I don’t. This is fundamentally worse than Google owning Chrome.

There’s a reason why the USA built the Panama Canal.

Daft Punk made their song in 2001.

What am I going to dream about you tonight?

What cosplay would make it weird?

I mentioned big box retail as another reason for the decline in malls. Shopping at a Walmart or Target has the same car experience as shopping in a mall, but Walmart and Target were able to expand as malls slowly died.

Also, parking is never an issue in a dying mall. If the mall is dying, demand is likely very low, which means the best parking spaces are open.

Design and build a city.

They’re just going to continue Andromeda and make Kevin Sorbo the showrunner.

Given that they got it down to a bazooka, yeah.

Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, released in 2023.

It’s got hooks and it speaks to an interesting form of teenage rebellion/identity. I feel like the song is a modern form of “This isn’t just a phase, it’s who I am!”

The bust is definitely pushing wages down, but a lot of tech companies have been able to decouple work from location.

Amazon doesn’t have to pay a wage competitive in Seattle any more for new talent. In the process of searching for the second HQ, Amazon got a lot of information from various cities on what they could offer Amazon, which let Amazon build out new offices where the cost of living is lower. If the job is full remote, you’re competing against applicants from around the world, not just the city you’re living in.

So you don’t need to go the path of visas, but it doesn’t mean the only alternative is well paying jobs in high cost of living cities.

Like dead malls? Like vaporwave?

Retail Archaeology is a great YouTube channel about dying stores

Not exactly.

In the USA, a ton of malls got built in the 1950’s to 1980’s because of various tax incentives. These malls were anchored by department stores, providing a middle class place to buy goods.

Department stores tanked when dealing with big big box stores and online retail. Also, some mall specialty stores died off as well. Without that foot traffic, dead malls started to form.

Some malls are fighting back by increasing food and entertainment options, but the economics of malls are pretty rough.

They should have kept being the WWII channel.

And further, while voting is made difficult by those in power to protect their power base, it is far easier to convince people to vote than to fight a war.

Also, voting doesn’t mean you can’t still protest or do other forms of organization.

Well, we’re in unpopular opinions…

I’ve always had my own room at home, so dorm living was an adjustment.

Bathrooms were relatively easy; showers in closing stalls, sinks, and toilets on the same floor. I never had an issue with privacy there, although sometimes I’d use bathrooms in less busy buildings if I wanted some peace while shitting.

I had several roommates, including moving into a room where two roommates couldn’t get along. You and the other person just try to come up with ways to live together. That includes being aware of each other’s schedules and using alone time that is given. If you need to be alone while your roommate is around, I suggest leaving to less occupied area.

I’d also suggest learning to eat with others. A lot of social activities run on food; I’ve had great conversations with others over lunch or dinner.

ONE MORE TIME by blink-182, released in 2023.

That song is pretty good, has a great emotional core to it, and seems perfectly made for reunions.

why don’t we American’s have the common sense to stay out of the sun?

Parasols used to be a thing in Western culture up to the Victorian Era. Back then, it was a sign of wealth to have pale skin, since it meant that you weren’t working outside in the fields. That reversed in the early 20th century when the default work switched from field work to factory work.

From then on, a tan was a sign that you had enough earnings to take time off and do things like go to the beach. Parasols died out around then since the goal of keeping pale switched to getting a tan.

They didn’t choose the silver.