A single sentence about your dog is not what caused this. You probably scrolled past a pet thing months ago, tapped it, or your sister sent you a dog video and the phone made a note. These apps build a profile over years, not one dish washing chat. The 14 ads in a row feel creepy but the timing is just bad luck on when the system decided to test you. Also, you said out loud you might buy a bed, so showing you beds is the least weird part of all this. The $400 alpaca futon is dumb, sure, but that is just stores throwing stuff at a wall to see what sticks. What did you end up getting Max, the blanket again?

The part that gets me is "the real 5 year survival rate is closer to 80%." That stat has always been shaky. A few hundred places in one state is not proof of anything. Most of those old numbers come from surveys with tiny samples and no real tracking. I have seen plenty of spots close and plenty stay open 20 years, so it never added up anyway. It kind of feels like people just like the scary version because it makes the work sound harder than it is.