Astronomer romance

[PeterM]

Originally Posted by leon

Hey peter it is funny that you mention that port that you cant mention here.
I had never heard of until someone gave me a bottle on Thursday just gone.
And you are right ?GP it is too.

Leon

When its empty Leon keep the bottle...refill it with any Tawny of any price ... it will always be Good Port!

[kittenshark (Cheryl-Ann Tan)]

Originally Posted by silv

Attention to detail in girls's brains is higher than in boys' when growing up.
So if something like your ads appears in a girl's news feed she actually SEEs it and wonders why it is that it appeared in her news feed.
So she clicks it.
Boys don't click cause they overlook it, they don't see any significance related to their expectations of what they will find in the news feed - so their brains discard the ad altogether.

Older girls still see the ad - but now they're more educated, internet-wise, and do not click it anymore. Because they recognize an inevitable but ultimately uninteresting ad which has nothing to do with their true interests.
Internet-wise also means, they now know that clicking is possibly dangerous.

Whereas older boys click the ad now because their brains have caught up with the female attention to detail and they now go "Oh, an ad in my news feed!!!"

And of course, they're more technically inclined and hence click because the ad is interesting to them.

ergo: no decreasing interest in girls. hence: not a bigger chance to pair up with a juvenile in the realm of astronomy.

opens up an area for research:
how can advertising be made successful on FB when targeting young male brains?
Blinking ads, exploding ads, noisy ads - that's what you could look into to promote your business

Hmm all possibilities... I don't collect customer data as they buy stuff (I think it's kinda creepy to do that) but often the women who come through our doors are buying telescopes as a gift for the kids or hubby/boyfriend.

I don't really serve a broad audience with the ads, so the people clicking on them have some sort of interest in astronomy already.

Of course, it could all just be a pattern within normal FB user behaviour like you said.

Targeting young male brains? That's easy! Just put an ad featuring girl in a bikini using a scope?

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by silv

Attention to detail in girls's brains is higher than in boys' when growing up.
So if something like your ads appears in a girl's news feed she actually SEEs it and wonders why it is that it appeared in her news feed.
So she clicks it.

Boys don't click cause they overlook it, they don't see any significance related to their expectations of what they will find in the news feed - so their brains discard the ad altogether.

Male explanation: Boys filter crap better than girls.

Originally Posted by silv

Older girls still see the ad - but now they're more educated, internet-wise, and do not click it anymore. Because they recognize an inevitable but ultimately uninteresting ad which has nothing to do with their true interests.
Internet-wise also means, they now know that clicking is possibly dangerous.

Male explanation: After a while, girls learn how to filter crap as well as boys.

Originally Posted by silv

Whereas older boys click the ad now because their brains have caught up with the female attention to detail and they now go "Oh, an ad in my news feed!!!"

And of course, they're more technically inclined and hence click because the ad is interesting to them.

Male explanation: Morbid curiosity... How dumb can an ad really be?

Originally Posted by silv

ergo: no decreasing interest in girls. hence: not a bigger chance to pair up with a juvenile in the realm of astronomy.

Nah...

Originally Posted by silv

opens up an area for research:
how can advertising be made successful on FB when targeting young male brains?
Blinking ads, exploding ads, noisy ads - that's what you could look into to promote your business

Nah... Tell them its a chick magnet.. Was for me!

Seriously! Lots of generalisations here

I get tired of children being stereotyped like this. I have tutored many children of both genders from prep to uni level. Nurture has a far greater impact than nature in this area. Teach a child to focus on intelligent things, and they generally do! The spectrum of ability and gullibility, is pretty even in both genders IMHO...

[silv (Annette)]

Rom

[el_draco (Rom)]

Whats the best ever pick-up line?

"Spend the night with me honey, and I guarantee you'll see stars...."

Used that one once...
She was highly amused...

[75BC (Brendon)]

The most romantic thing involving astronomy and my wife is when she says to me in a voice as sweet as honey,

"Looks like a nice night, why don't you get the scope out. ..

followed by

...cause there's something on TV I'm going to watch."

[RobinClayton]

My wife did buy me a telescope for my birthday. I had not realised until then that astronomy was so within reach of normal people. Then on our anniversary she suggested somewhere in the country to stay and actually found a dark site to view. Since then, she only occasionally looks through the scope and is disappointed by the faintness of the object. She has no idea why i am excited by something so faint, but at least she is happy that I am off the computer for a while.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by RobinClayton

My wife did buy me a telescope for my birthday. I had not realised until then that astronomy was so within reach of normal people. Then on our anniversary she suggested somewhere in the country to stay and actually found a dark site to view. Since then, she only occasionally looks through the scope and is disappointed by the faintness of the object. She has no idea why i am excited by something so faint, but at least she is happy that I am off the computer for a while.

Well, if the lady in your life thinks everything is to faint... you need to get a 20" light bucket so that she is no longer disappointed... PERFECT... and so romantic!