Why Are People Still Buying Ripped Jeans?
A reader wonders if ripped jeans will ever go out of style. Our fashion critic offers insight into the future of distressed denim.
Elon Musk’s PAC Is Buying Ads for Donald Trump on Elon Musk’s X
The Elon Musk–backed America PAC has spent thousands of dollars advertising on the Elon Musk–owned social media platform X to support former president Donald Trump’s campaign. According to X’s political ad disclosure data, between July 8 and October 1 the America PAC ran 59 ads, costing more than $166,000 and yielding, per X’s metrics, 32,058,424 […]
25 Lowe’s Kitchen Upgrades You Won’t Regret Buying
Promising review: “When I purchased this kit, I was skeptical and had low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised when the countertop turned out unbelievably beautiful. I had a laminate countertop that was in really bad shape, one section was even warped. I sanded the warped section down and filled in the large crater with wood […]
Why is car buying such a stressful experience?
A Vox reader writes: “Why are car dealers so shady? How do consumers avoid them? Is it frustrating for everyone?” Americans have long hated the car-buying experience. It’s not uncommon to spend hours (or even the whole day) at a dealership, finally reaching a deal and still walking away feeling vaguely hoodwinked. “It’s a process […]
Steam adds the harsh truth that you’re buying “a license,” not the game itself
There comes a point in most experienced Steam shoppers’ lives where they wonder what would happen if their account was canceled or stolen, or perhaps they just stopped breathing. It’s scary to think about how many games in your backlog will never get played; scarier, still, to think about how you don’t, in most real […]