Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: amused
  • Music: Michael Jackson, 'Thriller.'

...well, that was bracing.

I've been editing Feed for the past several days. It is thus, perhaps unsurprising that my Gmail's targeted advertising currently thinks it should be trying to sell me zombies. That being said?

I am not in a very good mindset to have the news box at the top of my email announce 'WARNING: ZOMBIE OUTBREAK' when I load my inbox.

I'm just saying, maybe the people who do this targeted advertising stuff should pause and consider whether telling their system to go ahead and pick up on certain key words will cause the recipients of those targeted ads to start scrambling for their emergency zombie survival kits and scaring the folks around them. And that maybe, they should further consider that if those recipients were to, say, take a machete to someone who happened to be walking a little funny, they might try launching a frivolous lawsuit. 'But Officer, Gmail swore that there were zombies!'

Maybe.

In other news, I have resumed breathing.
Tags: feed, oh the humanity, zombies
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snowcoma

July 24 2008, 20:59:19 UTC 9 years ago Edited:  July 24 2008, 21:00:42 UTC

*is cackling aloud like a madwoman* Oh gods, that would be so dangerous if it happened to me, I sleep with a machete* under my pillow.

And speaking of Newsflesh, since I am now situated in a house with a virus-free computer, I can proofread. I'll keep my eyes peeled for your proofing posts (unless you've already gone through all the tiers of proofing?).


* Which now, thanks to you, I can claim is a writing tool.

ceolyn

July 24 2008, 23:04:00 UTC 9 years ago

Speaking of zombies and Newsflesh, there is a disturbing little book swifting its way to you by way of the US mail. You can curse me later.

stakebait

July 25 2008, 00:43:10 UTC 9 years ago

http://www.zombieharmony.com/

suzannemcleod

July 25 2008, 07:54:21 UTC 9 years ago

LOL! I could swap you some vampire *singles* if you want ...

keristor

July 25 2008, 09:58:45 UTC 9 years ago

So where are the places which sell zombies? I think we should be warned. (Google managing to find any advertisements for zombies I find hilarious...)

scholarinexile

July 25 2008, 13:10:27 UTC 9 years ago

I once got an email that was titled "Adam, Live Neandertal Found!" I almost passed out. Turned out to be an ad for Cialis. So the feeling is entirely understood.

In related news, we just bought a new house, and its floorplan is very nicely zombie-defensible. External trapdoor into the basement is a bit of a problem, but its lack of a handle will, I hope, deter the hordes from figuring out how to get through it.