Romney ad on WP ?

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I was just going around WP when a "Romney for president ad appeared in the corner." Could Romney be a closet aspie ?

Alex likes to thumb people in the eye if he feels like they're taking themselves too seriously. The adds are usually one of the ways he indulges himself to that extent.

Was that Dry Humor?

The website uses "adchoice", per the link below. Through an automated process adchoice follows web activity to personalize online advertising. It is amusing to me the advertisements I get, from joining in on conversations here that may be completely unrelated to anything that I am personally interested in. I was recently looking at a thread about Big Beautiful Women and got an ad for weightloss, was talking about privacy on the internet and got an advertisement on identity theft, and most interestingly posted a picture of OJ Simpson in a thread about psychopathy, and got a seventies photo of a black guy with an Afro and a White guy with long hair advertising Kentucky Fried Classic Chicken.

The adchoice icons listed by each advertisement allows one to personalize their online advertising experience, however I wouldn't have it any other way; it's more amusing to me, to see what the automated process comes up with next.

Seriously though, it's not likely the owner has any personal control other the actual advertisements sent to each member, other than the overall choice of the, "addchoice" option, to advertise on the site, to keep the site running. Just in case that wasn't dry humor.

http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/static.py?hl=en&gl=US&client=ca-pub-8703422890298959&ts=1631343&page=ts.cs&adU=www.nlconcepts.com&rd=3&contact=abg_afc&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.wrongplanet.net%2Fforums-posting-editpost-p-4653581.html&adT=Autism

Last edited by aghogday on 22 May 2012, 2:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Ah, kind of like how my email always streams cost-effective analog synthesizers in front of my eyes; yeah, I'm familiar with that algorhythm popping up.

Truth be told though it wasn't dry humor, as I'd heard something from a poster who I thought was in the know. Even funnier though still to realize that when people get incensed about the ads they see its largely them looking in the mirror of their own habits - funny and ironic.

I never realized one could opt out of the personalization process by clicking on the arrow icon that says adchoice by each advertisement until today, but one will still receive non-personalized advertisements; I never click on them anyway, so I might as well be amused.

I edited my post above; I had the wrong link at first, that linked to Microsoft instead of Google.

Romney ad on WP?

So what?

Right now I see an add for Mitsubishi in the left margin but I'm a Toyota man.
Should I be upset?

Closet aspie?

(I honestly think that he might be a little bit aspie. I made a thread about it a while ago and most people thought I was nuts.)

It is possible to be an aspie AND a republican both at the same time........

No.

And Nixon doesn't count.

I never see ads with my furry firefox browser. run adblock and ghostery add ons with it... I would go crazy if I had to look at all the stuipid ads on the sites I visit..

Then I'm an exception..........

I think Nixon and Romney could both be somewhere on a broader autism phenotype. Both men extremely intelligent systemizers, apparently lacking in some areas of emotional intelligence. Nixon much more anxiety prone though than Romney.

Romney is a multifaceted character underneath the current robotic fascade.

Romney like GW Bush, was a male cheerleader; Romney a member of the "Pep Squad" in high school. Romney also the manager of the school hockey team, and a member of the cross country team not standing out in any particular area in academics in highschool. Beyond highschool his education is impressive with 3.97 GPA out of college and in the top 5% of his class graduating with an MBA from Harvard Business School and Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law school in the same year while raising a young family.

Then there are the more unusual aspects of his personality leading a squad of athletes to bully a young man, arrested for a ice sledding escapade with his future wife, modeling shooting himself in the head with a toy gun with a manic looking grin in a year book photo, and finally the infamous 12 hour stationwagon ride with his dog Seamus strapped into a crate on top of the stationwagon, much later in adulthood.

http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-29/letters/31406665_1_mitt-romney-richard-nixon-obama



http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Romney/Education.php

The comparison of Nixon and Romney above is a superficial one; Nixon sweated his way through life battling the demons of anxiety, and Romney appears to lack the capacity for fear or shame. But, there is no way he raised 5 sons, happy and well adjusted successfully, without showing empathy and emotional expression for those sons. Highly unlikely he is a psychopath by definition, as has been suggested by some in the media for him, Obama, Bush, and most every other politician and CEO.

At this point I am of the opinion that he engaged in the bullying incident to gain the respect of his peer group, perhaps in part, in attempting to prove his manhood, which is sad, but it happens. He wasn't exactly a rough looking dude in highschool compared to his dad and grandfather that were Mt Rushmore rugged type of men. He had alot to live up to, as will his sons.

He supported gay rights later on in his political career in 1994, later flip flopping depending on whatever political element was applicable. Romney carries no GW Bush macho personna at this stage in life; he is a well manicured, soft handed Northeast metrosexual kind of guy, that probably would have got a long just fine with Obama, if they had been in law school together, except it's highly unlikely that Mormon raised Romney has engaged in any substance vices; and also part of why he is so well preserved.

Romney has not shown himself as an entirely benevolent human being, but definitely as an exceptional human being per the worldly standards of every measure of success, in good genetics, health, family, finances, friends, accomplishments, and power of influence. This guy is a winner in life of unusual standards, even escaping injury after being thrown from a car as a young man.

He is in a class all of his own like most presidential material. Obama fits the mold of Autistic like traits better than Romney, although at most he would be among the rest of the extreme systemizers along the broader phenotype of autism that one could probably put most of the historical US Presidents in.

I'm not a fan of Romney's current stated political positions or the mistakes of his past, but I am impressed with his positive accomplishments in life. He's proven he will do whatever it takes to win in life, with no apparent fear or shame. And at the same time has provided an effort that has led to 14 grandchildren. I don't think that Obama's nerve is quite as resilient as Romney's, even at a decade and a half younger.

Romney is not just the pretty rich boy that he was as a youth. He pushed himself hard in life without showing much mileage; that's a pretty impressive human feat all by itself. I don't think anyone should understimate him, in his potential to defeat Obama.

And it's likely that some of his offspring may eventually fall into politics not unlike a Republican version of the Kennedy legacy. The world is going to likely see much more Romney in the future. It could be one of the few bright spots of the future of the Republican party.

And even if Romney wins, I don't see him acting much more Republican in actual effect and results than Obama does. I'm not even sure that he would actually effect a repeal of the health care reform act, because that would effect a second term outcome. He is proven himself as one that will please whomever is necessary to win at the moment's cause.

And as far as appealing to the conservative base, his family and 14 grandchildren have an impact there, even if only subconscious, regardless of his religious differences from most in the country.

Romney can change into democratic skin if that it what it takes to win. He already did it in Massachussetts several times. Some see that as a weakness, but for his purposes, so far, it has been a strength. And love it or hate it, those of Romney's stock have made America and much of the world, what it is today; one that both worships and demonizes winners; the most powerful of qualities that both Obama and Romney share. Romney is a classic, maybe not the last of his kind; Obama is an enigma.

No.

You and I don't count either.

The only time I know what ads this website displays is when someone mentions them, especially in a thread title.