Cornerstone was awful on my skin, got lots of cuts. The only razors I can use without any cuts are Gilettte Mach 3 and they occasionally become quite hard to find, when Gilette have a new launch the older ones get less shelf space. Fortunately they always reappear, hopefully when they see people prefer them. Iād try your recommendation but Iām so fair and smooth skinned I only shave once a week (I grow so little hair, people assume I shave my legsā¦ I get female colleagues asking how I get them so smooth every time I wear shorts to work), so my razors last months. I buy a pack of four maybe once a year.
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I work in IT so I should probably know this, but since visiting this thread yesterday Iāve had Facebook ads for Tokyo Treat and Cornerstoneā¦ Not ads Iāve ever seen before - is Facebook delivering ads based on the fact Iāve read this thread? Or is this just another case of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenonā¦
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Probably not because of the thread (thereās no Facebook like buttons or other embeds) but if you clicked on any of the links to their site, or other subscription boxes, and they have Facebook embeds, then itās very likely lol.
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I didnāt click on either - thatās the thing! Spooky 
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My colleague went a couple of days ago to a Japanese restaurant called SushiMania in London and we spoke about it at work. I am 100% sure I didnāt google this place from my iPhone nor from my Mac but the day after the ad for SushiMania appeared on my FB feed.
I did start believing that Facebook is listening! 
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Or your colleague browsed to it/mentioned it on facebook, and youāre known to be nearby, of roughly the same demographic etc. so facebook showed you the ad because thereās a good chance your friend mentioned it to you at some point.
Facebook know all sorts about us because they know who our friends are, who friends of friends are etc. Itās how they make their money (google, too).
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Thereās a good episode of the podcast ReplyAll that talks about the whole āare facebook listeningā vs just how well targeted their demographics and ad serving tools are.
Itās crazy the kind of assumptions The Facebook can make just from the few bits of data it has on people / the massive amount of info people give it.
In the episode they talked about someones being advertised their mother-in-lawsā perfume brand of choice, on the day that she visited and forgot to bring it with her on her travels. Had a logical explanation behind it. Iāll try and find a link if anyone is interested.
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This was the Podcast I mentioned if anyones interested:
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Itās literally just the fact you see thousands of ads a day on Facebook and filter them out, but itās when you spot one you recognise you become aware. On ads you can even see why you got it shown to you. I run a lot of Fb ads and can promise you that advertisers donāt have a āShow this to anyone who speaks about this topicā option, itās all about demographics and other interests, of which there are vast numbers to chose from.
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Just saw this, granted USA but some ship to UK.