Many people here do not save up for one, especially younger/low-income folks. They get loans on their credit cards. The perceived status is a big deal.
I also saw a video of a teen who made his poor parents give up several years' worth of savings to get him an iPhone. The store owner made the video and boasted about it, which was disgusting. The kicker is the teen didn't even get the unboxing experience. The store owner opened the box and showed off the phone before handing it over.
Only one of us can ride forever
So you and I can't ride together
Can't live or can't die together
All we can do is collide together
So I skillfully apply the pressure
There are shit-winds brewing, Randy...
Happy anniversary to the Erfurt latrine disaster!
The fur protects it for the most part.
This one looks like it has the >!"Bird is the word"!< song stuck on loop inside its head.
(Spoiler if you don't want an annoying earworm stuck in your head all week.)
It's a cool design for a food writing award, isn't it? A spoon inside a pen nib.
UrGenus is a gas giant.
By the law of names, the kid is now a cicada.
The execution happens last minute, but the mental planning has been going on for well over a day.
Edit: And over the course of 10 trips, "don't forget your toothbrush and toothpaste" slowly precipitates to the top.
Mahua is a perfectly cromulent Bengali name.
I love Gorillaz and have listened to Deltron 3030 plenty of times but never made the connection!