For anyone still wondering if anything on Temu is good—so many people in my life still are—its best explained as an online dollar store.

A dog bowl? Yes. A basic backpack? Sure. A jigsaw puzzle? Probably… Shoes? No. A Bluetooth anything? Hell no. An outdoor gas heater? Fuck no.

So, yeah. Basically whatever you’d go to a dollar store for because you think it’s something basic, like a door mat, but everywhere else you go they’re like $50 for some reason.

I didn’t notice it much this year. I think the markets have moved on. It’s been years since rainbow Facebook profile pics and now the right is having surging influence. Companies will jump onto homophobia if that’s cool in the next few years.

It’s tragic, but it says something. There’s two realities of the belief. Either the gods didn’t notice or care, or they’re Travis Scotts.

Or, they don’t exist. But that’s crazy.

But why? Isn’t that their capitalism at work? If they are good, people will buy them. If they are not, then German manufacturers have nothing to worry about. Heaven forbid a free market act as initially intended, balancing out to reward manufacturers that perform well and consumers with competition driven high quality at reasonable prices.

It’s a bitch, aint it? Some times that Community Chest card ruins your whole Monopoly game.

Oh, wait… Lobbyist card hidden under the board. That’s the capitalism we all know and loathe.

This has always disturbed me. As a non-bidet user, when I have used them (a dozen or so times) an additional final sweep has definitely been required. And yet so many bidet users are adamant everything is magically 100% clean. I now just assume they’re walking around oblivious to a spot of wet mud peppered around the rim of their margherita.

Oh, boy. Awaiting the friendlyjordies video on this one.

And now that you know the value of the card held, you know what needs to be offered to see it played.

It’s nicotine.

Head spins are when you intake more than you should or are used to. That’s nicotine’s most notorious symptom after having it. Go smoke a 16mg cigarette or put a patch on, you’ll spin and probably puke. Even your vape friends would probably get light headed or spin too.

But then also there’s the matter of it retailing at just $250 a gallon which would last some people up to a decade, most at least half a decade. The other 3 ingredients, water, vegetable glycerine and/or propylene glycol are even cheaper still since it’s in so much food. And that’s all that’s needed. 4 super common and dirt cheap ingredients.

If anyone’s adding things, they’re burning money. If anyone taking the high risk of substituting, they’re doing so for just a couple cents. But I don’t know of anything that could substitute nicotine that doesn’t cost at least 10× the price. It would be one of the moronic business decisions of all time.

You should educate yourself on the topic before asserting wildly incompatible assumptions as truth, them go barreling down conspiracies of how your assumptions are the big problem.

The truth of bad regulation is that nicotine is so cheap, manufacturers could put more in than advertised to give more hit and get users hooked on their brand over others without realising. Trying friends different ones, I’m sure some do. Some have big hits that feel higher mg than they’re meant to be. Is that “the problem” though? Only if true.

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Cam I start calling the US authoritarian now?

A short black. Sometimes chocolate fudge ice cream or something, but rarely.

Get a dehumidifier.

Ensure ceiling fan rotation is switched on summer mode.

Bag of ice in the freezer to chew on and always have in a drink. Ice trays are no good.

Waterhole.

Office job.

Keeping lights off/low can be psychologically “cooler” for some.

Bed with wet hair or damp towel will help sleep faster.

Wash regularly to scrub “ick” layer and keep fresh skin on top.

Pub.

Ice pack vests. Can DIY. Fucking amazing.

Sit around in your undies and pretend you love it and eventually you do.

Go to bed early, sleep well, wake up for a whole new day feeling refreshed.

Title implies the USA has national parks in other countries 🤣

Seriously, I’m surprised by the lack in the middle and Texas. NPs aren’t all trees. Plenty of our national parks in Australia are arid.

This doesn’t solve anything except homelessness being an eyesore, to which it relocates and becomes one elsewhere, requiring acting on the law, resulting in relocation and becoming one elsewhere, requiring acting on the law, resulting in relocation…

Yeah, but it is on the internet.

Quimby

GameBoy Pocket. Screen needs a swap though. Copped some sun and the display has darkened bad.

Fool. I have no cares for self-esteem and love telling stories about that awkward time when…