Just wonderful! ‘Round about the wondrous days of yore (1971) I was a member of a food and goods co-op. Nearly all items were bought in bulk: 55 gallon drums of honey, Dr Bronner’s, wheels of cheddar cheese, giant bags of flour and grains. Members brought their own containers for liquids and signed up for breaking down items like cheese. Recycling was a given since the co-op wasn’t in the plastic container giveaway business. Salmonella and E. Coli? What’s that, we would have asked. I wish we could remember/rediscover such strategies. Regulations would prohibit such primitive practices, to the detriment of living simple lives.
We had a tin of Bag Balm in the 90s in rural South Dakota. I believe my mom found it at the Agricultural Heritage museum at our land grant college, where my Dad was employed. It was almost a jokey item, though it did work pretty well as a hand moisturizer. I think it has a menthol smell?
I remember when Jennifer Aniston was a spokesperson for Mane and Tail! If it had been available where I lived I totally would've bought it. It's hilarious to think back on, but she was known for her hair so good get for them.
Egyptian Magic is big on acne forums so I've given it a shot. Sometimes you gotta cycle through all the recommendations 🫠
I'm guessing all of this nonsense is just another part of the quest for 'authenticity'. A bit like vinyl and eating your dinner off a piece of slate. As for that AI piece, the enshitification of the Internet is in confident hands. I asked ChatGPT where the first HQ of the US 1st Army VII Corps was on D Day. It flat out lied. But with such conviction I was actually surprised to learn the truth, from a contemporary document.
Do you think the AI was monitoring your computer use?
Just wonderful! ‘Round about the wondrous days of yore (1971) I was a member of a food and goods co-op. Nearly all items were bought in bulk: 55 gallon drums of honey, Dr Bronner’s, wheels of cheddar cheese, giant bags of flour and grains. Members brought their own containers for liquids and signed up for breaking down items like cheese. Recycling was a given since the co-op wasn’t in the plastic container giveaway business. Salmonella and E. Coli? What’s that, we would have asked. I wish we could remember/rediscover such strategies. Regulations would prohibit such primitive practices, to the detriment of living simple lives.
We had a tin of Bag Balm in the 90s in rural South Dakota. I believe my mom found it at the Agricultural Heritage museum at our land grant college, where my Dad was employed. It was almost a jokey item, though it did work pretty well as a hand moisturizer. I think it has a menthol smell?
Wait until you fall down the tallow rabbit hole.
I remember when Jennifer Aniston was a spokesperson for Mane and Tail! If it had been available where I lived I totally would've bought it. It's hilarious to think back on, but she was known for her hair so good get for them.
Egyptian Magic is big on acne forums so I've given it a shot. Sometimes you gotta cycle through all the recommendations 🫠
I'll admit to buying Aveeno because Jennifer Aniston was advertising it. Honestly, I'd buy dirt if she told me it would get my skin to look amazing!
While we're confessing, I've purchased her perfume!
I'm guessing all of this nonsense is just another part of the quest for 'authenticity'. A bit like vinyl and eating your dinner off a piece of slate. As for that AI piece, the enshitification of the Internet is in confident hands. I asked ChatGPT where the first HQ of the US 1st Army VII Corps was on D Day. It flat out lied. But with such conviction I was actually surprised to learn the truth, from a contemporary document.
Do you think the AI was monitoring your computer use?