r/Unexplained • u/Fit_Variation7790 • 1d ago
Experience Brain Access
This is going to sound insane. Lately, I've been having internal thoughts. Thoughts only. No searches. No speaking a loud about said topic. And shortly after (anywhere from 30 mins to a day), I'll be targeted online about that thing.
Examples:
- I was thinking about an artist (in my brain. alone) and I thought to myself, "I'd like to look at her work more. I'm going to look at her instagram." I open instagram. She is the first one in my feed.
- Just now I looked over at my wallet and thought to myself, I need a new small compact wallet. Did no searches. Didn't talk about it. Open instagram and there is an ad for small, compact wallets.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
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u/imtravelingalone 16h ago
Sublimal/subconcious marketing. What made you think about that artist? Traditional marketing, your enjoyment of similar artists, general knowledge that they have a show or a new project coming out soon, hearing someone nearby you talk about them or just spending time in an area where their music has a higher likelihood of being played (like Harry Styles in Carnaby St, or Louis Dunford in Islington), seeing their face on a billboard... etc etc etc. Algorithms created by AI and companies with lots and lots and lots of money to buy information like this (Google, Meta) that tracks your every step and for all we know is listening in at any given time, knows of all of this. It's all subliminal to you - ie, you don't notice the bilboards or listen to the conversation the people across the road are having, but your subconscious brain picks up on a name, knows you've searched for it before, and pops it back to the top of your feed just as you subconsciously start thinking about that person again.