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?” “I’ll 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 women’s 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? Torrid.
I hadn’t searched for anything remotely related to clothing on any device. I’m a dude and my girlfriend is short and skinny. I understand that advertisers can cater to you based off of where your device is. But it was a mall. There’s TONS of stores there. I just so happened to get ads for one of the only stores whose name I said out loud…
