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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • A hypothetical person could gather up about 10 boxes of microwave popcorn.

    That peraon could then gather up as many microwaves as possible from the shelves.

    He or she coukd evenly distribute the microwaves across the store. They coukd even place two or three around the HVAC intake ducts.

    That nefarious individual could remove all filters from the HVAC intake ducts.

    If lead to do so, the person could put 1 bag of microwave popcorn in each microwave.

    Feasibly, they coukd also start each microwave on high for 60 minutes.

    The anecdotal smell of burnt popcorn would permeate and last for months. If you think burnt popcorn wouldn’t be that bad, then I would wager that you’ve never been in an office building that was evacuated for the burning chemical smell of one bag of popcorn left too long.



  • Every person has a massive profile (table / database) built all about them. This isn’t conspiracy. This is big business. There are a few data brokerage companies focused on people:

    -Acxiom (worlds biggest broker, pretty much every piece of junk mail you get drives from a company purchasing data from them)

    -TransUnion (credit, such as if you pay the minimum bill or are late on payments)

    -CoreLogic (all real estate purchase information)

    -FourSquare Labs (location broker which i find to be particularly insidious)

    There are also databases built specifically for business entities, such as Data Axle.

    And companies will purchase packages from ALL of these data brokers when they want to target a specific audience.