Comment by w10-1

Comment by w10-1 10 months ago

5 replies

> If I can in any way purchase something without the web, I'mma do that

To get to the milk you'll have to walk by 3 rows of chips and soda.

odo1242 10 months ago

Yeah, this is why I still use the web to order things in a nutshell lol

  • 0xbadcafebee 10 months ago

    Where do you order things online that you aren't inundated by ads?

    • freddie_mercury 10 months ago

      It's a lot LOT easier for me as an adult to ignore ads online than it is for my kids in brick and mortar stores to ignore the candy and toys placed at their eye level.

    • cedric_h 10 months ago

      Ad blocker. Even just putting https://12ft.io/ in front of your link gets you pretty far.

      • 0xbadcafebee 10 months ago

        Ah, you mean the web version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkers_(horse_tack) . I don't think that helps when you're stopped in your tracks by an upsell. Dominos won't let you order a pizza online until you've declined garlic bread, cinnamon rolls and a liter of pepsi three times. And you can't just click "pepperoni pizza near me", you have to build your pepperoni pizza, after putting in your zip code, selecting the store, carry out, then click build again, sure you don't want buffalo wings too?, ....