The most frequent shoppers on Temu are over 59 years old. That wasn't what I expected. Based mostly on their marketing, which often seems to involve younger female influencers I would have thought they were selling to young people, but this isn't the case.
The people they are making money from are old. Much like those "dial 1800 commercials" for civil war chess sets from decades ago.
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So, effectively, if you're disabled you can only get a disabled railcard if you have been awarded disability payments within the last year.
If you have been disabled for over a year and in receipt of payments for more than 12 months, they refuse to give you a disabled railcard because your award letter isn't recent.
Sounds like discrimination against the long-term disabled to me!
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MJ Lenderman, Sun June, Hand Habits, Advance Base, Friendship, Horse Jumper of Love, Runnner e altri artisti partecipano a un nuovo album dedicato al compianto cantautore Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia e Magnolia Electric Co.) L’album, intitolato I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina, uscito oggi 5 settembre per Run for Cover e […]
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Angela Rayner resigns
Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after being found in breach of the ministerial code.Matt Kenyon (City AM)
Data privacy concerns rise as tech giants collect more information
In the digital age, personal data is frequently collected and sold, raising significant privacy concerns. Stronger regulations are needed to protect individuals from misuse and manipulation.The Mirror
Enjoying the 4 Australian aesthetics
Australiana, Eshay, Sharpies, and Surfer.
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Come il femminicidio è entrato nei codici penali - Il Post
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Come il femminicidio è entrato nei codici penali
È iniziato tutto da una parola, e dai paesi del SudamericaIl Post
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L'argent magique existe mais les milliardaires (fraudeurs !) l'ont planqué dans les #paradisFiscaux
#voyousEnColblancs #10Septembre
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Anciens présidents, premiers ministres, députés,... Ces retraites dorées que Macron protège
Notre journaliste Thomas Dietrich revient sur les avantages assez indécents des parlementaires, mais aussi des anciens présidents et des anciens premiers ministres.Thomas Dietrich (Le Média)
È tutto bello o bellissimo - Il Post
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È tutto bello o bellissimo
Da tempo si discute di quanto siano diventate rare le stroncature nella critica musicale, letteraria e cinematografica, almeno quelle disinteressateIl Post
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🌸Flora in the springtime🌸
As the weather starts to warm up for the springtime here in the Antipodes, we’re celebrating with this gorgeous fresco panel from Villa Ariadne, Stabiae. Now held in the MAN Napoli, the verdant greens and the fresh foliage are a hint at the riches of summer to come.
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GloRilla Exposes Young Thug After He Called Her Ugly: 'Same Dude Blowing My Phone Up'
GloRilla and Young Thug || Image credit: @glorillapimp @youngthugGloRilla and Young Thug’s beef started after the rapper made some harsh comments about…Grace Somes (Shine My Crown)
Angela Rayner quits as UK deputy PM over tax scandal
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Angela Rayner quits as UK deputy PM over tax scandal
Rayner’s exit is the latest blow for embattled UK prime minister Keir Starmer.Noah Keate (POLITICO)
It’s the big fat Greek farming scandal – devised by the political elite and paid for by ordinary people
A massive EU subsidy scandal has pulled back the curtain to reveal how power operates in Greece
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It’s the big fat Greek farming scandal – devised by the political elite and paid for by ordinary people
A massive EU subsidy scandal has pulled back the curtain to reveal how power operates in Greece, says journalist Alexander ClappAlexander Clapp (The Guardian)
Calcio, Lionel Messi e le lacrime per l'addio all'Argentina
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» Grünen-Abgeordnete über Steuerpolitik — „Wer mehr als 300 Wohnungen erbt, muss keine Steuer zahlen“ «
„ Reiche stärker zu besteuern, sei eine Frage der Gerechtigkeit, sagt Katharina Beck. Was Merz und Söder fordern, hält sie für „Unfug“. “
Ich habe gerade einen Designfehler als schwere #Sicherheitslücke bei Androids mit #Passkeys auf externen Token wie z.B. #Yubikeys mit #FIDO2 entdeckt...
Aber bevor ich einen Murdsbahö mache, würd ich gerne mal rückfragen, ob jene die sich mit #Security hier befassen, das auch so sehen.
Folgendes Szenario:
Ich habe #keycloak als Authentifikations-Service vor div. Services bei mir im Einsatz.
