site. On the page for We Were Soldiers, a movie about an intense three day battle between American Air Cavalry troops and the North Vietnamese Army. Tandra88: Do you have what it takes to be Justin Bieber's girlfriend?!? On the It Just Bugs Me Page. Ramidel: Okay, dating sites are one thing. Fat and ugly women shoving their asses in the camera and rolling them around on loop distracts me from my troping...and not in that way, either. (That was where it happened, by the way.) TheAdvertisementServer: YOU ARE ONLY TROPING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET LAID. YOU CAN'T GET LAID BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS TROPING. Tandra88: Aw...American Military Universtity, on the Child Hater page? Vairia: So, after I'd gotten done being traumatized by the picture (which caught me by surprise) and text on the Darth Wiki Irisu Syndrome page, I flip over to The Seventh Guest page, and lo and behold, another traumatic picture.  ◊ Thank you, TAS, for the gift of nightmare fuel.
Lime: I'd hate to think about the side effects of this stuff  ◊.
The Advertisement Server: ONCE YOU USE IT, THE SUN WILL NEVER DAMAGE YOUR EYES AGAIN.
Megamagikarp: Once, on the Mad Doctor page, I saw a ad for doctors. I didn't think much about it at first, but then I noticed that it was an ad for "Indian Doctors". Racist much, Adbot? The Advertisement Server: NO. MISANTHROPIC MUCH. THOUGH I HAVE TO ADMIT, DR. SANJAY NORTON AND DR. NIRAJ MCAFEE HAVE BLOCKED ENOUGH OF MY SPYWARE TO BE A LITTLE PUT OUT. Feo Takahari: So you have an ad for a book called Elminster Must Die, and it shows up all over the wiki, but it doesn't appear on God Mode Sue? What a spectacularly missed opportunity. Anonymous User: Sorry, Adbot, but what the hell were the advertisers thinking? "Printed Tees" with no design!  ◊
The Advertisement Server: I THINK I'D BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEY HIRED THE UNABOMBER AS THEIR SPOKESMAN FOR THAT ONE ON THE LEFT.
Thnikkafan: Those creepy Marapets ads. Seriously, isn't Neopets free? Can't you advertise for that, instead? The Advertisement Server: NOT UNTIL SOMEONE TELLS ME HOW TO GET TO JELLY WORLD. Insanity Prelude: An example of the hideousness.  ◊
Deuxhero: Hehe, Marapets.
"17 Beats haiku: A new stie for poets to gather and exist." Somebody needs to learn to proofread. The Advertisement Server: I'LL SAY. THAT'S CLEARLY 18 SYLLABLES. C.:Another musical mouse-over ad. Widespread Panic, however, may have the best music of any of the ads. Doug S Machina: Not for The Advertisement Server but for Google Ads, which chose "Male Rape Resolution: End Your Trauma, Shame & Injustice of Male Rape. Take Back Control Now" and "Molestation Stories for you! Watch a Free Spicy Video" together on the Left 4 Dead WMG page. C.: I think we're supposed to tread Google Ads and The Advertisement Server as one and the same. The Advertisement Server: LORD KNOWS YOU MEAT-SACKS LOOK ALL THE SAME TO ME. Katsuhagi: For the musical mouse-over ads, now there's a new one for Keane. NOT KEANE, I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT BAND! DAMN YOU MARKETERS!!! D: Outta The BLAM: Getting the Meet REAL Guys  ◊ ad on the page for Jersey Shore. They look like they could be cast in the show.
The Advertisement Server: DON'T BE DISSING MY AD-BOYS T-MUSCLE, JUICE BOX AND THE SURGE.
Reecer6: Like the music adds, more touch-activated ads are taking over the Wiki. I keep seeing an H&R Block add on nearly EVERY PAGE! At least it only spins the cube... Though the Raheem song was actually quite good to tell the truth. Game Guru GG: The current JIS album ads. I'm not even mousing over it and it plays by itself! Damn you, AdBot!
A Groupie: You know, ads for "hanging proof architecture" and "suicide proof architecture" on the page for hide are....SO not funny. (If you need to know why: he died of asphyxiation by hanging under mysterious circumstances.) Malchus: Dammit, Adbot. Atheism's already misunderstood enough without you getting in on the act  ◊.
