A few years ago, my wife and I were driving somewhere. She had her cell phone with her but wasn’t talking on it. During the drive, I happened to mention that Adirondack chairs were more comfortable than they look. I hadn’t said anything at all about Adirondack chairs for years, and probably hadn’t even thought of them. Within the hour, we were getting email ads for, you guessed it, Adirondack chairs, and we kept getting ads on the phone and on our home computer for months.
I know damned well that phones listen all the time, and so do all sorts of “smart” appliances. If they ever come to get me for wrongthink, there’ll be plenty of evidence.
We still don’t own an Adirondack chair.
They have some nice ones in-store at Costco right now for a good price.