Dort habe ich einen Authentication-Flow der mir "Passwortlose" Authentifizierung erlaubt. Also der einen Passkey verwenden kann.
Als Passkey habe ich einen Yubikey 5C mit NFC im Einsatz.
Wenn ich diese Authentifikation am Laptop wähle, so muss der Yubikey eingesteckt sein. Ich gebe meinen Benutzernamen ein. Dann fragt mich der Browser nach dem PIN des Yubikeys. Den gebe ich ein, und dann werde ich aufgefordert, da drauf zu drücken, und schon bin ich angemeldet.
Genauso funktioniert das am Smartphone auch, wenn der Token per USB eingesteckt ist.
Ein Angreifer, der sich meinen Token stiehlt muss immer noch den PIN dazu wissen. Und nach 3x-iger falscher Eingabe ist der Token unbrauchbar.
Die Sicherheit ist also relativ hoch.
Aber Android (ich hab GrapheneOS im Einsatz) fragt mich auch, ob ich die Authentifizierung per NFC machen möchte. Das ist eine Google-App. Ja auch auf #GrapheneOS da diese noch nicht portiert wurde. Aber es ist egal, auf den allermeisten Androids rennt diese Google-App die für FIDO-Authentifizierung genutzt wird.
Wenn ich also NFC wähle, so muss ich nur den Token präsentieren und schon bin ich drin in meinem Account.
Es fehlt die Abfrage nach dem PIN des Token.
Ich habe in keycloak nichts gefunden, wo ich einstellen könnte, dass auch bei Authentifizierung mittels NFC der PIN abgefragt werden muss. Also scheint es die Google-App zu entscheiden, dass über USB der PIN abgefragt wird und über NFC nicht.
Und das sehe ich als gewaltige Sicherheitslücke, welche diesen Authentifizierungsflow in keycloak ad Absurdum führt.
Wenn ich einen Passkey eines Gerätes nehme, auf dem ich mich einloggen muss... ok. Es muss jemand meinen Laptop oder mein Smartphone stehlen und sich in meinen Account einloggen... dann passt es, dass kein PIN per NFC abgefragt wird.
Aber wenn ich bloß einen Yubikey stehlen muss und schon komm ich ohne dem Faktor "Wissen" in keycloak-Accounts rein... ist das NICHT GUT.
@Kuketz-Blog 🛡 @padeluun ⁂ @Karl Voit wie seht ihr das?
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Wie jetzt Google hier mit NFC in Android etwas macht, entzieht sich meiner Kenntnis, das ist nicht mein Ökosystem, da kann ich nichts zu sagen. An der FIDO2-/WebAuthn-Spec liegt's nicht.
Ok... nix gut.
Dann ist die Passwordless Authentication mit NFC-Token tatsächlich broken by Design.
Hmmm...
Ich werde passeordless also generell nicht verwenden. Die Gefahr ist zu groß, dass ich oder meine User das einmal übersehen, und ein verlorener oder gestohlrner Key ausreicht, um einen Account zu entsperren.
Diese Info sollte aber jetzt bitte DRINGEND die Runde machen!
Ich hab jetzt die #idaustria auf das hin abgeklopft.
Am Smartphone mit dem selbe Yubikey.
Dort ist der Loginflow so, dass ich mich mit Username und Passwort zuerst anmelden muss, und dann mit dem Fidotoken als 2nd Factor validieren.
Ich krieg zwar USB und NFC angeboten, und NFC fragt keinen PIN ab. Jedoch lehnt die ID-Austria Website dann ab und sagt, ich muss USB verwenden.
Also einstecken, dann wird der Pin abgefragt und ich muss den Token berühren.
Es gibt sldo noch eine Sicherungsstufe beim IdP über das hinaus, was mir #keycloak derzeit bietet.
Vielleich lässt sich das ja noch konfigurieren.
Ich hab gerade in keycloak etwas gefunden:
Und zwar in den Authentication Policies für Passwordless Webauthn
Stellt man "User verification requirement" auf "Erforderlich", so ist für die Passwortlose Authentifizierung NFC deaktiviert.
Dann ist das ganze zwar nicht mehr "Passwortlos", weil der PIN unbedingt eingegeben werden muss und es wird USB erzwungen... aber damit umgeht man die Sicherheitslücke, dass jemand der den Key an sich bringt und den Account weiß, sich nicht einfach mehr so einloggen kann.
