How People Disappear
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here.A few years agoin Minneapolis an angry dad stormed into the retail storeTarget. His daughter, a high schooler,had been receiving coupons in the mail from the store for things like cribsand diapers. Was Target encouraging his daughter,a minor, to go out and get pregnant? wellWell, the store apologized but a few days later they heard back from the father. Hetold them"a few things have been going on in my householdI was unaware of. My daughter is duein August. I owe you an apology." You see,Target's internal algorithms have been trackingand processing his daughter's purchases and recentlyshe'd started buying different items than usual.Things like certain vitamin supplements and scent-free soaps and lotions...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here.A few years agoin Minneapolis an angry dad stormed into the retail storeTarget. His daughter, a high schooler,had been receiving coupons in the mail from the store for things like cribsand diapers. Was Target encouraging his daughter,a minor, to go out and get pregnant? wellWell, the store apologized but a few days later they heard back from the father. Hetold them"a few things have been going on in my householdI was unaware of. My daughter is duein August. I owe you an apology." You see,Target's internal algorithms have been trackingand processing his daughter's purchases and recentlyshe'd started buying different items than usual.Things like certain vitamin supplements and scent-free soaps and lotions...
