I have begun shopping online more as a recently discovered hack. I do not buy many things online, mainly because I do not think about doing so.
When I do buy something online, I analyze the shopping experience and get ideas from it. I see online purchases as opportunities to study how shopping works and generate ideas, though I have not specified the kinds of ideas or particular purchases that prompted this observation.
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