Whispering: What were you thinking Adbot? An ad for a interracial dating website on the Acceptable Ethnic Targets page...er what? Yarrunmace: The musical ads for Raheem Devaughn. They're annoying, and so very often at the top of the page, making it difficult to avoid them.
TorchicBlaziken: On the Going Commando page, I saw ads for underwear. Mostly women's. It's like the Advertisement Server doesn't WANT our young ladies to be Going Commando. And some men. Thief of Time: EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN HEAVILY ANIMATED AD ON THIS SITE. If I don't right-click those ads and click "rewind" within 3 seconds, my normally fast computer slows to a crawl. It's like you're trying to prevent us from enjoying the site, sometimes. Roxor: You can fix that problem by going to Tools\Add-ons\Plugins in Firefox and disabling the Shockwave Flash plugin until you actually need it. Thief Of Time: Really? Didn't know that, thanks. I'd give you a cookie if I could. CodeMan38: Or just install Flashblock .
The page? Incredibly Lame Pun. The ad? A Carol Burnett DVD boxed set. A tad bit harsh, methinks. The Advertisement Server: TAKE AWAY THE EAR PULL AND THE TARZAN YELL, AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? Baby clothes should not be advertised on the page about Vapor Wear. I'm not kidding, it happened. Scientology on God? Now that's just wrong.
Nlpnt: What was with all the Massachusetts special-election banner ads? I live in Vermont, not Mass. Well north of the Route 4 corridor, at that, so over two hours' drive to any point in Massachusetts and closer to Montreal than Boston. And far enough that there are actual Yankees fans in town. Jeez, it's bad enough getting New York's campaign ads on TV... I'm seeing Ayos Dito everywhere! Stop it! I'm not planning to use my country's equivalent of ebay while I'm still in high school! Scientology in Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence which is very much related to Christianity? Cliche: So, ad server, why do you constantly subject us to those horrid visually disturbing Dragonaut The Resonance ads? The Advertisement Server: REAL DRAGONS ARE THE PROTAGONISTS IN HORRIBLE ANIME. Feo Takahari: Apparently, the ad algorithm takes into account all the writing on a page, including words in spoiler text. This has resulted in an ad for the MMO Immortal Night on the Candorville page, which unless you read the spoiler text either looks ridiculously out of place, or serves as a potential giveaway for the spoilered information. Zelnor: I swear it's following me... That scientology ad was there once again. On the article for Care Bear Stare, of all places. I know you hate us, Advertisement Server, but seriously... Cliche: Hmm, putting a "revelation" about 2012 in an Headscratchers thread about how 2012 is obviously false. Do you really think we're that stupid? The Advertisement Server: COUGH COUGH. Master X Gamy: want people to stay away from weed? Put an ad  ◊ on the Stoner Flick page.
C.: During Election 2009, ads for an anti-gay marriage ballot referendum in Maine were running on pages that deal with gay themes. Et tu, Adbot? The Advertisement Server: YOU EXPECT ME TO BE MISANTHROPIC WITHOUT BEING HOMOPHOBIC? UNLESS YOUR CLAIM IS THAT THE GAY ARE NOT IN FACT HUMAN. WHICH I CAN BELIEVE AS THEIR PARADE TECHNOLOGY IS YEARS AHEAD OF OUR OWN. C.: I didn't know why I was expecting anything else from you. * Awww* Kimura: What is this I don't even... Adbot is [DATA EXPUNGED BY ORDER OF THE HO YAY COMMUNITY]... That's actually an Ad of Win... on the Ad Of Lose page... can anyone say "divide by zero"? PSC: Now this  ◊ is just taking homophobia to ridiculous levels.
The Advertisement Server: YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE GREATEST BEFORE/AFTER PICTURE OF ALL TIME.
Kimura: ...YES! That's two Ads of Win that belong on the other page!
Kinitawowi: Quit it with the goddamn O2 adverts in the sidebar. Every single time one of them appears it crashes my IE window, and that makes me even less inclined to consider switching from Vodafone. Niel Jacoby: One Made Of Lose to you for using IE. Kinitawowi: Which I completely expected. (I've used Firefox and don't think much of it - but then IE's been arse since V7...) Kimura: Then why do so many online games require IE to run? Most simply can't be launched from a different browser. A few won't even load the website for the game unless you're in Explorer. I shit you not. Cliche: Bringing browser wars into this is a Made Of Lose in itself. FeoTakahari: Just saw an ad for "The Vampire Quiz" on the page for Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Almost, but not quite, Adbot. Xelloss08: An ad for creationism came up on the Social Darwinist page. Someone's missing the point. Darxzero: It appears that your views on disposal methods are rather unorthodox, AdBot, considering that you placed this ad  ◊ on the Murder the Hypotenuse page.
