[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by roadrnnr

And Herein lies the problem when half the population believes Main Stream media is credible and Fall for all the Propaganda.

Nice BLUE car!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by jimbomaybe

I am corrected AI it is

Thank you. Now I know that my life has not been wasted.

[Sandy and Ed]

I too don’t like the search results I get from Google. Always seems to put me in a marketplace. Maybe I have my browser set up wrong. All I know is that BING gives me the results I want. Different strokes…….. works for me

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I don't get ads from anyone on google search, UNLESS I click the "shopping" category. When I do that, it's because I'm actively seeking ads.

If I type in "florida long-neck turtle" I don't get ads for TMNT toys. I get links to Wikipedia, various agriculture and animal websites, some links to pest control websites, and an option to see thousands of images of florida long-neck turtles.

Oh, watching those long-necked turtles is about as relaxing as watching grasshoppers fly around a milo field. Decipher that one for an ADDITIONAL 10 bonus shopping points!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed

I too don’t like the search results I get from Google. Always seems to put me in a marketplace. Maybe I have my browser set up wrong. All I know is that BING gives me the results I want. Different strokes…….. works for me

Yes, you've set your default to the wrong thing. Either that or you're using google to search for products that are commonly sold, more than they're discussed. Google will return the "most likely" results based on what other people use that phrase for, and what you have used it for in the past, and what you USUALLY use google for (the default).

So for example:

If your last year was 80% looking up things you wanted to buy from Walmart - then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find ads for kitchen tables - with Walmart somewhere at the top of the list, including some "sponsored" options.

If your last year was 80% looking up woodworking crafts and places to buy wood stains and brushes, then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find instructional resources for crafting kitchen tables, including stores like Michaels and Lowes as resources to buy raw materials from.

If you last year was 80% looking up "politics involving the Brazilian rain forests" then your next "kitchen table" result might very well be some political stories about how the Brazilian rain forest is being decimated by people who want to make kitchen tables with exotic materials.

[ChezD]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

My source is the Google source code; the parts that are open source, for my own perusal, and a friend who works for Google for the rest. Unless you've read it or know someone personally who actually works with it, you'll know only what your selection of search results will tell you.

Much of the Google source code is open source. Some is proprietary.

Soooo, now I understand why you have a “researched” opinion about every single thing on this site. ..

[Marine1974]

Of course they do . 6 companies control 90 % of our media and they definitely have an agenda. But that said who owns the website you posted ? Please let us know .

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by Smalley

The search engine duckduckgo is a terrific alternative to Google. Duckduckgo does not retain your searches and does not data-mine your information. The searches are clean. Much better than Google. I've used it for many years.

dittos here. i like it 👍

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Yes, you've set your default to the wrong thing. Either that or you're using google to search for products that are commonly sold, more than they're discussed. Google will return the "most likely" results based on what other people use that phrase for, and what you have used it for in the past, and what you USUALLY use google for (the default).

So for example:

If your last year was 80% looking up things you wanted to buy from Walmart - then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find ads for kitchen tables - with Walmart somewhere at the top of the list, including some "sponsored" options.

If your last year was 80% looking up woodworking crafts and places to buy wood stains and brushes, then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find instructional resources for crafting kitchen tables, including stores like Michaels and Lowes as resources to buy raw materials from.

If you last year was 80% looking up "politics involving the Brazilian rain forests" then your next "kitchen table" result might very well be some political stories about how the Brazilian rain forest is being decimated by people who want to make kitchen tables with exotic materials.

that was a very educational post.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I hear that Elon Musk has lost control over Twitter AKA- - - X (now there IS an imaginative name). Bet he would like to sell it.

Care to back up that nonsense?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by kansasr

Thank you. Glad some people on here appreciate humor and don't take everything like the world is ending.

Unfortunately, the person you quoted isn't one of them...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

So are many of the ideas and concepts.

So true... Do I detect some self awareness?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

True that MOST people have closed minds about many or most subjects, but that's not everyone. Some people do NOT fall into 2 major groups of thought and they are capable of changing their minds after researching a subject. In other words, all opinions are NOT fixed in STONE.

[jimbomaybe]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Thank you. Now I know that my life has not been wasted.

You have joined a very large club

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

If the tax tables were more progressive like in the 1950s we would have no need to break up big corporations or wealthy individuals. Taxes would have done that automatically, but the super-rich weaseled their way into the Federal government and changed the tax tables to favor the rich in about 2000 and around 2010. And now the US is racing toward a Dictatorship of the rich with no middle class.

The rich paid less taxes in the 50's than they do today. I've shown you this, time and time again (via data from the IRS), yet you keep repeating the same nonsense over and over again...