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Who Does the Internet Think I Am?

It’s like Bing doesn’t even know me.

Bev Potter
2 min readSep 14, 2024
Photo by Fernand De Canne on Unsplash

I don’t even use Bing, but it’s not like Chrome is a whole lot better. But at least it doesn’t offer me anything Fox News-related.

Here is a small sampling of the clickbait that Bing offers me every time I open a tab.

Piston/Cylinder O Ring Fit for a Smooth Running Model Steam Engine
I seriously have no idea where this came from.

This $3M Los Angeles Midcentury Has Only Had One Owner
Okay, I will admit, I sometimes click on real estate porn.

Mesothelioma
Great, one more thing to worry about.

Family that walk on all fours have ‘undone the last three million years of evolution’
I feel like this isn’t really relevant to me, per se.

A spider bit me on the boob while I was asleep.
That’s not a headline, that really happened and I’m obsessing about it.

Kevin Smith recalls receiving ‘bonafide death threats’ over Matt Damon and Ben Affleck movie
Three people I don’t care about all in one sentence.

What if Taylor Swift was ugly?
Again, this is just a thought I have repeatedly…

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Bev Potter
Bev Potter

Written by Bev Potter

Legal secretary by day, insomniac by night. Ally. BA, MA. Humor, pop culture, and things that make you think. My weekly-ish newsletter is bevpotter.substack.com

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