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9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup · 1 reply · +27 points

I am not a geologist, but I think that if you grind up the appropriate mica-containing rock, you totally have a source of glitter that could have been used in ancient times.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup · 0 replies · +27 points

I feel like this is yet another excellent anecdote to use in Why Girl Scouts are Better than Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts don't discriminate AND they're not corporate shills like the Boy Scouts.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +13 points

Ah, I remember when Benetton sweatshirts were on my local distribution It List. That List is entirely pointless, but somehow you have to be outside of the preteen demographic to realize that. (okay except for the adults who still have a List but idk what is up with that)

9 years ago @ The Toast - "I Know What Clean Sme... · 2 replies · +74 points

Martha Stewart says the smell of clean is actually the smell of nothing, so I heartily disagree with Big Bleach.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +3 points

Yes, this is a problem that we've only recently recognized as a political, even a civil rights, problem. But I don't know how much political will there is to change things for the better. I mean, here's an article which covers some of the problems: http://project.wnyc.org/backofthebus/

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +10 points

No, but their strategy has public transit in its cross-hairs.

The Awl has done many great articles on Uber's business model; here is a good one outlining its effects on mass transit. http://www.theawl.com/2015/08/ubiquity

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +9 points

There is Broad City, Empire, and I highly recommend all the episodes of Prime Suspect (UK police procedural starring Helen Mirren, excellent!)

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 16 replies · +125 points

Uber is the new Wal-mart and here to push down wages, push out regulated transportation, turn employees into contractors, and push for the privatization of public transit. Then the top brass of the company will cash in while we wonder why we don't have public transit anymore (because we stopped investing in it) and why we don't have sustainable employment anymore (because the drivers are contract workers and lack of investment in public transit means people go unemployed for lack of access to the locations where jobs are). Why people don't see this is beyond me.

Ahem. Apparently I Have Opinions on this.

9 years ago @ The Toast - That "More Than Brains... · 0 replies · +123 points

I COSIGN THIS.

And also can we also hate on BANK OF AMERICA and WELLS FARGO ads trying to talk to us like they're JUST FOLKS with JUST FOLKSY EVERYDAY CHARM just DOIN BUSINESS and it makes me yell NUH-UH TOO BIG TO FAIL you took your TARP MONEY and then FORECLOSED ON PEOPLE so let's not with the pretending you're not PREDATORY and MERCENARY.

*deep breaths*

and a degree is not a degree, not when we're comparing for-profit with non-profit. C'mon, we know this.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Candle Scents I Would ... · 0 replies · +5 points

Would this work? Paint or Turpentine or Glue? Not candles, though, unfortunately.

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