This silly Internet ad is one in a three-panel ad, where the
name of whatever town you’re in is written in to act like these ads are local
ads, but they’re really the same ad no matter where you are. Another version of this same ad also
claims this woman looks 27 but is actually 51, but maybe that’s from two years
ago or something, and her looks never age. (That’s the one where some woman has
what looks like blood smeared all over her face, apparently following the
Elizabeth Bathory Beauty Guide.) I guess there are a few different versions
of this ad, just for variety or something. But the one I’m specifically
referring to is the one where some obviously very young woman has what looks
like an old-age stipple makeup applied to her face, and she’s peeling it off
from her chin upwards so it looks like she’s a college-age woman from her chin to her
nose, and she looks like a college-age woman with old-age makeup from her nose
to her forehead. (And I’m pretty sure that even the young-looking part of the
photo here has been Photoshopped to make it look even younger, to a
preschool-level of skin perfection, which I’m sure is plausible for 53, even
though it’s not for 27, right?)
Now, I could be wrong about what the picture is here: maybe
it’s a Photoshop trick of a young woman’s face grafted onto the picture of an
older woman’s face to try to trick us: I’m not really sure. But what I do know
is this: it’s not an honest representation of whatever it’s advertising for,
and it’s also trying to trick everyone about where the woman is from, using the
address in your computer as a guide to try to make it seem like the woman is
from whatever city you’re in. And if they’re stooping to obvious dishonest
trickery about this many things all in one ad, then I’d guess it’s pretty safe to assume
that whatever they’re trying to do with this ad is fraudulent as well. Is it
hackers trying to infect our computers? Is it some snake oil-type scam? Who
cares? Because when something is this obviously dishonest in its approach, everyone
should avoid it completely anyway. What amazes me is how many seemingly
reputable websites, like weather report sites, have these apparent scam ads on their
pages. But I guess they don’t really care what’s being advertised, or what
deleterious effects it might end up having on their consumers, so long as they
get their money. (Cha-ching, mother@#$%er!)
Now again, I apologize that I don’t know how to direct
people to Internet advertising; but if you go to any of the normal, everyday
websites out there, you’ll be sure to see it.)
