Geez, and here I thought ditching Facebook over a decade ago was my line in the sand. Guess it was only a line in the stream. Seriously creepy how far this has gone.
I treat a heckuva lot of Amish. And while I really do love my air conditioner (it's supposed to be between 100-105 for the next several days), they get a lot of things right. A LOT of things... Great post!
BTW, my bro, an MD, is finishing your War Against Chlorine Dioxide. He says it's as good as your previous book on "War".
Frankly, they probably have ways to "beat the heat" that work well enough. (I'll bet it involves getting comfortable with perspiration again, yet another "artificial enemy" stood up by Big Advertising.)
I don’t think spandex is hanging in their closet either (I try to wear loose cotton in the summer heatwaves ) Farms are breezy and cotton is cooler. I was raised on a Midwest farm. Heat was different out there.
I'm in the upper Midwest where, thanks to all the trees that have been replaced by corn-for-ethanol, the humidity now can rival Houston's. I wear long-sleeve shirts and long-sleeve pants to work in the woods. I usually don't get out there until noon or later--BECAUSE OF SUBSTACK! And I'm drenched almost immediately, to the point of the hardware on my suspenders RUSTING. BUT, over time, I've concluded that THIS was, really, how my parents grew up, and how my grandparents and theirs lived. I just wish I had an outdoor shower. Like on M*A*S*H. With nurses. Well no. Not the nurses. We just don't have the closet space.
"Thanks to surveillance pricing, corporations don’t just know what you want—they know how badly you want it"
Yes but if the socialist have their way, everything will be decided at the top, by a small collectivist committee appointed by the leader. And the state will set the price from the Board and Office of Government Pricing, not because of demand, but because of fairness. And then send the baker the exact amount of flour to make the exact same number of loaves for every store (regardless of customer volume). And the stores will all have the exact same items: 1 mustard, 1 lunch meat, 1 cheese. Did you want brown mustard? Doesn't matter, the state only makes 1 kind, yellow. Oh the store Is out of bread by 10am? The store manager does not care, he doesn't call another store to see if they have extra. That just means less work for him, he gets "paid" the same no matter how many loaves he sells. So less work for him, he can go home early.
See how nice and fair and equal socialism will be ? There will be 7 exact pay scales. Every level of worker will get the exact same based on ability. It will be equality, equity. Won't it be utopia?
Is this not the literal definition of discrimination? This is discrimination on AI Crack.
Get rid all of your "smart" devices if you can handle the discomfort. Yes, that means all of your Alexa devices, Ring cameras, Nest devices, ovens, refrigerators, and anything that connects back to the cloud.
If you're not using Brave browser yet, I would highly recommend using it and ditching all other browsers to help ensure your privacy and security. Use a VPN on your phones and computers.
It's time to go local and abandon these AI monitored mass surveillance stores. Get to know your local farmers and local businesses, so we can mass decentralize towards building a meaningful future for humanity, not for robots.
If you could detect my heart beat, blood pressure, and pupil dilation size, you would know that you got me all worked up this morning with my morning coffee lol. Thanks for the great post Jenna!
Have a great weekend all you beautiful people out there!
After reading your article, I was thinking maybe I’d have been better off not knowing about all this. But now it’s too late, and I’m a angry, so I Google searched for non-tracking old style flip phones. You think maybe they’ll get the hint?
I use my ex wife's rewards card number at kroger and intellius thinks I'm a 54 year old mother of 8 living in Basdrop, LA working as a Unitarian minister while driving a 1972 Gran Torino (I did own one of those 30 years ago). I've been f'ing with the system since the day it came online. Dazzle camouflage is the only security nowadays.
I’m bagging the new iPhone. Time for a used Jitterbug flip phone. I need to find a VPN located deep in the mountains of West Virginia. No more self checkout. Gotta pay the human cashier in cash. Need to work on my “Happy but Cheap” vibe.
I have a faraday bag. Will use it in stores since I rarely access it in stores. At my age, I’m so over actual shopping and don’t crave much anymore. I’m not on their big spender algorithms I’m guessing. But I’m still a warm body walking around with a phone. I’m trying to keep my iPhone 11 going. I keep my old phones and use them maybe as an alarm clock, etc. curiously, My first iPhone was in 2014 and its battery has beat the other SE’s I bought over the years. It’s still going (no SIM card) but it’s my back up camera when scouting painting locations.
I observed one of the ride-sharing services playing pricing games, and "stand by, we're on the way" games, as I was walking (a few miles) home one day. I deleted their app and kept walking.
“Lie your face off on loyalty-program applications like you’re in witness protection. (Me? Zero kids, allergic to cats, obsessed with sportsball, addicted to TV, birthday: February 31, 1899.“
Another morning of laughing out loud at Jenna’s prose.
I’m…. (Wringing my hands) DISTRESSED! I swear, I was today years old before this even entered my radar. Thanking God I really don’t understand apps that much, but my husband is the Loyalty Program KING! Ch ch ch CHANGES…… Turn and face the strange…. (David Bowie nails it again!)
