This van is pretty rad.
I guess maybe “The comments are a place to show how smart I am” is better than “The comments are a place to be an asshole,” but if so, it’s not much better.
Sometimes I think maybe it is even worse.
Either way, it is a gross and all-too-common pattern/behavior. Part of it is the result of social media platforms that incentivize attention-seeking over community, but I see it happening frequently enough on Mastodon to make me think that algorithms focused on driving engagement at all costs are not solely to blame.
Twenty-two bucks for the same model Walkman that I had my first year of college? Sure—why not?
“Nothing spins but motor seems to work,” reads the item description… odds are good it just needs a new belt.
I had been thinking about getting one of those We Are Rewind things—the Bluetooth and USB-charging battery are compelling features—but by all accounts, they are built around garbage motors and read heads because no one makes the good ones anymore.