This morning, while riding the train, I found myself surrounded by people shopping on Amazon. Not talking. Not reading. Not scrolling aimlessly through Instagram pretending to be interested in someone’s vacation. Shopping. Amazon Prime Deal Days had apparently turned the train into a mobile shopping mall. I started […]
There is a new trend out of South Korea that feels both deeply innovative and slightly existential. They are called dopamine sites. You browse. You select. You add to cart. A courier accepts your order.You can even track the delivery in real time. And then nothing arrives. It […]
In a brief and deeply questionable moment of maternal devotion (read: mania), I signed up for an online “marketplace” while searching for grain-free pizza for my son. Marketplace is doing a lot of work here. It’s a supermarket. Let’s not get fancy. Within approximately four minutes, I realized […]
There are crimes of passion. Crimes of greed. Crimes of opportunity. And then there are crimes of meatball. I recently stumbled upon a story that made me pause, squint, and ask the age-old psychological question: Is it really a crime if everyone is full and mildly delighted afterward? […]
I confess that I’m an Amazon shopper. Not the kind that proudly waves Prime boxes like badges of honor. I’m more the kind that shops in bursts of insomnia-fueled curiosity. You know, those moments when it’s 2 a.m., and your brain decides that now is the perfect time […]
As I sat down this morning, sipping my coffee and watching Bloomberg news, I started thinking about vibe shifts. It’s an odd term, right? But somehow, it perfectly captures what’s going on around us. These days, it feels like the vibes are shifting in all sorts of directions—sometimes […]
I’m a sucker for a good online window-shopping session. There’s something soothing about scrolling through endless images of stuff I don’t need but might convince myself I need in that exact moment. It’s a ritual, really. A self-care routine of “add to cart” followed by the sudden wave […]
Guess what I did on Black Friday? Absolutely nothing. No midnight online shopping sprees, no standing in line for hours for the latest gadget, not even a click on “add to cart.” And you know what? It felt pretty awesome. It wasn’t some grand plan to defy consumerism […]
Just when you thought 2024 couldn’t get any weirder, Costco has decided to spice things up by selling an “apocalypse bucket.” Yes, you read that right—a 25-year emergency dinner kit, perfect for those of us who like to plan ahead… way ahead. Is this a savvy business move […]
Where would you go on a shopping spree? In the quirky realm of retail therapy, a sunny curmudgeon with an affinity for shoes, gummies, gnocchi, meatballs, dresses, and steampunk finds themselves on a whimsical shopping spree. Picture a bustling street, a kaleidoscope of shops, and a determined curmudgeon […]