So gefällt mir das schon besser.
Here's a fun little colour-change #chemistry demo.
I was using bright blue harpic power plus (dilute HCL soln) to clean to Manganese dioxide (MnO₂) stains from glassware. There must have been some residual potassium permanganate (KMN04) because I noticed a colour change you don;t see if there's just dioxide present.
The solution solution change dcolour from bright blue to clear, then to yellow, then red, and finally back to a pale yellow clear solution.
Demo follows:
Arena Young 2026, oltre 70 appuntamenti per gli studenti - Musica - Ansa.it
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Arena Young 2026, oltre 70 appuntamenti per gli studenti - Musica - Ansa.it
A pochi giorni dal ritorno in classe, Fondazione Arena di Verona ha presentato il nuovo cartellone di "Arena Young", oltre 70 appuntamenti da ottobre 2025 a maggio 2026, in cui l'offerta artistica incontra proposte su misura per scuole di ogni ordine…Agenzia ANSA
È la visione di Ryosuke Kondo, che nel 2007 trasformò terreni abbandonati in vigneti rigogliosi, scegliendo lieviti selvaggi e coltivazione senza fertilizzanti chimici.
Ogni bottiglia racconta radici, coraggio e libertà. A novembre la sua storia attraverserà il mare per incontrare l’Abruzzo, durante Vini Autentici.
📅 Dal 22 al 24 Novembre
#ViniAutentici #vininaturali #wine
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Re: Nel cuore del Giappone, dove le stagioni scolpiscono la terra, nasce il Kondo Vineyard.
Interessante. Il popolo giapponese è affascinante, e spero che resti sempre uguale a se stesso, senza 'europeizzarsi'.
Con le sua pulizia, la sua educazione, l'amore per le precisione e quant'altro.
Hanno forse problemi con l'espressione corretta delle proprie emozioni (cioè le reprimono), ma meglio loro che tanta altra gente meno evoluta e civile.
Ciao.
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Er schreibt kurze eindringliche Texte und kann Euch ein wenig die „Sichtweise“ eines Nichtsehenden nahe bringen
Bere da una tazza di rame
Capita spesso online di trovarsi di fronte a immagini che vorrebbero tramandare la "saggezza degli antichi"; ce ne avete segnalata una che non avevamo mai visto prima, e abbiamo pensato di fare cosa gradita nel trattarla, sia mai che qualcuno stia ce…maicolengel butac (Butac – Bufale Un Tanto Al Chilo)
Pomimo zapewnień musiałem przywrócić konto na Facebooku. Kwestia czysto praktyczna - znalezienie majstra do pewnej usługi remontowej (ale o tym kiedy indziej).
Miałem ustawioną przeglądarkę tak, by po zalogowaniu czyściła historię i ciastka (chociaż przy kontenerach opcja dość zbyteczna). Uruchomiłem znów urządzenie, próbuję się zalogować a Facebook prosi mnie o kod z WhatsAppa (którego nie mam) albo o kod SMS (który nie dochodzi). Tak, nie mam podpiętego żadnego maila pod Facebooka, tylko numer telefonu.
Koniec końców nawet założyłem WhatAppa (nie wiem po co...) i czekam na zaległe kody.
To jest rak internetu - firma która ogarnia boty do kontroli bezpieczeństwa, jednocześnie w ramach tegoż uniemożliwia korzystanie z usługi.
Gdzie ten stary Internet, który po prostu działał...
haben wir noch #Sommer oder wird es schon #Herbst?
Aus meinem #Garten kommen momentan noch himmlische Himbeeren, aber auch schon Äpfel, Holunderbeeren und Birnen.
Was also tun?
Ganz einfach: Einfach genießen, was kommt!
Mittenmang sorgen Schokolade, Karamell und Zitronen für weitere #Genussmomente!
