Oh Emm Gee!

17 Things Jeremy Is Working On Today.  Number 6 Will AMAZE You!

Yeah, right.  You're a slacker.  You're working on like maybe one thing right now.  

Entirely beside the point.  Although, if you add together all of the projects I'm working on/in charge of/tracking, then it probably is up in the 17 range, but I don't feel like counting right now.  I'm a busy, important guy, with very important things which demand my attention.  

Anyway, today's Sametime Status is a nod to all of the annoying clickbait headlines that are out there all over my social media, and now news outlets.  Clickbaits are all pretty much the same.  They're little half headlines designed to get you interested in a topic you wouldn't normally be interested in, and then they abruptly end before getting to any actual information.  That way, you have to click on the link in order to find out the thing that you're not actually interested in, but now you're curious.  

In the time between when you click on the link and the page comes up (seriously, on the order of milliseconds), there is a behind-the-scenes silent auction going on between your internet provider and dozens of advertizing companies to decide which ads you see on the page you're visiting.  These ad companies are surprisingly sophisticated with this stuff, deciding based on your surfing habits, search history, demographics, location, browser type, computer type, oxford comma use, and all manner of other criteria how much to offer your ISP for the right to display their ad on your webpage. 

So, this crap is splattered all over my Facebook by people who don't know any better.  Every day, I wade through dozens of "Which 'Real Housewife of Walla Walla' Are You?" and "What Does Your Choice of Rory Gilmore's Boyfriend Say About You?" and "Army Will Replace Humvees With..." and "26 Struggles That Only People With Morton's Toe Will Understand...Number 9 is SO TRUE!"  You've seen them.  Don't pretend you haven't.