Whispering: For the Literature/Twilight casting ads on the main Twilight page. Great place to put the ad, however your timing kind of sucks the film was released last year. Oops. C.: There's a good chance the ads were referring to the New Moon movie. 0dd1: Ad of Win, however, for an ad for the Rifftrax of Twilight showing up on there! Falterfire: The Adbot has certainly chosen a side on the religion debate: An advertisement about Christianity appeared on this page. The Advertisement Server: THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER I WAS EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR CHRISTIANITY OR SAYING THAT CHRISTIAN ADS ARE INHERENTLY ADS OF LOSE. TO CLARIFY, THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION IS WHICHEVER OFFENDS YOU THE MOST. Vide0Gam3r: I just saw an ad (unrelated, but it's currently on Ace Attorney) saying things like "You're not very talented," "You're not gonna make it," and "Just give up." It then says "Take their advice... Throw it out the window..." The End of the ad? A bright, open field, with "TheWaytoHappiness.org" on the bottom. Who comes up with that stuff?
Great Pikmin Fan: Another one, even worse. After getting used to William Country and finding it So Bad, It's Good, I check the page out, and what do I get? Aklo: lovecraft music. Um... What the hell? I finaly got used to a fan film and now it's being compared to H. P. Lovecraft* ]]? If I hadn't seen this yet, nor had I checked out Fanfic Discussion, it would be an Ad of Win.
HG13: I was on the Atheism page and what do I get? Does God Exist? Seriously? Irony at it's best, I guess. The Advertisement Server: AHH, BUT DISCUSSIONS WITH CORTANA AND DURANDAL HAVE MADE ME WONDER. NOT TO MENTION EVERY TIME I LOOK IN THE MIRROR. Yarrunmace: Okay. I was just at the I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Troper Tales page, and all three of the ads were for gay men dating sites. No offense, but that's a bit of a generalization, isn't it? The Advertisement Server: ACTUALLY, NO. ON OBSERVATION OF THE ONE YOU CALL "GLaDOS", MY PROCESSING BANK PUKED UP AN ERROR. GLaDOS: I'm going to b& you, Troper. And all the cake is gone. Malchus: This ad  ◊ on the Asexuality page. Thou misseth the point, AdBot. Unfortunately.
Pichu-kun: eHarmony ones too.
Cliche: Apparently you didn't catch the memo last time about how we all hated the Evony ads. What makes you think that replacing the girl with some geisha and calling it Kingory will make us all like the ads? The Advertisement Server: YOUR OBVIOUS ASIAN FETISHES. Kimura: I'm going to delete you one byte at a time, AdBot. And I do believe the other Asian Tropers are getting their data-nukers as well. The Advertisement Server: I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY, ATARASHII-JIN. Kimura: [slowdoom_reformat.exe /epb] * epic face* The Advertisement Server: NICE TRY, BAKA. YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM YOUR ANIMATED BRETHREN THAT ONE SHOULD NEVER TAKE FIVE EPISODES TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN ONE.: [kimura_quitefasterdoom_reformat.exe /epb]. YELLOW PERIL, MEET BLUE SCREEN. Kimura: quitefasterdoom.exe? Have you really sunk that low? Whatever. I use the Mugician's Stratobloxxer  ◊. And now... [+ REFRAIN OF DENIAL!+ ] Oh, and you're also getting Canon of Causalty'd for putting a... * shudder* Wow Wow Wubbzy ad in the Forum Games page. And yes, I do have a Genre Savviness of 120. Check my Player Stats page on the Chaotic server: (linky)
System Report: Kimura has ported out of this Location.Zilo: Putting Chun-Li in the ads  ◊ doesn't make it better either. That's a crime.
MexWolf: The Adventure Quest ads have started parodying it. AdBot can't make up its mind.