Das Bild zeigt eine vielfältige Auswahl an Desserts auf einem runden, dekorativen Teller. Im Zentrum befindet sich ein Stück Zebra-Brownie mit einem dunklen Schokoladenboden und einem cremigen, gelben Füllungsmuster. Links daneben ist ein Stück Käsekuchen mit cremiger weißer Schicht und einer roten Beerensoße. Rechts davon liegt ein Stück Kuchen mit gerösteten Mandeln auf der Oberfläche. Weitere Desserts umfassen eine Tarte mit einer Kruste aus geröstetem Korn, eine Tarte mit einer cremigen Füllung und ein Stück Kuchen mit roten Beeren. Zwei kleine Kuchen mit roten Beeren auf Papierunterlagen sind ebenfalls auf dem Teller zu sehen. Der Teller steht auf einem dunklen Tisch, und im Hintergrund ist ein Teil eines schwarzen Stuhls zu erkennen.
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Blogstöckchen, Blogparaden, Trackbacks & Co. – Tradition oder Renaissance?
Jetzt haben wir’s tatsächlich geschafft mit unserer Blogwochen-Aktion und bloggen in einer Blogparade … über Blogparaden. Selbstreferenzieller und mehr meta geht’s nicht mehr.benedikt.io
Il y a quelques mois j'avais fait un tour dans quelques églises de Toulouse pour faire des photos.
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Usa, Trump riduce al 15% i dazi sulle auto giapponesi. Salve Toyota, Honda e Nissan
[quote]Il presidente degli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump, ha deciso di tendere la mano al Giappone sul fronte dei dazi
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Thailands Parlament wählt Anutin Charnvirakul zum Regierungschef
Thailands Parlament hat den prominenten Bauunternehmer Anutin zum neuen Premierminister gewählt. Es ist der dritte Regierungswechsel in zwei Jahren. Anutins Vorgängerin war im August des Amtes enthoben worden.
#Washington has imposed sanctions on Al-Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al Mezan because they have helped the International Criminal Court investigate war crimes perpetrated by Israeli officials in #Gaza.
In the sad and bizarre world, those commiting #genocide, those promoting it, those funding it, those provide weapons for it are protected and supported.
But those opposing it get sanctioned and punished.
#Hypocrisy
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
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Al Senato Kennedy jr. si difende a colpi di fake news: i senatori denunciano la deriva anti-scientifica
Durante un’audizione fiume di giovedì davanti alla Commissione Finanze del Senato, il segretario alla Salute e ai Servizi Umani Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ha affrontato una raffica di domande da parte di senatori indignatiglobalist (Globalist.it)
Inizia l’era delle armi laser. Come si muovono Stati Uniti ed Europa
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
Negli ultimi anni le armi a energia diretta, e in particolare i laser ad alta potenza, stanno emergendo come una vera rivoluzione nella difesa aerea e navale. Grazie alla capacità di colpire bersagli con velocità praticamente istantanea, riducendo i costi e semplificando la logistica,
Via Beppe Fenoglio: aperto lo sbocco sulla Pesciatina
Il nuovo collegamento è stato realizzato grazie ai lavori finanziati con 80mila euro dal Comune di Lucca, che hanno riguardato le opere sotterranee di canalizzazione, la riqualificazione dei marciapiedi e la stesura del nuovo manto di asfalto.
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Excellent article: "Intelligence artificielle : le vrai coût environnemental de la course à l’IA" (auteurs: Lou Welgryn et Théo Alves Da Costa)
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Intelligence artificielle : le vrai coût environnemental de la course à l'IA
L’intelligence artificielle est matérielle. Pour comprendre ses impacts il faut remonter sa chaîne de valeur qui mobilise des métaux, deLou Welgryn et Théo Alves Da Costa (bonpote)
La caccia al malware colombiano: una campagna nascosta nei file SVG
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
C’è un momento, nella ricerca delle minacce informatiche, in cui l’intuizione umana incontra la potenza brutale dell’automazione. Ed è esattamente ciò che è successo nei lab di VirusTotal poche ore dopo aver implementato una nuova funzionalità di analisi del codice basata su
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heise+ | Vorsorge fürs Alter: Wie Frauen die Rentenlücke verkleinern können
Für Frauen bedeutet der Wechsel in die Rente oft große finanzielle Einbußen – und damit Abhängigkeit vom Partner. Abhilfe schaffen Staat und private Vorsorge.
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heise+ | heise+ Update vom 05. September 2025: Lesetipps zum Wochenende
Der Newsletter von heise+: Blutmond fotografieren, Fotobuch-Dienste, Hörbuch-Anbieter, Fensterputzroboter und ein E-Ink-Tablet.
