Many people here do not save up for one, especially younger/low-income folks. They get loans on their credit cards. The perceived status is a big deal.

I also saw a video of a teen who made his poor parents give up several years’ worth of savings to get him an iPhone. The store owner made the video and boasted about it, which was disgusting. The kicker is the teen didn’t even get the unboxing experience. The store owner opened the box and showed off the phone before handing it over.

Only one of us can ride forever

So you and I can’t ride together

Can’t live or can’t die together

All we can do is collide together

So I skillfully apply the pressure

• Mos Def

The fur protects it for the most part.

This one looks like it has the >!“Bird is the word”!< song stuck on loop inside its head.

(Spoiler if you don’t want an annoying earworm stuck in your head all week.)

It’s a cool design for a food writing award, isn’t it? A spoon inside a pen nib.

UrGenus is a gas giant.

By the law of names, the kid is now a cicada.

The execution happens last minute, but the mental planning has been going on for well over a day.

Edit: And over the course of 10 trips, “don’t forget your toothbrush and toothpaste” slowly precipitates to the top.

Mahua is a perfectly cromulent Bengali name.

A.k.a. the “donger kebab”

Yes.

The way I do it is if a list only has single sentences or sentence fragments, I omit the period.

If there is at least one point with two sentences, everyone gets a period.

If a list has sentence fragments and double sentences, I cry. Then I rewrite the fragments into complete sentences, complaining about it the whole time.

How do you figure the middest mids part? Due to their size?

And presumably they’ve been fighting crime all night in those suits so they’re likely quite sweaty and dirty. And it’s Gotham dirt. Catwoman’s going to wake up with a UTI.

Don’t forget to outstretch your pinky for the gentle shake.

Using “basis” to mean “based on”.

“Basis our discussion, please go ahead and…” “We decided on a price point basis our market research.”

It makes me uncomfortable.

That’s wild

You’re right about the malice bit. Maybe there are corollaries?

Gillette Vector Pro Plus 3000 with advanced cooling gel pad. Makes your face look like a boiled egg.

Also known as Hanlon’s razor.

He’s a shifty little fellow.

According to Dankpods, it’s 3. But that’s a shriek, not a scream.