like jam or bootlacesidlestate@toot.cat
Oct 19, 2026, 11:22 AMretooted like jam or bootlaces
@GI_Jack@hackers.town
hoping Citizen Jablowmie enjoys the newly-laminated items.
during their long decline, Radio Shack stood out for a while for asking for a phone number. "Dude, it's just a pack of AA batteries. No."
Harbor Freight & maybe Michaels stand out for me as places I'm as often as not surprised to get so prompted.
But it's everywhere really, & the establishment of these practices in brick'n'mortar retail prefigured online-facilitated surveillance capitalism in a way rarely acknowledged.