the temu app will be studied for generations.
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
' the fuck is that ?
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel coming across this before I saw the text
Me: Can we have tumblr
Mom: We have tumblr at home
Tumblr at home: temu mastodon -
the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
I've seen casino slots less desperately flashy than this -
@cabel I guess we now know where all those devs laid off from King and Zynga ended up...
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel i picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel looks like the demo reel on a slot machine in vegas when it's not in use. Disgustingly amazing. Like a piece of shit you can't stop looking at because it looks vaguely like something else.
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@cabel trainpal (a UK rail booking app) does exactly the same bullshit
@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com this reeks like some rather unsavoury "gamification as a service" company, I’ve seen a few of them shoehorned into existing things but nothing this egregious
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@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com this reeks like some rather unsavoury "gamification as a service" company, I’ve seen a few of them shoehorned into existing things but nothing this egregious
@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com also if thats the "2026 easy mode" I don't want to know what the "2026 hard mode" is
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel not a unique observation but overhead someone the other day describing it as shopping for gambling addicts
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel the ai generated mailman (?) at the end is just the cherry on top

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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel Every time I think that it's finally over, it just keeps going -
the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
Dark pattern after dark fucking pattern.
Imagine the chain of workers that must have happen for this to exist. The psychologist, the graphic designers, the motion specialist, the developers making it smooth. Humanity's greatest. All leading to this.When somebody asks me about "innovation under capitalism" I'll show them this video.
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@cabel They sure have turned the shopping experience into a shitty, addictive mobile game, haven’t they?
@justincox @cabel marketing teams pays millions for "gamification"
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel and people like this? and peole accept this?
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@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com also if thats the "2026 easy mode" I don't want to know what the "2026 hard mode" is
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel Holy sensory overload. This is unbearable for me to watch. This is an accessibility issue for someone like me. I can't have too many flashy things where they don't belong. Many of those animations animations make me nausious.
What do they think their app is, a slot machine in a casino or something?
If there isn't already a reason for me to avoid Temu like the plague, there is now. Lord have mercy...
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel
I attempted to purchase something from Temu once, but I found that they are not interested in collecting money from people like me.
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel This is... shockingly obnoxious... Did it make sound too? Because I think that would be the point I might actually consider breaking my own phone.
I think what gets me is the sheer desperation that this just positively exudes.
Also why is the contrast so freaking low. I can imagine the full vibrancy would hurt the eyes a lot too, but this somehow manages to be actually more strain...
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@sterophonick @cabel Oh my god... This... should be illegal... Like seriously, literally, whatever that hot mess of crap even is, it should be banned from existing. They say you're not supposed to just bury the past, but screw it. I'll bring shovels.
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@AlSweigart @cabel The gambling industry? Actually that's fraud too.
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