I take my work seriously, but I still get a kick out of the occasional cringe-inducing juxtaposition seen throughout the Internet.
So I could definitely see the humor Tuesday night when City Manager Mike Mornson pointed out an unfortunate pairing of headline and ad that a sharp-eyed city staffer caught on Hopkins Patch.
The paper he handed me showed the offending items helpfully circled in red. “,” read a headline about two Asian-themed businesses targeted in an undercover sting. “Beautiful Chinese Women” read a dating service ad the algorithm gods had mischievously paired with the story.
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Ah well, such is the nature of targeted ads. At least we all got a good laugh out of it.
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