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They keep asking me the same shit too. No, I still don't have a kid. No, I'm still not interested in football. No, I still don't have a degree and I'm not trying to get one. No, I still don't rent. You know which of your apps I use, better than I do I'd assume, why ask me?
Honestly, if there's a good reason for why they want me to answer the same stuff over and over and give me 8 cents every time, please do tell.
Every time I log into instagram these days (not frequently) it tries to give me info on how to set up my teenager’s account safely. Also. I don’t have kids 😂
What also gets me, is occasionally it does give local places. But it's still off.
Like, I go to Walmart and it sends a survey and it's like, "Were you at the Dairy Queen or the car wash?" And basically every business next to the giant Walmart, but not the Walmart.
They want to catch you contradicting yourself, then they'll know you are an unreliable survey subject (aka, a liar :) ). That's why you build am alternative persona for this. I keep insisting I work in an industry I am not, I have kids I don't, and make as much money I never.
Okay but these questions are basically all I'm getting. I don't have any opportunities to be unreliable if I'm always just given the same five questions designed to be traps.
Pretend you make a lot of money, so that they want to sell you shit. Pretend you have kids. Pretend you work in an industry known to attract frivolous spenders, e.g. finance or tech.
Unless you actually do all of these. Then maybe they just hate you.