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •I remember an episode of "hoarders" where most of what packed the house of a deceased elderly woman were products bought mail order from "dial 1800" commercials. Almost nothing was even opened... but even unopened and brand new all of the junk was still too worthless for the distressed children to even bother with selling. By the time the items arrived she often didn't remember what she ordered.
Their mother died in debt buried in worthless junk.
Call your mother. Call your uncle.
noplasticshower
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •we are dealing with that situation now. Not the crushing debt part, but the worthless pile of unopened junk part.
Not only do you have to take away the keys at some point...you also have to take away their buying power. Then cash hoarding must be stopped.
myrmepropagandist
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Have you made any positive progress? Their app, and I also didn't know this, is "gamified" it has timers that say "buy now or miss the deal" it has lootboxes and reward points. It slurps up your contact list from your phone and tries to rope in everyone you know like Farmville or one of those Maffia Boss facebook games.
Gambling addict treatment programs ask that their participants abstain from Temu because it's got gambling elements and can trigger people.
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Ehay2k
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •I had no idea about this. 🤯
Temu is like the modern version of the Publishers Clearinghouse sweepstakes. People pay to play.
noplasticshower
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •fortunately the olds do not have a smart phone or net. Their main deluge of garbage pipes in through a landline. QVC was all prompted over TV. (We plan to install net and a camera if our long term solution is not executed.)
We made very good progress before the FIL died and slightly more progress has been made since. We have total financial control. The house is under maintenance (ignored for 8 years). Only internal family disagreement on a long term care solution lingers. BIL is signing himself up for stupid depressing work...we have made our position very clear.
Richard Bairwell
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I feel very lucky that I have a friend who's into sustainable fashion, who made me think about the question, "What had to happen to get you that product at that price, or more to the point, whom did it have to happen to?" BEFORE the rise of Temu, so that I was preinoculated to see their whole approach as exploitive and offputting.
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If you'd like to take used clothing up a notch, buy it a little large and get it tailored. For pants this could just be hemming and a waist adjustment. Shirts are harder.
I'm a big advocate to going to lengths to get clothing that fits, this is what makes it look good and feel good.
Thor A. Hopland
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Unethical UX is the bane of the digital world. I get so mad about manipulative, exploitative and downright predatory designs. There should be laws against these things.
But you make a great point, @futurebird. It's not anything new. We had "TV Shop" in Norway and it was also mostly overpriced junk.
Shopaholics need someone to confront them with the issue, because if they don't seek therapy and deal with their addiction, it becomes a huge problem - as you so aptly stated.
mhoye
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Tom
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •If you do want to make an intervention please work out what is actually going on. Hoarding and Compulsive Shopping are different and usually have different roots. I know several hoarders and none of them shop, in fact many are extremely thrifty.
Shoppers may not mind having a clear out but hoarders may literally _never_ forgive you. So please take care and get professional advice.
myrmepropagandist
in reply to Tom • • •@Tallish_Tom
Excellent advice Tom.
jorny
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •I dated a guy whose mom was like that with the shopping channel.
She wouldn't open things she bought because she wasn't supposed to be buying them, so she would hide the boxes in the basement. She'd also always answer the house phone because she was getting calls from collection agencies about the secret credit cards she wasn't supposed to have and everything.
Jargoggles
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •myrmepropagandist
in reply to Jargoggles • • •@jargoggles
That sucks. 🙁
It must be hard to deal with that.
there is beauty in simplicity
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Bob LeFridge
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Sounds like the same audience who buy from infomercials.
"Ring within the next ten minutes and you'll receive a second objectively useless gadget absolutely free."
@futurebird
Jimmy
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Brian Perry
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •myrmepropagandist
in reply to Brian Perry • • •@uguisubari
I would have enjoyed that. Such an odd business, though I did have a moment when I was about 13 and got convinced that we needed to get that "Swords of History" subscription bugging my poor mother until she gave me a lecture about advertising.
Apparently the quality of their products varied wildly. And in some ways they almost seem quaint and honest compared to Temu.
But, they did pave the way for the "business model"
myrmepropagandist
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari
I'm really susceptible to ads and so is my husband. I suspect this is true of many people but what makes us rare is we are willing to admit it? It's one of the things we bonded over.
