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Probably Pop Mart. A three-story shop filled with nothing but these odd little collectible toys of cartoon characters. It was absolutely mobbed.

Ugh. Jeez, might as well just have a Republican. Not that she deserves to be targeted by maga terrorism, but still. What a piece of garbage.

Well, they’re a lot more like Jesus than the megachurch preachers are, ironically enough.

Overall I thought it was an amusing parlor trick but when I found out how much energy it uses I want it to die in a fire and for everyone to forget it was ever invented.

It’s just basic logic.

Tesco rice cooker. IYKYK

Sorry we couldn’t pass the torch to a new generation but I’ll take a fossil over a bigot every single time.

Still kinda disappointed nobody has come up with a brand of soy milk called “Soy Capitan!”

That’s cool. These do seem to be a bit cheaper than comparably configured Windows laptops. I already bought a Windows 11 Lenovo (and put Linux Mint on it), but in the future I will opt for pre-loaded Linux computers. Glad to see it catching on. I don’t think I’ll be shipping my computer to a Lenovo service center to get a refund on the Windows license, but I may write a nasty email.

It’s not enough that the consequences of having 34 felony convictions are exactly nothing. What a piece of work that guy is.

I heard about a company that sold laptops with Linux installed instead of Windows and I checked it out, expecting it to be a couple hundred dollars cheaper for a comparable machine, on account of not having to pay Microsoft a license fee. But actually if anything they were more expensive, so I was disappointed.

The 0.5% who have a pied-à-terre worth over $5 million, and the 30.5% who are just temporarily cash-constrained but surely will be buying a pied-à-terre worth over $5 million in the very near future.

Just now when I tried to think of an example and realized I’ve been having these kinds of thoughts for 30 years. I remember in the 90s when I realized it was as long ago that Grease came out as it was from then to when it took place.

Already answered but I have a new one today: 😢

Tumbled out of bed and stumbled to the kitchen, Poured myself a cup of ambition.

If you’re looking to avoid salmonella, I have bad news about the veggies in the US.

But I take your point about a vegetarian diet being more sustainable. I’m slowly moving in that direction.

Yeah, if I still lived in the US, I think I’d be ordering the chicken for the time being. Just say “Neigh” to Trump’s mystery meat.

If you want to get away with crime in America, just be rich.

Remember when your MAGA friends assured you they weren’t against immigration per se, it was illegal immigration they had a problem with. Yeah, that was a lie. They were (and are) just racist.

I’d be more inclined to say it’s the place you spent your formative years, if that’s not the same place. I was born in Virginia, but moved to Ohio before I turned 2 and grew up there. I always say I’m from Ohio. I have no memories of Virginia.

Fair enough and I’m sorry if I sounded judgy. I I know it doesn’t apply to everyone, but I think a major reason for Amazon’s success is that they’ve made acquiring things too convenient. A lot of people (I know I did) fall into the trap of over-consumption. I’ve come to conclude that spending my money ought to come with a little friction.