i know we’re all probably past realizing this but can you believe that science has come to a point where we’re coming up with all of these way better and way less harmful alternatives to things like plastic just for them to never be implemented on a large scale and instead be used in small and impractical situations that provide net zero benefit just because the companies that do produce plastic don’t want to let go of their stranglehold on the markets.
this is what we mean when we say “capitalism prevents innovation” in all of its ability to apply to the real world and not in some weird theoretical context. at the end of the day, capitalists want to turn a profit. and they can’t do that unless they buy out all the competition. going back to our plastic example, pretty much every executive in the plastic industry can agree that any widespread alternate to their product is gonna hurt their profits, so they can either choose to completely reform their companies and produce the alternative, or they can take the easy route and just spawn kill any plastic alternative kickstarter. this is what lenin meant by monopolies; it’s not just one company, but a number of companies that can all agree that anything outside of their jurisdiction is Bad and needs to be neutralized. it’s how entire industries can thrive despite the general population knowing that what they’re doing is bad.
Jennifer Forester lives in a pretty nice neighborhood in Morgantown, West Virginia.
But every now and then, the tranquility of the block is shattered by a drive-by … mooing.
“They pull up, moo, and then pull off real quick. We used to run out to try and catch them, and then we’d invite them up on the porch for a beer.”
Forester was sharing a tiny mobile home with her daughters, her sister Betsy, and Betsy’s 3 children, plus 3 dogs.
“I was like, ‘Man, I need a big house that’s cheap,’” she said.
A friend knew of a property for sale that been used as a place of worship.
“We got the house for $52,000. It was the deal of the century.”
The kitchen is wallpapered in cow print, the refrigerator is covered with black magnet spots. Even tiny details like light switch covers and kitchen cupboard handles maintain the black and white theme.
Betsy has since moved out, but part of her is literally still there. A finger she lost in an accident resides in a jar of preservative.
“I like cows,” she said. “I think I first got into cows from The Far Side, the comic.” Her mother would say, ‘You can’t do that. It’s tacky.’
So of course that just made her want to do it more.
Migraine has FINALLY started it paying for adspace on my dash but the jokes on her bc I started getting botox from the neurologist 2 weeks ago and it was free with my insurance
Girl bogleech would be like. I can’t believe heels are the norm for women’s shoes to make us taller despite the obvious superiority of platform shoes in terms of comfort and practicality. And she’d be right
Men look at me and fear for the safety of their children. Women look at me and lust for me to birth them hordes and droves of writhing pupae. But only one of these is a valid concern
