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Word of the Every So Often

enshitification: (noun) the process of how a service, such as an online platform, can deteriorate over time because it prioritizes profits over user needs. Take Google. Google used to be great. If you wanted to find something, you just typed in exactly what you wanted. Now... not so much. You have to be really careful, because even if you google a specific site, say an airline, your first several choices are more than likely not going to be that airline, but other companies who have paid Google to have their platforms come up first. Basically, they’ve taken a good thing, and made it shitty, all in the name of profit.

The Almost Daily

It’s Teflon Day! It was on April 6 in 1938 (yup, that long ago) that a Dupont engineer, Dr. Roy J. Plunkett, accidentally discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (which we all know better as PTFE). It was a slippery, waxy solid that wouldn’t dissolve and worked well in extreme heat. It was later trademarked as Teflon, and perfect for coating cookware. After all, who wants all that clean up? Never mind that it was toxic. Fear not, though. Modern teflon (Teflon made after 2002-ish) is no longer toxic. Regardless, you probably should replace your non-stick pans every five years… or just use cast iron.

Cartoon of the Week

The answer to everything.

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Finding Paradise

Three good friends died and went to heaven,

and when they stepped through the gates,

the youngest of the three,

in awe and amazement, said,

“Damn!”

And just like that he was gone.

Upon seeing his young friend vanish,

the middle of the three exclaimed,

“Shit!”

And he, too, was gone.

Finding himself all alone,

the oldest and the wisest of the three proclaimed,

“The hell with this!”

And that is how the three

came to be together again.

And it may have been heaven,

or it may have been hell,

but none of the three cared.

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