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It's getting harder for me not to think my thoughts aren't tracked by cookies (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Like, I keep seeing more and more ads about things I only thought about while not looking up anything online about it. For example: after I got out of the shower this morning I thought about how I needed to apply cream on my arms to prevent dry skin. It was only a thought that took me a few seconds. And minutes later I receive an ad on Instagram about dry skin.

I have never even googled dry skin. I didn't say anything about it to anyone lol. And I get the ad the day I think about it? These things keep happening more and more for some reason.

I know it's not possible and I promise I'm not going insane or anything, so don't lock me up lol. Just an observation.

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[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Could just be a coincidence too. You're being shown dozens, if not hundreds of ads in a day that you're not paying much attention to them until one shows something you were just thinking about and you notice it. You might have had another such ad the day before and didn't notice, for example.

But indeed, the more data they have on you the more chances of such things happening which would indeed feel like they're reading your mind.