What happens to your stuff when you return it | Resurrecting the dead. | Fingerboarding never left.
Episode description
So you ordered a pair of pants and, unfortunately, they don’t fit. The following steps seem simple, right? You mail them back, get a new pair, and move on with life. Well, it’s not so simple for that pair of pants you just returned. We explore the tragic journey of the returned item.
Technology has emerged to allow you to chat virtually with loved ones. There’s just one catch - they’re dead.
If you’re a child of the ’90s, or had a child in the ’90s, chances are you remember those little skateboards for your fingers, most notably by Tech Deck. Well, guess what? They still exist. We explore the subculture of finger skating and the reasons we humans do the weird things that we do.
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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/free-returns-online-shopping/620169/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/04/chat-bots-reincarnation-dead/
https://theoutline.com/post/8614/my-journey-into-the-tech-deck-underground
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