Sean Michael Ragan

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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/05/how-online-shopping-lost-touch-with-reality/673977

I'm sorry, but if you buy something on Amazon and you're not completely happy with it, do you not simply send it back? Because I do. A lot. I buy lots of stuff there, but some weeks I send as much of a third of it back. This is IMHO the only reasonable response to a marketplace where you cannot physically inspect your items before buying them. Amazon makes this process about as easy as it can possibly be, to their credit.

How Online Shopping Lost Touch With Reality

Consumers might think they have more control than ever, but they’re really just fumbling in the dark.

The Atlantic
Mickey Mouse is going to kick Ron DeSantis' ass.
Reasonable alternatives to tax-and-spend include tax-and-don't-spend and don't-tax-and-don't-spend, but never don't-tax-and-spend.
Trying to be grown up about how the whole Ukrainian Orthodox Church / Orthodox Church of Ukraine drama playing out right now is literally a Monty Python bit. #peoplesfrontofjudea
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From one side of its mouth, China says might makes right, and from the other complains that we're trying to remain mightier.
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