Are 'they' listening?

Geffers

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How eerie is this?

A group of us were having lunch today and during conversation we mention the Thunderbirds puppet series. We elaborated and started to quiz each other on the four Thunderbird crafts and the various pods. No phone searches took place.

On arrival home a few hours later I was browsing Youtube on my TV and guess what, a video on Thunderbirds was suggested on my home screen, this video (link below) described the four main crafts along with reference to the pods.

I have watched videos before relating to Thunderbirds but I really cannot recall when, months, maybe years ago. Weird coincidence nevertheless.

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Yeah, that's weird and uncanny alright. If it keeps happening, then there could be something to it, but I think it's unlikely.

I've had weird coincidences like this. However, when you think how it could happen over a huge range of unlikely coincidences, the chances of one happening occasionally are not so remote.
 

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Yeah, that's weird and uncanny alright. If it keeps happening, then there could be something to it, but I think it's unlikely.

I've had weird coincidences like this. However, when you think how it could happen over a huge range of unlikely coincidences, the chances of one happening occasionally are not so remote.
There are plenty of Thunderbird videos but this one covers exactly what we were talking about, that is the eerie thing.
 

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Oh yeah, it's quite possible, as unlikely as it is.

Back in 2014 I bought a GTX 780 Ti from Scan. 18 months later I bought a second one from Scan for SLI goodness and guess what? The serial numbers are just 2 away from each other! What's the chance of that? I still have them, too.
 

Geffers

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Oh yeah, it's quite possible, as unlikely as it is.

Back in 2014 I bought a GTX 780 Ti from Scan. 18 months later I bought a second one from Scan for SLI goodness and guess what? The serial numbers are just 2 away from each other! What's the chance of that? I still have them, too.
Number coincidences are fascinating, one often tries to see some significance in the coincidence but usually it is just that, a coincidence. I've always thought it amazing that the Moon and Sun appear the same size, but if they weren't we would have just accepted it. Apparently Jupiter has 95 Moons.
 

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My phone is always listening to me. I'll be talking about something random, like, for example, ceiling fans. Next thing I know, I am on my phone or computer and all these advertisements for ceiling fans show up. Why would it be showing me ceiling fan ads when I never physically typed anything into my devices regarding ceiling fans? Only talked about it verbally.
 

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Yeah, that's creepy af, isn't it? If I go to the Scan or Overclockers PC parts websites, quite often I start seeing ads for PC parts and even the exact items that I was looking at. Clearly they've heard of privacy.
 

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Saw a video some time back on this subject, worth a watch, only 8 minutes but I see he posted one just today and is 25 minutes long so shall watch later and comment if appropriate.

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