Has the Internet become too indispensable? From Jenna McCarthy at jennasside.rocks:
Our ancestors had backup mules. We have Downdetector and Grok.
Last week in Costco, while panic-shopping for a week of out-of-town company, a Korean shampoo-and-conditioner set leapt into my cart. It was a splurge I struggled to justify, because I’d just bought a pair of fancy shampoo and conditioner barsthat were supposed to be to hair what probiotics are to guts (or something like that).
But I did not like the conditioner bar. In fact, I absolutely hated it. I have long, fine hair, and rubbing this dry slab of candlewax down it was the least satisfying grooming experience of my life. It dragged, tangled, and was about as moisturizing as a saltine cracker. Still, the set wasn’t cheap, so I planned to grit my teeth and suck it up until both bars dissolved into oblivion.
But then—Korean beauty products at Costco. Every beauty junkie knows they’re the best in the world, and finding them in king-size jugs at the best price on the planet felt like a sign. It was the score that tipped the scale and gave me permission to toss the hated bars straight into the trash.
I grabbed some Nerds gummies and Hershey’s variety pack because they were under $2 on the manager’s close out aisle.
Read that Amazon was down Monday and had some DNS trouble here, nothing a reset of router couldn’t fix though.
Reading about a Kohler iPhone toilet cam to monitor your waste for only $600.
Remember when Snake Plissken pulled the plug on it all in Escape from L.A.?
Like a good point guard.