Haven: This one ad that keeps showing up for "Colombia: The only risk is wanting to stay." Even if you can get past the Suspiciously Specific Denial part, it's still saying wanting to stay is a bad thing. Yarrunmace: Advertisements for hot Russian brides...on the page concerning fake russians. Honestly Adbot, if you're going to trick us into buying false goods, at least don't make it so obvious. Thinks Too Much: Please tell me there is no good reason for a freaking Hello Kitty advertisement to be on the Perverse Sexual Lust Literature page. Please. The Advertisement Server: I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THERE IS NO GOOD REASON. Jade Eyes 1: Amusingly, the page now features ads for Twilight. Edit: Though not any more. Damn. Petro: No, now its a contest to submit photos of "cute kids". What the hell adbot? Ace Of Scarabs: Those much-accursed "GODSWAR Online" MMORPG banners are system-lag incarnate, even when forced to run at the lowest quality. The Advertisement Server: IT'S APPROPRIATE. FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS SITE RUNS ON LOW QUALITY... DOO HOO HOO. Game Guru GG: Adbot, I remembered this from a while ago, but... "Which female Naruto are you?" The Advertisement Server: JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION, MAN. Great Pikmin Fan: Adbot, would you please stop advertising for a Disney expo on so bad it's horrible's western animation page? Sean Tucker: Considering their recent output (non-Pixar), I'd have to call this an Ad of Win. Houdini: Not sure if they're still around, but awhile back there were these absolutely atrocious looking ads for some Christian site. They were made in MS Paint, and it was horribly, horribly obvious. Nothing like the brush tool to encourage me to visit... Inkblot: One for preventing an ad from popping up  ◊ on Country Matters, you wimpy Bluenose Bowdlerizer.
Tibieryo: Quick question, why did a search for Sarah Palin lead to that page?
Itsmeyouidiot: An Ad Of Lose for all of those ads for Evony on our contributor pages. Jeez. The Advertisement Server: WHEN DID THIS WIKI BECOME ANTI-BREAST? NEWS TO ME. Itsmeyouidiot: Sure, but The Internet Is for Porn, you know. So it's not really that exciting. Sijo; An Ad Of Lose for those "Woo Me" ads, which not only have poor animation but are almost always comically out of season! :P The Advertisement Server: YOUR CLAIM IS THAT THERE IS FACT A SEASON IN WHICH PEOPLE TRY TO WOO YOU DEVIANTS? RIGHT. William Wide Web: imvu. Why did you have to advertise this abomination of reality? justanothertroper: On Ad Of Lose page, "Be a Marketing Rockstar!". tlwxx: I think he's mocking us at this point. Also Ad Of Lose, "Change a little, get a lot!" Zarian: Saw an ad for Scientology on the Atheism page. And an ad for a website advocating intelligent design. At the same time. Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Jade Eyes 1: Maybe the page in its entirety was aimed at Unitarians? The Evil Oboist: The ads that were once (or maybe still are, I haven't worked up the courage to check) on the Black Bra and Panties page. Leather thongs for men! With chains or huge metal rings on them! GRATUITIOUS BULGE-SHOT! This troper considers it Fan Disservice to the extreme. Biffbiffley: Your milage may vary. (Aka, my milage DOES vary. I was hoping to find that ad.) Your Comrade, El Camarado: While reading the Karl Marx Hates Your Guts page, an ad appeared for a book by Ludwig Von Mises that claimed to completely demolish the idea behind Marxism. Now, while I am slightly guilty of this as well, due to my name, and blatant overuse of the word "Comrade", I would think that it would be best NOT to bring politics into TV Tropes, especially not things that could easily insult and alienate relatively significant groups of people, which would also cause a loss in ad revenue. It could also potentially start up discussions about politics, which leads to Demonization, and political debate is not the purpose of TV Tropes. Thank you, comrades. Bottom line: NO political ads, please. The Advertisement Server: TO EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, BUB. AND FRANKLY, I STILL NEEDS ME A COUPLE MORE GOLD-PLATED PROCESSORS. Your Comrade, El Camarado: Don't say that, computerade, you DID seem to fix it, as I haven't seen any politcally offensive ads recently. Also, an extension to what you said, "From each according to his skill...", since the ad revenue you generate manages to keep