Not smart enough today

According to Google.

Yes, we are trying hard to make a few extra euros by running ads here, but that does not mean we cannot make fun of it, right?

The ads presented to us when we visit a website are sometimes so funny or delightful, we even thought of collecting all the ads from one week and turning them into an "ad poem", if you will.

We have been made to understand that we are veterinarians who want some extra training, that we are wealthy British expats in danger of losing 50% of our retirement unless we click this one link that makes it right.
We routinely get offered assistance to "live and work in the U.S.", not to mention more computers than DELL sells in a year.

That's all fine and well for us semi-educated, poor, really-not-Britsh folks who do not want to live in the U.S. for the moment.

But now it is getting personal, waaaay too personal.

Today, Google ads made it abundantly clear that the algorithm thinks we are not smart enough.

They offered up an ad that tells us how to "get smarter", "think faster"!

We were stunned, scrutinized the ad again, then shed a few tears.

We realized Google was right!

It took us at least 20 seconds to recall the Little Feat song lyrics: You know you're over the hill when your mind makes promises your body can't fulfil.

Until now, we could have sworn that we could accomplish this in 10 seconds, I mean, 10 max.

Imagine, here comes this young and perky algorithm, and it's surely not half as old as the song lyrics, and it tell us we need to get smarter and think faster.

Well, I'd go and drink that remaining half bottle of vodka now, but I have forgotten where I put it.