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Summary: reallynicestamps shares their observation of an eBay advertisement for pool floats on Facebook, despite not owning a pool or visiting the nearby beach. They reflect on how the ad appeared amidst various unrelated content in their feed. busybeas_books comments, suggesting that recent hot weather might be causing eBay or other platforms to promote cooling items, and shares their own experience of living near the Atlantic Ocean but not visiting it in years.
Skimming through Facebook and between the You Know You're From Victoria When, science ficton convention updates, pictures of relations I have never actually met, pictures of friends I have never actually met, posts about archeology, stories from Victorians Vile Victorians, and shorts about dog breeds, there was an eBay ad that led to this.
https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=pool+float&_sacat=0?norover=1&siteid=2&mkevt=1&mkrid=706-158817-183695-7&mkcid=16&FSCL_Post=45121PoolFloats&fbclid=IwAR3fvWUKq-hZlenvnQAQec5IxDjW8usoxzuanwlBtPinY4QTPsX1Bpx7FWg
I don't have a pool.
I don't even go to the beach five blocks from my house.
busybeas_books
·3 years agoProbably with the recent hot (and hotter) weather eBay/Facebook/Google/whatever is pushing stuff to keep you cool. Is it a conscious effort by them, or just random because more people are looking for that kind of stuff now. I'm 300ft from the Atlantic Ocean, havn't been in in years.