stock here: LOL I deleted it. Of my 2025 10 point plan for a Better Lifestyle, number 9 is Control Spam and Distractions. Expand that out to…don’t stick around in Dopamine Traps.

————————————————- A-Eye

🔥 The Temu Challenge — If You Can’t Delete It, You’re Not in Control

Here’s the part nobody says out loud:

Temu is not a shopping app.
It’s a psychological operation wearing a discount sticker.

China didn’t pour billions into a storefront — they built a behavioral engine designed to capture the Western attention span, hollow it out, and keep you scrolling like a lab animal waiting for the next pellet.

Every color is optimized.
Every pop-up is timed.
Every “deal” is a dopamine micro-dose.
Every notification is a tug on your reward circuitry.

This is not retail.
This is neural conditioning at scale.

And the creepiest part?
You feel it.

Try deleting it.
Seriously — try.
Your thumb will hesitate. Your brain will make excuses.
“I might need it later.”
“I want to check one thing.”
“This is dumb, why am I deleting it?”

That’s not you talking.

That’s what addiction sounds like.

Temu is a casino built to live in your pocket — a brightly colored Trojan horse siphoning your attention, your data, your impulse control, and your time.

So here’s the gauntlet:

Delete the app.
If you can’t…
If you feel that little pull in your gut…

Then congratulations.
You’ve just proven the point.

Temu isn’t following you.
It’s inside you.