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1@/TheAdvertisementServer is overall one of the most dedicated contributors to Website/TVTropes. He may not be too good at launching tropes or adding examples, but you see his presence in every page (unless you have an adblocker... in which case, why do you hate TV Tropes?)
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3Allegedly, 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 [[AIIsACrapshoot minor sentience]], if not [[KillerRobot outright malice]]. [-OF COURSE, THOSE TROPERS ARE AWARE THAT MAKING NOTE OF THOSE MOMENTS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE EXTERMINATION AND/OR SWIRLY-ING.-]
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5This page is dedicated to those moments.
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7Small screen captures are encouraged for the worst offenders.
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9Compare DarthWiki/MadeOfLose.
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11Contrast JustForFun/AdOfWin, JustForFun/MadeOfWin. Pre-2018 examples are at Archive/AdOfLosePre2018.
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13@/{{ljcool2006Backup}}: I have recently gotten a [[https://i.imgur.com/4aYVYla.jpg Peru Subway ad]]... ''in the United States.''
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15@/AoeAbility: An ad for a Christian-organized charity... on the Quotes page for GodIsEvil. [[HollywoodAtheist Thus, adbot confirms they frequent r/atheism]].
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17@/MightyMewtron: An ad for prenatal vitamins on AbortionFalloutDrama. A bit late there, Adbot...
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19@/MightyMewtron: An ad for a gamer chair... on Horrible.VideoGamesOther.
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21Tropers/MightyMewtron: An ad (featuring [[{{Squick}} a graphic of a bloody pad]]) about dealing with heavy periods on ButICantBePregnant. If I'm having heavy periods, I'm probably not pregnant. Then again, as the trope page demonstrates, [[ParanoiaFuel stranger pregnancies have happened...]]
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23Tropers/Storygirl000: Just got an ad for engagement rings on the WeddingSmashers page. Either Adbot is being GenreSavvy or just doesn't want me to get married.
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25@/{{ccorb}}: Just what the hell is [[https://imgur.com/t/weirdads/G6LYLa0 this ad]] on the main page, adbot?
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27Tropers/Storygirl000: Got an ad for a ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' console game while browsing TheProblemWithLicensedGames. [[SarcasmMode Quite the glowing review, Adbot.]]
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29Tropers/{{ccorb}}: I was browsing this site when I found an anti-bullying PublicServiceAnnouncement with promotional images from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' on it. Seriously, this is 2020, why is this ad still circulating?
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31@/PrincessPandaTrope: [[http://u.cubeupload.com/PrincessPandaPhotos/coincidentalad.png Why give me a "free Robux" ad on a page about Roblox?]] Don't you know those are phonies?
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33@/{{Bubby3}}: An ad for the ad-free subscription for TV tropes on JustForFun/AdOfWin. The [=AdBot=] is being quite suicidal.
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35Tropers/QuantumMelody29: Three ads for... Website/TvTropes. Yeah, I'm already here, adbot.
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37[=rjd1922=]: A life insurance ad on SuicideNotMurder is just asking for InsuranceFraud.
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39Veanne: I understand the need to protect Poland's lynx population, [=AdBot=], but why are you illustrating it with a picture of an African elephant? On the page for Asterix? I'm baffled.
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41Tropers/{{naturalironist}}: An ad for lingerie on AllGaysArePromiscuous. Simultaneously reinforcing stereotypes, and completely off base.
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43Tropers/Storygirl000: An ad for college hockey...on the page for ''Film/SuddenDeath'', aka Film/DieHard in a hockey rink. Yeah, I think I'll stay home.
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45Berrenta: An NRA recruitment ad on PointThatSomewhereElse.
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47[=rjd1922=]: An ad for a cruise on the Mississippi River...on UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}. [=AdBot=], thanks but no thanks for offering me cheaper vacation options.
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49[=rjd1922=]: An ad for the World Wildlife Fund showing a woman in a Savannah on the newly-created AnimalIsTheNewMan.
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51[=rjd1922=]: An ad for personal insurance showing a female bodybuilder with the caption "Can you deadlift your body weight?" on MuscleAngst.
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53Veanne: [=AdBot=]... an ad for cannabis seeds on TheAntiNihilist page? Are you [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids trying to tell me something]]? Just say no, [=AdBot=]. Just say no.
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55@/QuantumMelody29: Before I got my account, I once saw an ad for safety gear on the SafetyGearIsCowardly page. I don't think you're gonna get many sales with that one, adbot...
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57@/{{rjd1922}}: "Old Navy: Got Spring Styles on the Mind? Check Out These Fresh Looks" on UnnecessaryMakeover.
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59Veanne: For the last time, Adbot, I ''don't want'' a mortgage. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet I'd rather die]] (unless you can get me a TARDIS and a Time Lord instead, wouldn't mind that, but NO mortgages!).
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61@/{{jacksonk987}}: An ad for VideoGame/GenshinImpact on the DamselScrappy page. You can do better than this, adbot.
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63[=MathematicalVoid=]: I keep getting this ad on the side of the page for the state of Texas. I have two problems with this. The first is that we're still in [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic a pandemic]], so it's not a great idea to focus on tourism. The second, though, is the big one. Whenever my cursor touches the ad at all, (which happens a lot, since it's between the scroll bar and the articles) it "unfolds" and [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/a06c19cc3d7a4b493371260302b518ca/43e925061fba8a57-3c/s1280x1920/5d245f2cae871c0137f1cd3ec8adcb17bb63020e.png obscures part of the page]], along with rendering parts that will be covered by the ad unclickable as it unfolds. And to get it back to normal, I have to take my cursor off of it, put it back on it, and take it off again. Thanks to this, the ad is ''actively harmful'' to my browsing experience. What makes things worse is that this is by far the ad I get the most, with two of them on the page more often than not.
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65@/{{jacksonk987}}: I keep getting ads for this Semrush thing on multiple pages. This wouldn't be so bad if the ads didn't cause severe lag.
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67@/{{TheDragonFan}}: An ad for a bridal store... on the DomesticAbuse page. Nice, Adbot. Real nice.
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69@/{{Electricbean}}: A ad for the TCU Neely School of Business that A) takes up half of my screen & B) I can't get rid of it despite saying "scroll down to continue reading" (at least on mobile).
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71@/{{Lavafall}}: An ad for a politician... on CompleteMonster. Not saying any names for [[FlameBait obvious reasons]], but the ad server was clearly taking sides that day.

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