In reality I think the problem with consumer based recycling is that it’s basically been a sham since the very beginning. The amount of stuff that consumers put in “recycling” that actually gets recycled is laughably low. Based on this, Having people split their waste into “trash” and “recycling” actually has a net…

Or, just like... Stay home when it’s snowing out...

The author notes that, when her cat was stolen from her Honda Accord, a Honda dealer told her it would be $5,000 to repair.

yeah, my god, I wince when I see people putting stuff in the seat back pocket that they are later going to touch to their mouth.

This man Whisk(e)y’s...

Thousands and thousands of people bought these fucking bikes during the pandemic. Now you can find hundreds of them on sale on FB marketplace. They tried to save themselves by lowering the price of their lower end bike, but it’s simply not enough. I see people trying to sell the bikes for $1300 (because they paid…

Less squeamish? AYFKM?

So if I buy an app for $10 and the dev stops maintaining it after say 2 years, that’s somehow worse than getting that same app for “free” and paying a $2/mo “subscription” for the same 2 years, when then the dev decides to stop maintaining it? Are we assuming that anyone that uses the subscription model is reliably…

that escalated quickly

Did I just read that whole article about the change of daylight savings, without seeing the actual date that daylight savings in changing...

Solid work obscuring ~70% of the license plates in the pictures.

Can someone please explain to me what’s going to happen when the car market “settles”? Is anyone who has a car loan going to be completely fucked? Everyone is talking about the current shortage, and what people are paying, but I haven’t found anyone who is speculating what is going to happen in 2-3 years when all…

Americans are “Aspirational Buyers” - We want “the biggest car we might need”. We refuse to compromise on things that we will use (at most) 10% of the time.  

I’d love to see someone come to market with a product called “Hump” today... 

This is all about leverage. The dealerships have it right now. There is scarcity with inventory, so you tell a buyer “if you don’t finance with us, we can’t sell you the car”.

Apple makes their own chips now tho, I thought... 

Hi, I’m an actress who has been mostly irrelevant for 10+ years, I’d love to have an opportunity to be in the press again... 

The fucking paddle boat scene in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory... 

Would you stop... Also, here are some highlights from the article you posted as “backup” for your claims...