It’s 5:00 AM and I’m wide awake. I’ve said it before… once I wake up, there’s no going back to sleep. Dharma decided at about 4:30 AM she needed to go outside. (It’s REALLY cold out there BTW.) Waiting for her to come back inside, I do a quick scroll through Facebook.
There was a post about cookware received as a gift and since I could stand to replace a few pieces, I noted the brand name. I did NOT click a Facebook link… not an ad… nothing. Instead, I opened a new browser window and did a search for the brand. I’m not paying $185 for a skillet so I closed the browser window.
Next, I immediately receive an email from the $185 skillet company and I’m subscribed to their “buy me” list.
How did that happen?
We all know to turn off the FB option where they can track your “off Facebook” activity (do it here if you didn’t know already). But FB shares cookies and that means so does Instagram — and then, there’s that pesky Facebook pixel. Heck, just about every company that has a product or service to sell is tracking you. It’s not just Facebook/Meta. IT’S ALL OF THEM!
It’s the way of the world today. You lock down as much as you can and roll with the rest.
The real tip for today:
If you have dogs, don’t let them sleep so much during the day that they want to get up when it’s still dark outside.
It’s Saturday and I’ll have Ben and Coco here today… no doubt about that. Since I’ve had a grand total of 3 hours and 23 minutes of sleep so far, it’s likely I’ll be fading and wanting to go back to bed by 10:00 AM or so. All those plans I had today to get things done… CANCELLED. Thanks, Dharma. ðŸ˜
TIL (Today I Learned): Hawaii is the least affordable US state overall, as the cost of living is 20.32% higher than the average wage.