I don't get it. I have AT&T@home, but this still loads as fast as on my dialup.

August 1, 2001 10:23 PM

I don't get it. I have AT&T@home, but this still loads as fast as on my dialup. Are you too displeased with your cable modem connection? Do you think there is anyone out there who has actually called tech support about this? Or other ad's like it. "You have new mail" masquerading as a real window etc. This is a very stupid thread I'm starting. Be advised
posted by crasspastor (12 comments total)

I harbor contempt for the pukes that utilize such ads, but I find it far more disconcerting to think that people are 'fooled' by them. "Oh boy - I've got new mail!" -click-
posted by daveleck at 10:53 PM on August 1, 2001

You mean...... you mean that e-mail I got won't make my penis bigger?

*cries*
posted by dong_resin at 11:12 PM on August 1, 2001

Wow, that was stupid.
posted by Aikido at 11:14 PM on August 1, 2001

I swear to God I'm gonna shock that damn monkey this time!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:41 AM on August 2, 2001

No, but I've encouraged all my professional banner-making friends to ignore their clients when they ask for anything that looks like a Windows alert message. It's lame, annoying, and the advertiser loses identity because the banner is Windows-branded. Not a lot of room for advertiser identity.
posted by Mo Nickels at 5:37 AM on August 2, 2001

My friend clicked one that 'warned' her about her connection not being optimized. She knows nothing about computers -- she uses the PC just to check e-mail and write papers -- so she fell for it.

> Do you think there is anyone out there who has actually
> called tech support about this? Or other ad's like it.

Surely my friend can't be the only one who ever clicked one of these things. They must be getting enough responses to make it worth running them month after month.

I suppose that's their target market: net-naive people who use computers but know nothing about them. People like that are probably easily scared or shamed into quick purchases. And such advertisers are bastards.

[No, 'my friend' isn't really me, though that clicking the monkey's penis thing sounds interesting.]
posted by pracowity at 7:08 AM on August 2, 2001

This is a very stupid thread I'm starting. Be advised

So why, exactly, did you start it?
posted by daveadams at 7:55 AM on August 2, 2001

I think someone should file a class action suit against cabel modem companies -- Optimum Online, my provider, advertises speeds "up to 100x faster!" What they don't tell you is that once you get to about 10x, the speed of server on the other end becomes the weakest link. *sigh*
posted by tweebiscuit at 8:53 AM on August 2, 2001

The Monkey's Penis is the greatest WW Jacobs themed family restaurant ever.
posted by dong_resin at 12:09 PM on August 2, 2001

So why, exactly, did you start it?

To see how long it took for someone to ask exactly that. . .
;-)
posted by crasspastor at 2:06 PM on August 2, 2001

I friend of my mine said that where he works a Linux user got very confused when a Windows-styled ad told them their dial-up wasn't optimised. They were only connected using a network.
posted by krisjohn at 5:44 PM on August 2, 2001

P.T. Barnum was right.
posted by NJguy at 6:31 AM on August 3, 2001