friday cool/dumb shit v8

a variety of consumerist capitalistic nonsense, probably.

Last week I surprised you (and me) by paywalling friday cool/dumb shit and wasn’t that such a little teaser!? Not doing that this week, so DO enjoy this very free for everyone list of bullshit I think you should consume.

listicle clavicle

This is a bad rhyme, isn’t it??? Is it because “listicle” has two “ih” sounds?? The more I look up words that end in -icle, the more disgusted I am by the English language.

1. This week’s number one thing I’m loving is hockey. There’s no link, there’s no item to buy, it’s just a thing I’m obsessed with lately. And it feels weird because like, I had basically never heard of hockey before 2 years ago? Like, vaguely. Virginia Tech had a club team that drove 45 minutes to a nearby city to play and practice, and I had an acquaintance who played. Never saw him play, never went to a game, sorry Zack. But NOW. Now I know a) all the names of the Carolina Hurricanes players, b) which of them are missing teeth, c) which of them are married / with kids, d) who is mo…