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Strange ad on Facebook........?

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phoenix Wed 13-May-20 18:02:29

Hello all, hope you are safe and well.

Looking through Facebook, which I find very useful for local info, is Dipper Mill flooded, when is bin day, what day is it anyway?

But keep getting adverts for "How to clean earwax"

Now, it may be be me, but why on earth would anyone want to clean earwax? Is there something that you can actually do with cleaned earwax? If so, is there a market for it?

Confused of North Devon

Fennel Wed 13-May-20 18:35:19

I think I know the ad. you mean,*phoenix*. I've seen it, not on facebook, but on other forums etc I use. It's a bit explicit/gruesome to say the least.
It seems to have disappeared now.

Sparklefizz Wed 13-May-20 18:37:51

Me too, phoenix. Every single bloody day! Why???

MissAdventure Wed 13-May-20 18:43:40

I think you can make candles out of it.

I'm not sure why I think it, though.

HootyMcOwlface Wed 13-May-20 18:45:06

Is it that corkscrew-like gadget?

FarNorth Wed 13-May-20 18:51:41

Well, who wants grubby earwax?!

MissAdventure Wed 13-May-20 18:53:27

Are you offering? wink

rubysong Wed 13-May-20 19:02:01

No danger of Dipper Mill being flooded just now. A friend of my son was washed away with his mother in the early nineties in a brand new car. We went the long way round. (Apologies, slightly off topic but Phoenix will get it.).
Facebook does keep sending strange adverts. At one time it kept trying to send me to some obscure place in America on holiday.

BlueBelle Wed 13-May-20 19:03:22

It comes up on one of my games I play and makes me feel sick every time I see it

MissAdventure Wed 13-May-20 19:32:02

I'm intrigued.
Are Facebook ads more graphic?

phoenix Wed 13-May-20 19:33:11

Ah, rubysong someone who knows Dipper Mill! Such a lovely spot, but prone to flooding!

You would think that the posts showing 4ft would be a bit of a hint?

phoenix Wed 13-May-20 19:35:34

If it said how to "remove" earwax, then I could possibly accept that...........

NfkDumpling Wed 13-May-20 19:53:49

Oh, I think I get that advert too! The one with a pair of tweezers pulling a ginger slug out of an earhole? Revolting! I scroll past as quick as I can, does anyone look at it?

MissAdventure Wed 13-May-20 19:58:02

Well, that's put me off my peanut butter on toast.

agnurse Wed 13-May-20 19:58:47

Yuck! Not to mention that unless you have excessive ear wax (does happen in some people, especially if they wear hearing aids; you can develop muffled hearing, ear pain, and itching) and you've been told by a licensed health care provider to clean your ears, you're better off NOT trying to remove earwax.

Earwax actually serves a vital function. It's slightly acidic and helps to protect the ear canal from infection. In addition, it's also produced only in the outer third of the canal, so trying to remove it using a cotton bud or similar can actually push it in deeper and cause an impaction.

NfkDumpling Thu 14-May-20 07:05:13

I wish you hadn’t posted that MissAdventure - I was getting into the habit of going to the cupboard with a spoon for a sneaky raid of the peanut butter jar. You’ve put a stop to that!