Show me a shamwow commercial and I'm amazed. "Look at all the things it can do!" And just 19.99! (for three installments, plus shipping, terms and conditions may apply)
This is why I avoid ads whenever possible. They work. Even if you watch them thinking "this is trying to manipulate me"
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myrmepropagandist
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari
The human mind evolved to listen to and mostly trust other people. I don't really think the average person is set up or well placed to be the sophisticated research-driven type of person you'd need to be to be immersed in advertising all day without being influenced and at times tricked.
The simplest way to avoid being tricked or manipulated is to not see ads whenever possible.
... I still kind of want those "Swords of History" ... *eyes ebay furtively*
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Brian Perry
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •myrmepropagandist
in reply to Brian Perry • • •@uguisubari
I think they were 1/3 scale size swords, so kind of silly and pointless, but if you let them upsell you enough they'd send you a stand so you could mount them all on your wall and each one came with a little booklet about it's role in history.
Why do I remember all of this?
I should bring it up when I see my mom again just to see the face she makes LMAO.
peachfront
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari
if you remember it after all this time it seems like a harmless thing to me to look for it on Ebay or wherever as long as you have the room for the display
when i was a young person fresh out of college setting up my first home full of empty rooms & shelves i bought a set of Franklin mint plates to display on empty shelves... after all these years i still have the set on display & should really sell them since empty hasn't been the case here for a LONG time!
Dror Bedrack
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Jess👾
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •The thing I've gotten in the habit of that slows my susceptible nature basically amounts to I can't click buy now right away if my credit card is in my purse in the other room. Then ADHD makes me forget all about it after I walk through a door twice anyways.
@futurebird @uguisubari
xyhhx
in reply to Jess👾 • • •@JessTheUnstill same
@futurebird @uguisubari
Neo Ehproque
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •baconandcoconut
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Paul Chernoff
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari
Yes, avoiding ads is the best defense. Lord, protect me from temptation.
This is why I avoid browsing through Kickstarter. I am susceptible to Kickstarter campaigns. Thankfully only 2 that are open. The Tariffs situation is getting me to avoid Kickstarters because even the US based ones depend on manufacturing outside the US.
So some ads just fly buy me and ads related to my hobbies make me a sucker. I suspect most people are vulnerable to ads based on subject.
Phosphenes
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari
I'm like that with the product placement of food. TV kid eats ice cream, I want ice cream. Don Draper gets a beer, I go get a beer.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari I find my Depression protects me from a lot of Advertising
"Everything is shit and I'm trapped on a Late Stage Capitalist World"
Does wonders for your pocket!
ghosttie
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari a few years ago I was having a conversation with someone about how one of those Gordon Ramsay shows kept trying to convince us that Walmart sold really high quality meat, when their reputation is the exact opposite
And their reaction was "oh I didn't know Walmart sold good meat"
The advertising worked on them second hand, even though I was only telling them how ridiculous it was
I was shocked at how susceptible they were!
Brian Perry
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Michael Busch
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@uguisubari
I once encountered that scam from a martial arts supplier.
Over 15 years ago now; I bought a set of training blades for kendo, which I am unlikely to need to ever replace, and then got added to a marketing list.
Before I removed myself from it; they tried to sell me a subscription to a new katana every quarter - all very slightly different from one another in ways that do not matter.
I understand similar tactics are used by sellers of guitars and other instruments.
intumescentProvocateur
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •It's not the people, it's the system.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Bjarne Oldrup
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •My mom has dementia and purchased shit on Temu all the time. Packages that were never picked up, cause she forgot, of course. After half a year trying to mitigate by uninstalling Temu, closing accounts, installing ad blockers, I had no other choice but to close her Facebook account where all the ads and other scams she fell for originated.
The Internet is not safe for people with cognitive impairment, at all.
The Penguin of Evil
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •sounds right to me. Whilst there is good stuff and prices to be found the whole thing is set up like a casino game. Even when there is actual useful stuff it's gamed, put it in a cart wait a week and it magically finds the same item far cheaper
Just as disturbing though is how much unsafe or plain illegal crap they pedal. Liability needs properly pinning on people like Amazon and Temu for illegal and unsafe goods
sb arms & legs
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Kerplunk
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •The most frequent shoppers on Temu are over 59 years old.
Expected, that is when poverty really cuts in to our lives.
Tricot Feelya
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