@Angie I have a Friday OT idea if you're up for it!
When are some instances you felt like you were in your own version of the Truman Show? For example, a few weeks ago, I went to my girlfriend's family reunion in northern Wisconsin for the first time and they introduced me to a specific brand of chip dip that I'd never heard of but apparently has been a staple of their gatherings for years. Since then, I've been getting ads on Facebook and other websites for this brand of dip. I'm sure I never Googled it at any time so it's not just Google keeping track of my cookies. Now, I recently noticed a new billboard on my daily commute to Ames advertising this brand of chip dip. It's not like it's a new product that the company is trying to promote with a heavy marketing campaign because like I said her family has been eating it for years. Now that's for sure not just because Google or someone else is probably listening to my conversations... right?
P.S. Fun fact: there's actually a name for this phenomenon: the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/