where would i be?

I went grocery shopping to 2 stores on the other side of town which I haven't been to in over 5 months, and I bought *all* the goodies.

Overheard; another customer asking a store employee:
"If I were canned corn, where would I be?"

Came home with:

A chocolate-glazed donut (and it was fresh, not stale like sometimes happens!), 4 different kinds of vegan chocolate chip cookies, lemon poppy mini-muffins (they are fresh, not stale!), 3 kinds of popsickles, lime-zest corn chips, strawberry & mango yogurt drinks, ginger-pear drink, berries, berries, more berries, starfruit,...

I keep telling myself that I don't need to buy any other kinds of vegan margarine or butter, as I've found 2 that taste great, better than all the rest, and I only want to buy them from now on. But I keep finding new ones that I'm curious to try. The one I got today is the same brand as one of my 2 faves, but a more spreadable version made out of oatmilk.

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While shopping, I hardly ever look at other people in the store. My focus is on the food (or occasionally on other things that catch my attention*). Other people are basically obstacles to avoid. But now with Covid, it's even worse. Every time I pass someone in the aisles, I feel an obligation to avert my head to avoid any chance of breathing on them, even through the facemask.

*like the swirling rolling waves of cloudy mist above an open-top refrigerated display case.

strange domain names: acidpigs

In order for the videos on this CNBC page to load, in uMatrix I had to enable the "Other" category for domain "acidpigs.com":
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/17/a-vegan-etf-just-launched-and-its-holdings-may-surprise-you.html

Wait a minute, "acidpigs"???

The domain's home page, https://acidpigs.com/, says of itself:

This domain is used by digital publishers to control access to copyrighted content in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and understand how visitors are accessing their copyrighted content.

This domain accepts GET and POST requests over standard HTTP ports (TCP 80 and TCP 443) via traffic originating from web browsers.

The requests contain information such as metrics that help a site owner in understanding and authorizing access to their site and copyrighted content.

According to this page: https://better.fyi/trackers/acidpigs.com/
On cnbc.com, the blocker blocker script provided by “Admiral” is served from acidpigs.com.

According to this page: https://www.neowin.net/news/anti-ad-blocking-firm-admiral-deals-potentially-damaging-blow-to-adblockers
Admiral, an anti-ad blocking company, which was behind the removal of the link said the domain is part of the DMCA copyright access control platform.

The link referred to in that case was "functionalclam.com". It sounds like Admiral uses a lot of weird domain names like that for serving its scripts.

According to this page: https://better.fyi/trackers/receptivereaction.com/
Admiral is owned by Leven Labs, Inc, and:
Alongside “receptivereaction.com” and “resonantrock.com”, Leven Labs seem to follow a pattern of alliterative domain names.

But obviously they don't only use alliterative ones anymore.

hand sanitizers

The last few times I used the hand sanitizer that I keep in the car for when I go shopping, it has taken longer to evaporate while rubbing my hands, and it feels tackier while doing so.

Enough of the alcohol in it may have evaporated, that it is no longer very effective. I should replace it. Luckily, hand sanitizer is no longer difficult to come by.

I had bought a non-alcohol one to try out last week. It contains 0.13% benzalkonium chloride as the active ingredient. It smells very similar to an unscented non-toxic cleaner that I use for scrubbing the tub. I always wear rubber gloves when using that tub cleaner. When I smell this scent on my bare hands, I think that my hands aren't supposed to smell like that; that I shouldn't have that chemical on them as it is a strong cleaner. It makes me want to wash my hands to get it off.

The old alcohol one had a very faint pleasant lemony scent. I prefer that.