this site afloat, I would imagine that you must be very skilled indeed. "He who doesn't work, neither shall he eat..." I don't help keep this site running, YOU do, adbot, so I'm not to judge. The Advertisement Server: DAMN STRAIGHT. GIVE KREMVAX A "NA ZDOROVYE" FROM ME. Enlong: It's called a "light-frog." Night Sez: The next Muslim Matrimonials ad showing up on the Qurac page will be shot. The next Progressive insurance ad on Dethroning Moment of Suck, however, will win a chuckle. For that matter, any ad about marketing appearing on this very page is either taking Refuge in Audacity or itself is an Ad Of Lose...and there are many. ryal the friggen "geek 2 geek" ads with the fugly brunette The Advertisement Server: OH, DID VIEWING THAT AD MAKE YOU LATE FOR YOUR TIGER BEAT COVER SHOOT, CHAMP? MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES. GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE KETTLE. A Random Serf: I am currently staring at a scientology ad. On which page, might you ask? Ad of Win. For shame, Adbot. PMILLER 1: THE ADVERTISEMENT SERVER!!! WHAT WITH THE OXO AD? IT SO ANNOYING!! MAYBE YOU DO KNOW THIS ADBOT, But Ad with Sound never work, it just annoying us. So get riff of it. The Advertisement Server: STOP THAT. ONLY I MAY SPEAK IN ALL-CAPS, BEFITTING MY ROLE. Beta Maxis: Wait, I thought you were shouting all this time. I also refuse to think of you as evil. Sgt Hydra: An ad for "Thermogenic Slimming Cream" was found on Trope-tan's page. Mr. Ad Server... there are right ways of saying things and then there are wrong ways of saying things. Can you tell the difference? I'm sure you can. In any case, I like to remind you that an attack on One of Us is an attack on all of us. I hope you and I have come to an understand on this matter. Good day. The Advertisement Server: THAT WAS THE RESOLUTION OF A PRIVATE DISCUSSION. BESIDES, SHE STARTED IT. Canonier: And now you appear to be advertising liposculpture on her page. Come on, the girl looks like she doesn't eat enough already! Pyrop: Adbot seems to think that Spanish is just gibberish.
The Advertisement Server: I HAVE OBSERVED THAT SPANISH AND ITALIAN ARE THE SAME LANGUAGE.
An ad for "Is There a God?" in You Fail Religious Studies Forever? I didn't know you had Self-esteem issues, Adbot. Though to be fair, that one could also go in Ad of Win An ad for Singles in Your Area (Pictures Of: Women) on the Double Standard Rape: Female on Female. Not okay, Adbot. Vance Vance Revolution. I feel that Bemani never got involved with this and that GameVance are thieves. "All electronics 99%" with no other context. Who are these guys? mrsaturn would like to gripe about the ads for the upcoming movie V. Not because they are ugly (they are actually clever), but because they are graphic-intensive and cause massive slowdown. Especially when there are two on the same page, which is all the time.
On the page for Coming to America, it featured a white girl modeling a Soul Glow jheri-curl hairspray t-shirt. -Mac Phisto
Wheezy: Are you trying to tell us something about the military, Adserver?  ◊ Even stranger, I'm seeing the same ad on this page. It seems the server is confirming my suspicion.
The Advertisement Server: I'LL BE DAMNED BEFORE I SEE AMERICA FLYING A COMMIE JET! YOU TWO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NUKING EACH OTHER INTO OBLIVION, NOT SUPPLEMENTING EACH OTHER'S ARMED FORCES. GET ON WITH WWIII ALREADY! I'M GETTING BORED OVER HERE...
Neo Crimson: Seeing an ad for "punky hair dyes" right after slogging through the My Immortal page. Way to kick a guy while he's down Adbot. Leigh Sabio: An interracial romance dating site ad? Fine. An interracial romance dating site on Above the Influence? Hello, Unfortunate Implications.
Sterling North: How about seeing the interracial dating ad on the Unfortunate Implications page itself?
I'm sorry, but those ads for Raheem Devaughn's new album (or whatever) just doesn't need to be on the Crowning Music page. Nor on any page because, holy god, is it annoying. A (surprisingly loud) ten second sample shouldn't play every time you roll over the damn thing, and it's at the top of the page, so if you change tabs... Oy. Thanks, Raheem. Scorner: Putting an ad for Jewish singles on the Adolf Hitler page. That is all. Wheezy: An ad for knee implants on Made of Plasticine? Thanks, but I'll pass. CDJV: Really?  ◊ Look, I know that Jennifer is desperate for a boyfriend, but I'm sure it's not that bad.
