I have a Yahoo! e-mail account that I rarely to never log into. Pretty much the only stuff that goes to that account is a bunch of newsletters I managed to get signed up for during my last couple of years of college. Actually, it’s such a short list that I can name them all — Sidelines, Saks Fifth Avenue, Circuit City, SpaLook, and NARAL.
I just logged in to check on something, and had to laugh when I noticed the targeted ads. Check these out:
Mmmm, beluga.
You can imagine my shock at seeing such ads, since I’m used to seeing crap like this in my Gmail, where I carry on my real conversations: