Is the internet stalking me?
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0.000 HBDIs the internet stalking me?
<html> <p><em><strong>Despite being an online seller, my knowledge of the internet has always merely been sufficient to achieve whatever online objective I had in mind</strong></em></p> <p> <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12728760_10153229774707172_3965395293306514845_n.jpg?oh=4e39aa8a9ddd51b343362238b710d5bc&oe=58421BCC&__gda__=1480656819_1eb4e22fade29e2b486bf54c7e64b338" width="335" height="251"/> </p> <p><em>(the mat I bought, image: Muki Yoga Mats facebook page)</em> </p> <p>It was my birthday last month and I decided to let everyone know that I would prefer contributions to a nice new natural rubber yoga mat, which happens to be quite pricey, than odd gifts of chocolate and lotion. (Which have their place when I'm not in the market for a new yoga mat.)</p> <p><br></p> <p>I decided to search the same South African online site that I sell my goods on for the desired mat. I'm not usually much of an online shopper. I am so exposed to <em>stuff</em> due to the nature of our second hand business that I don't collect anything.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Anyway, back to the yoga mat. I searched and searched online for about two weeks, but could not find what I was looking for. It was my daughter and her boyfriend who discovered the online website, from which the purchase of the mat was eventually completed, and now I am happily doing yoga on my awesome new mat.</p> <p><br></p> <p>BUT now every. single. time. I go on facebook I am inundated with yoga mat ads. It gets worse, if I click on a link, say for a news website, or even in the course of online research needed for my online sales, ads for yoga mats keep on popping up. I have one, now dear internet please leave me alone!</p> <p><img src="https://s20.postimg.io/jsfj9cyrf/11402784_10204552391785864_7648289540282721876_n.jpg" width="206" height="206"/></p> </html>