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a wonderful man (he/him)

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was gonna happen someday

07.10.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that's what I want to know

I believe you, Klarna very bad. Not because your friend from college wrang herself dry doing superfluous retail therapy!

07.10.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

also, prove to me that you didn't just center a member of your extended friend group in this story. that's not good practice, is it

07.10.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, dipshit. Lurk more.

07.10.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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if this was a dude in streamer merch surrounded by PC gaming stuff this website would be feasting

07.10.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hey man don't do crack

07.10.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was finding someone who Klarna'd groceries enough times to end up in a deep hole just venturing too far out of the groupchat?

07.10.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
In 2014, when Berman was 25, she landed her dream job as a designer at the fashion magazine InStyle โ€” a place where employeesโ€™ appearances ventriloquized their ambitions. The accessory du jour was the Proenza Schouler PS1, a strappy, angular $1,000 satchel. Berman found one in orange snakeskin for $430 on The RealReal. She hesitated. Was she being ridiculous? Her salary barely covered the rent on her teacup-size apartment. But then, on the checkout page, a little line of text under the total amount caught her attention: โ€œPay in four interest-free installments with Affirm.โ€

Sheโ€™d never hit a button so fast.

In 2014, when Berman was 25, she landed her dream job as a designer at the fashion magazine InStyle โ€” a place where employeesโ€™ appearances ventriloquized their ambitions. The accessory du jour was the Proenza Schouler PS1, a strappy, angular $1,000 satchel. Berman found one in orange snakeskin for $430 on The RealReal. She hesitated. Was she being ridiculous? Her salary barely covered the rent on her teacup-size apartment. But then, on the checkout page, a little line of text under the total amount caught her attention: โ€œPay in four interest-free installments with Affirm.โ€ Sheโ€™d never hit a button so fast.

It's very predatory. Don't like that. Also, don't do that.

07.10.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't do that.

07.10.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

07.10.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 376    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yeah the duration is working in her favor

07.10.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I completely forgot about Garth Brooks until I read Eating The Dinosaur in 2009.

07.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't think I agree but the possibility of a Garth Brooks situation does exist

07.10.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

there is utterly no value whatsoever in attempting labor rights discourse without knowing labor history. this country used to have thousands of working-class newspapers back when working 7 days a week, 12+ hours the day was the norm. when reading was the primary entertainment, people read.

07.10.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Little pocket TV with endless channels, book never stood a chance

07.10.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

no it isn't it's Online

07.10.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We want so badly for this to be it, but itโ€™s not it and we canโ€™t make it be it

07.10.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's gotta be anything but the cigarettes

07.10.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree I am not starting over again again

07.10.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

with the right combination of blocks you too can Post Like This without some 5-digit jagoff misreading it and siccing their army of doordash leftists on your mentions

07.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
07.10.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Animorphs is a book series about widescreen DVDs

07.10.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I warned y'all that Cyberpunk wasn't gonna be ready in 2020, nobody's sending me a Ko-Fi

07.10.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should we have a podcast about it? Should we invite Morris Dees?

07.10.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

gonna be real with y'all - I don't give a fuck who "warned us" about fascism

07.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

My favorite actress is Lassie. Checkmate.

07.10.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's In There feels kinda baked in

07.10.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The 11 minutes that ruined Hollywood producer Allan Carr's career forever
YouTube video by DynapubsA The 11 minutes that ruined Hollywood producer Allan Carr's career forever

so this isn't the snow white from that disastrous Oscars opener? How many snows white were running around back then??? youtu.be/9mronRVvdmw?...

07.10.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Standing in Costco doing google searches to figure out if the vilking themed chips are "vikings are neat!" or "oops all white supremacy". I love it here.

07.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
CBS Is About to Hand Over Its Newsroom to an Anti-Woke Crusader. You Should Be Worried. Sheโ€™s made a career railing against โ€œwokeness.โ€ Now sheโ€™s in charge of a venerated newsroom.

now that the news is official: some thoughts on Bari Weiss taking over at CBS News, and what it means that the Free Pressโ€”a publication that never apologizes or corrects itself when its "reporting" is ripped to shredsโ€”is touted as a needed dose of "trust and integrity" slate.com/technology/2...

06.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 822    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

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