Hubby orders so many connectors and cords for our solar set up on our camper which he is constantly refining. I got to use the microwave this summer in Wyoming off the grid. Wahoo!! All these cords and connectors are grey, black and red. How he knows the difference is way beyond me.
This is why I'm glad I'm kind of stuck in the past. I do not have apps on my phone at all. My kids hate it but I only use my phone for talking, not texting. The keyboard is too small, dammit. On my laptop I use a VPN which changes locations every few hours. Thanks for writing about it. I'll have to do diligent price shopping now, using 2 laptops instead of just one. Ick. So yeah, I want off this ride. Thanks to all their shenanigans my heart rate is probably too high!
Whoa... you've got me beat if you change your location every few hours! Once a day is enough for me. Damn that weather in Denver is nice today. 😇 And you sure can't beat Jamaica.
Gonna be lit when people start messing with the electronic labels in grocery stores. Only a matter of time before someone develops an RFID blocker/projector that enables you to change prices while standing there.
Personally, I’m wearing gloves and taking a beta blocker before food shopping. And I’m carrying a flip phone registered to a PO box in Camden NJ. Gotta get them sweet, sweet low prices!
Hahaha. The carts at my Walmart are so old I have to check the wheel colors to figure out the newer less squeaky, or stuck wheel models. Actually I don’t buy much per visit. Many visits I carry a shopping basket of my own that doesn’t have sensors but my phone is on me. I don’t believe we will be able to uncouple ourselves from any of this anytime soon or ever.
Okay I’m inventing a heart rate and temperature scrambling pendant and if you guys want to get in on it now I’ll make you a sweet deal. 💰💰💰 I’m taking suggestions whether you want them to be small and subtle like fashion jewelry or huge- like the giant clocks FlavaFlav used to wear.
Geez, and here I thought ditching Facebook over a decade ago was my line in the sand. Guess it was only a line in the stream. Seriously creepy how far this has gone.
I treat a heckuva lot of Amish. And while I really do love my air conditioner (it's supposed to be between 100-105 for the next several days), they get a lot of things right. A LOT of things... Great post!
BTW, my bro, an MD, is finishing your War Against Chlorine Dioxide. He says it's as good as your previous book on "War".
😉🩷
Frankly, they probably have ways to "beat the heat" that work well enough. (I'll bet it involves getting comfortable with perspiration again, yet another "artificial enemy" stood up by Big Advertising.)
I don’t think spandex is hanging in their closet either (I try to wear loose cotton in the summer heatwaves ) Farms are breezy and cotton is cooler. I was raised on a Midwest farm. Heat was different out there.
I'm in the upper Midwest where, thanks to all the trees that have been replaced by corn-for-ethanol, the humidity now can rival Houston's. I wear long-sleeve shirts and long-sleeve pants to work in the woods. I usually don't get out there until noon or later--BECAUSE OF SUBSTACK! And I'm drenched almost immediately, to the point of the hardware on my suspenders RUSTING. BUT, over time, I've concluded that THIS was, really, how my parents grew up, and how my grandparents and theirs lived. I just wish I had an outdoor shower. Like on M*A*S*H. With nurses. Well no. Not the nurses. We just don't have the closet space.
"Thanks to surveillance pricing, corporations don’t just know what you want—they know how badly you want it"
Yes but if the socialist have their way, everything will be decided at the top, by a small collectivist committee appointed by the leader. And the state will set the price from the Board and Office of Government Pricing, not because of demand, but because of fairness. And then send the baker the exact amount of flour to make the exact same number of loaves for every store (regardless of customer volume). And the stores will all have the exact same items: 1 mustard, 1 lunch meat, 1 cheese. Did you want brown mustard? Doesn't matter, the state only makes 1 kind, yellow. Oh the store Is out of bread by 10am? The store manager does not care, he doesn't call another store to see if they have extra. That just means less work for him, he gets "paid" the same no matter how many loaves he sells. So less work for him, he can go home early.
See how nice and fair and equal socialism will be ? There will be 7 exact pay scales. Every level of worker will get the exact same based on ability. It will be equality, equity. Won't it be utopia?
🤬🤬🤬
One is bad, the other is a different kind of bad.
Is this not the literal definition of discrimination? This is discrimination on AI Crack.
Get rid all of your "smart" devices if you can handle the discomfort. Yes, that means all of your Alexa devices, Ring cameras, Nest devices, ovens, refrigerators, and anything that connects back to the cloud.
If you're not using Brave browser yet, I would highly recommend using it and ditching all other browsers to help ensure your privacy and security. Use a VPN on your phones and computers.
It's time to go local and abandon these AI monitored mass surveillance stores. Get to know your local farmers and local businesses, so we can mass decentralize towards building a meaningful future for humanity, not for robots.
If you could detect my heart beat, blood pressure, and pupil dilation size, you would know that you got me all worked up this morning with my morning coffee lol. Thanks for the great post Jenna!
Have a great weekend all you beautiful people out there!
