1.Four years ago we moved from a place wed lived at for several years.
A couple of months ago I opened Safari on my phone and was going to search for a restaurant.
I was very chat-over-the-fence close to him while we were neighbors but didnt cope well with his sickness.
Look Catalog
2.I woke up with a nose bleed at around 3am.
My pillow, sheets were covered with blood.
I sleep with the light on and my phone was next to me.
Took the microphone and the camera out of my phone after that.
I was just too creeped out.
They were picking out a headstone, and different funeral arrangements, the usual.
No deaths in the family or any other potential search that couldve sparked it.
Phone was definitely listening that night.
4.Ive had a nasty cough for the last couple of weeks.
Couple hours later opened up Google and theres an article about how eating raw cookie dough is dangerous.
I never googled this subject.
6.It wasnt even my phone but a good friend/coworkers phone.
She had her phone on her, I did not.
She tells me Rent the Runway and I start asking questions: how did you like RtR?
Did it have good options?
Was it easy to use?
Later that day I am checking FB and theres that ad for Rent the Runway.
Thanks you creepy stalker.
Today, instagram suggests a pic of a girl in that exact dress.
8.I watched a video on my friends phone.
Then I got a recommendation for a video from that same channel on my phone.
Never seen videos from that channel before that.
9.I had sent a my friend a picture with my new glasses on.
A few days later I saw the same glasses in an ad.
10.Talked to family member for the first time about their psychological condition.
Started getting Amazon recommended for you ads for people with that condition.
11.I had my boyfriend visit me at college but he forget his toothbrush.
Kept saying that out loud.
Do you have an extra toothbrush?
Does your roommate have another toothbrush?
Ill ask the group chat to see if anyone has a spare toothbrush etc.
Next morning what does Amazon send an email about recommending me?
You better believe it was a bunch of dental care products.
12.Girlfriend and I were walking in the mall.
Passed by Torrid, a plus size womens clothes store.
Started saying Torrid out loud and talking about how awful that name sounded.
Next day guess what I start getting targeted ads for?
I hadnt searched for anything remotely related to clothing on any unit.
Im a dude and my girlfriend is short and skinny.
I understand that advertisers can cater to you based off of where your gadget is.
But it was a mall.
Theres TONS of stores there.
Started getting targeted ads on my social media from the chain.
14.Friend and I had just hung up the phone after jokingly talking about starting a business.
15.I was literallythinkingabout buying a sleeping mask because Ive been having trouble sleeping due to being very light sensitive.
Whats the first ad I see on Instagram?HEY THERE!
WANNA BUY A SLEEPING MASK???
He played one of their music videos and was sharing his screen with me.
It was creepy af.
I definitely had all the options set to disable Siri/listening/etc.
so that was some bullshit.
I hadnt changed the kind of music I was listening to during those days either.
A few hours later, I got a Snapchat Spotify ad completely in Spanish.
I also got a normal Spotify ad in Spanish too.
25.I work at a pharmacy, and I was facing condoms in the family planning aisle.
My phone was all the way upstairs in my locker.
I didnt say a word about condoms, or mention it to anyone during my shift.
After work as soon as I opened Facebook, a Durex ad appeared.
Within hours of that phone call I was getting ads for bug-bomb on all my social media.
Never in my life searched anything about kid product and food in any of my app.
Not long after , FB started showing me similar ads too.
IG and FB must be partner in crime.
29.Someone texted me about a company they saw onShark Tank.
I had never watched the show or searched for it on my phone.
Open up youtube and had a shark tank video recommended to me.
32.I was talking about a piece of guitar gear with my bandmate.
Freaked me the fuck out!
34.Put away some food in Tupperware that my roommate had bought several years ago.
Opened phone to ad for that exact Tupperware.
36.I was telling my husband about a long running discussion between me and my father that involved model ships.
Next time he opened Facebook, ads for model ships.
And that was when I started looking at building a Faraday cage.
37.I bought a nice bottle of scotch.
Came home and started watching something on Hulu.
The first ad was for a high end scotch brand.
It had been like 10 minutes.
38.Id been reading a physical copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to my kid.
Thanks NSA guys, hope you enjoyed those dramatic readings!
So we have legitimately only talked to each other about his name.
Now I am getting random game ads, etc that have the name in it.
Once would be a coincidence, but this has happened multiple times.
44.When I started a new job all the songs on the playlist started popping up as suggested videos.
Sometimes Ill check Facebook and my patients will come up in the people you might know list.
46.I was talking to my friend about my camper while our kids were sledding.
One hour later Google suggested that I download maps ahead of time for your trip to Philadelphia.
There is literally no other reason my phone would suggest that.
48.This actually happened a few days ago.
I was hanging out with some friends and one of them was talking to another about where theyre from.
He mentioned that he grew up in El Paso, TX.
This is getting out of hand FBI guy!
50.Mentioned to Wife over dinner that we should watch [movie] with the kids.
Turned on the TV and Roku that night and [movie] was the ad on the home screen.
The next day I picked up ingredients and tried making homemade [beverage].
That night, Roku gave me an ad for [beverage].