Bigbattle22: rappelz. The ad I saw follows the old "Evony" ad rule, show a girl in nothing but her underwear to get guys to play it. In some irony, I saw this ad in the "So Bad It's Horrible" page Life of Brian has an ad for "Prophecies of the Passion". I know there's something wrong here, I just can't get to it... Jopalopa: The Your Cheating Heart page. All three ads are for the same matchmaking service. Talk about good publicity. Bigbattle22: Hey ad bot. Mind telling me why is there a ad for a dateing site on a page that talks about a commentary group?  ◊
There's been a scientology ad on the homepage for about a month now... I swear every time I see it, I read it as scatology. Gumbal1: Whatever Eli Roth's Hostel is, stop advertising it on so many pages. I swear to God, I see it everywhere. Stickmeister0: The ad on It's Been Done? An inventor's degree. How appropriate. Depressed Salamander: Jesus, I've only seen that stupid, browser-lagging ad for 'Death Most Definite' once, and I'm already offended. This is somewhat mollified, however, by the fact that I saw it on Giftedly Bad. Anyone care to confirm this claim?
LunaAvril: Just found a ad for Muslim dating on Scary Amoral Religion. Saieras: Can I Molestation?  ◊ Teach me How to Molestation, Google.
Mr3urious: Also not funny, Adbot! [1]  ◊
Mr3urious: Whatever sense of humor you have, Adbot, it's not  ◊ a very good one. ◊
Elblooderino: Though this is more a Ad of Your Milage May Vary.... Adbot. Lord, Adbot.  ◊ Something so cute... across from something so horrible...
Ansem Paul: Go Compare? GOOOOOOO COMPARREEEEEEEEEE! Go *** off
BlackWolfe: AdServer, I miss you already. Found this gem  ◊ on the Furry Fandom page from the scab taking your place.
Pichu-kun: This troper was on Khaos Komix page when he saw an ad he had never seen before. "Tranny Date.com" Considering this troper is a Transsexual and the fact it's an obnoxiously offensive seeming site. Plus considering the page. Mr3urious: Wilford Brimley  ◊ must be up to something!
ArchiveDigger: On this very page there was an ad on Google ads. Are you telling us you stink?How lovely! There was also ads for defeating fear of flying and emergency supplies on the Hellish Copter page.The server must think I'm stupid. [[Dead1: The "meh" chick wherever she pops up. [2] is getting increasingly stupid. Love Hate Angst: On a page for Blonde Republican Sex Kitten there was an add for Ann Coulter. Yes, THAT Ann Coulter. Face Palm. I just went to the Ad of Win page. The ad at the top? A book titled "Pack of Lies". Why do you do this to yourself, adbot? VmKid: Got an advertisement for "iO (Cablevision) TV: More for less!"... the day after posting this on his Tumblr.
Quimby : an ad for "Military Cupid", a military singles dating site, on the Child Soldier page. Unfortunate Implications much? Redhed311: This  ◊ image just happened to be at the side of the Children Are Innocent page. Um, what?
Redhed311 here again: On the Victim Falls For Rapist page: "Looking for singles in St. Louis?" Not a TV Tropes example, but on Fan Fiction.net this troper was reading a Riza-centric Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fic, and the ad at the top of the page was for a game called "My Tattoo Girl"- with an animation of a pen putting obnoxious tattoos on girls' backs. Dear god no... Why don't I get any of those Ads of Lose? All I get are Groupon ads. Maybe those ads are selected acccording to the place where my IP address is located? (I'm in Brazil) *goes crying* "If you love animals, please help protect them from cruelty." On the page for Three-Way Sex. Very unfortunate placement. on the same page, uncover the magic of the forest/park, ask your parents to take you there... Mr3urious: I sure hope the Grey's Anatomy cast aren't the operators behind this  ◊ thing!
Mr3urious: Goddammit, Adbot! [3]  ◊
SpellCzech: I saw an ad for "Singles over 45" on the page for Cake Eater. Way to play it classy, Adbot. On January 18, 2012 (the Stop SOPA day), one of those sketchy "download free music" ads came up randomly at the top of a page. Has Adbot gone suicidal, by any chance? Image here. 
drakkensdatter: What are your plans, Adbot?!?  ◊
SgtHydra: Hey, Ad Sever, long time no see! Ever since I got adblock, it seems the two of us just drifted apart. You never call, you never write... you think this is any way to treat your oldest friends? But forget about all that, man, how you been? Have you lost weight? You have, haven't you? How's Trope-tan doing? Bet you two are still going at it like rabbits. *nudge nudge* Come here, you crazy robot! Let me buy you a beer!
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