😂🩷
After reading your article, I was thinking maybe I’d have been better off not knowing about all this. But now it’s too late, and I’m a angry, so I Google searched for non-tracking old style flip phones. You think maybe they’ll get the hint?
I have a drawer-full of old Tracfones. I was born for these times.
I've been threatening to activate my 1999 fuschia Motorola for years now. Do you want one of my dad's three jitterbugs? How badly?!😂😂
Sorry, I'm not going to just "say" how badly. You have to measure me.
I use my ex wife's rewards card number at kroger and intellius thinks I'm a 54 year old mother of 8 living in Basdrop, LA working as a Unitarian minister while driving a 1972 Gran Torino (I did own one of those 30 years ago). I've been f'ing with the system since the day it came online. Dazzle camouflage is the only security nowadays.
😂👏🏆
I lie about my birthdate. It takes too long to scroll down the years anyhoo.. I’m eternally young.
I do the same
I’m bagging the new iPhone. Time for a used Jitterbug flip phone. I need to find a VPN located deep in the mountains of West Virginia. No more self checkout. Gotta pay the human cashier in cash. Need to work on my “Happy but Cheap” vibe.
I have a faraday bag. Will use it in stores since I rarely access it in stores. At my age, I’m so over actual shopping and don’t crave much anymore. I’m not on their big spender algorithms I’m guessing. But I’m still a warm body walking around with a phone. I’m trying to keep my iPhone 11 going. I keep my old phones and use them maybe as an alarm clock, etc. curiously, My first iPhone was in 2014 and its battery has beat the other SE’s I bought over the years. It’s still going (no SIM card) but it’s my back up camera when scouting painting locations.
VPN in from Jamaica. It really flips them out! You'd be amazed how many sites will block your activity if you come from Panama, Jamaica, Costa Rico.
See above!
"Desperation pricing", huh?
Seems like our old friend, Gouging, has hired a PR firm...
🎯
Sorry Walmart, but after watching all the meltdowns in your stores, my agitation score would be pegged at MAX and totally unusable.
I observed one of the ride-sharing services playing pricing games, and "stand by, we're on the way" games, as I was walking (a few miles) home one day. I deleted their app and kept walking.
“Lie your face off on loyalty-program applications like you’re in witness protection. (Me? Zero kids, allergic to cats, obsessed with sportsball, addicted to TV, birthday: February 31, 1899.“
Another morning of laughing out loud at Jenna’s prose.
Thank you Jenna. I love you.
Back atcha! :)
I did love the "allergic to cats". 😇 Excuse me while I go post another cat photo on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db8nJBPOnEW/
This one is the best. Note how he never cracks a smile. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
I’m…. (Wringing my hands) DISTRESSED! I swear, I was today years old before this even entered my radar. Thanking God I really don’t understand apps that much, but my husband is the Loyalty Program KING! Ch ch ch CHANGES…… Turn and face the strange…. (David Bowie nails it again!)
Hubby orders so many connectors and cords for our solar set up on our camper which he is constantly refining. I got to use the microwave this summer in Wyoming off the grid. Wahoo!! All these cords and connectors are grey, black and red. How he knows the difference is way beyond me.
Husbands… gotta love ‘em. 💓
This is why I'm glad I'm kind of stuck in the past. I do not have apps on my phone at all. My kids hate it but I only use my phone for talking, not texting. The keyboard is too small, dammit. On my laptop I use a VPN which changes locations every few hours. Thanks for writing about it. I'll have to do diligent price shopping now, using 2 laptops instead of just one. Ick. So yeah, I want off this ride. Thanks to all their shenanigans my heart rate is probably too high!
Whoa... you've got me beat if you change your location every few hours! Once a day is enough for me. Damn that weather in Denver is nice today. 😇 And you sure can't beat Jamaica.
They almost got me yesterday with an email for $5 bushwackers at my favorite bbq joint.
“All you have to do is download the app…”
Nope! Hard pass.
Same here. I ignore the app schtick now.
Gonna be lit when people start messing with the electronic labels in grocery stores. Only a matter of time before someone develops an RFID blocker/projector that enables you to change prices while standing there.
Personally, I’m wearing gloves and taking a beta blocker before food shopping. And I’m carrying a flip phone registered to a PO box in Camden NJ. Gotta get them sweet, sweet low prices!
😂
Hahaha. The carts at my Walmart are so old I have to check the wheel colors to figure out the newer less squeaky, or stuck wheel models. Actually I don’t buy much per visit. Many visits I carry a shopping basket of my own that doesn’t have sensors but my phone is on me. I don’t believe we will be able to uncouple ourselves from any of this anytime soon or ever.
Okay I’m inventing a heart rate and temperature scrambling pendant and if you guys want to get in on it now I’ll make you a sweet deal. 💰💰💰 I’m taking suggestions whether you want them to be small and subtle like fashion jewelry or huge- like the giant clocks FlavaFlav used to wear.
I’m on team FlavaFlav! I want to send such a strong message that even the security guy with the seeing-eye dog can’t miss it.
Big. Like a rodeo champion size buckle. Or world wrestling.