Alaskan Weeb

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Not smart enough for NASA, not soulless enough for Boeing A remora to better posters In a love-hate relationship with anime Not a lewd account but not *not* a lewd account They/Them if you’re cool, she/her is fine too

*Got a Stevenson-era authentic French chef period hand-made mayonnaise recipe here, in my extensive Stevenson mayonnaise research files *It's easy to get all weepy about it, because it's so steampunk dead-and-gone, but y'know, it's not really all that "gone" *You could just do it yourself

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The important thing to know about boots is that Dr. Martens was bought by a private equity firm a while back, the boots are now garbage in terms of construction quality, but Solovair set up to make similar boots on the old equipment in the old factory and their versions are much better quality.

Will Wilkinson@wlknsn.xyz · 16h ago

My take on boots discourse is that we face a lemons problem with many consumer goods, given the acquisition of many storied brands by companies aggressively milking accumulated brand equity for higher profits, such that price and reputation for durability does not reliably predict higher roi.

I’m watching election coverage for the first time since my race in 2024. We’re really still stuck on the “progressive vs. moderate” debate, aren’t we? What’s it gonna take for the pundit class to realize that it doesn’t matter? Voters choose the candidates who they believe give a damn about them.

The push and pull between wanting more physical media and encouraging people to buy physical media and seeing “Kangaroo Jack Steelbook 4K restoration - $79.99”