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Walmart visit sparks existential crisis

I was going on with a normal day, getting work done, listening to music, and now, here I am drowning my sorrows in beer and questioning the significance of my existence.

I visited a site that I never visit today: Walmart. This screen capture is a portion of the site’s header.

Walmart header

But it was this bit that caused me to trip and fall into the endless pit of despair:

Welcome back, null.

Hey, wait a minute, Walmart! I am not null. No no, I am not! I am much more than that! And furthermore, now I’m confused: should I click “not null”, or should I “Log out”?

Agh…what to do, what to do…

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Kit

Obviously, null used your computer at some point in the past. Log out from null’s account, log in with your own, and find any number of other reasons for deep despair and existential loathing.
Katie

You are one small peon in a “Big Box” world….yes, indeed you are null. What they should do though is create a link, so when you click “Not null?” you would be taken to a local, family owned business where your daily purchase actually made a difference to them.

I love how Walmart is exposing to us now how they really feel about us