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Renters use ‘rent now, pay later’ services to manage monthly payments, but fees raise concerns [ [link removed] ]
The “Buy now, pay later” apps were a bad sign, but if people can’t afford to pay their rent, that seems like a massive red flag for the economy
Dating apps see February surge as singles re-enter the romance cycle [ [link removed] ]
Love is in the air. Or at the very least an overwhelming desire to avoid being single on Valentine’s Day in a couple of weeks
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Brain-Eating Amoebas May Pose a Growing Global Threat, Scientists Warn [ [link removed] ] - There’s another thing I didn’t know I needed to be worried about
Human skull donated to Michigan Goodwill store; police looking for woman responsible [ [link removed] ] - Yorick was unavailable for comment
McDonald's launches McNugget Caviar kits for free Valentine's Day [ [link removed] ] - Wasn’t McDonald’s also going to cut prices since no one could afford their food anymore? Adding caviar to the menu should do the trick. Also, if you’re buying McDonald’s for Valentine’s Day, you should probably also have a divorce attorney on retainer.
HR chief at center of Coldplay cheating scandal will discuss ‘taking back the narrative’ at $875 crisis conference [ [link removed] ] - If the headline identifies her has the “HR chief at center of Coldplay cheating scandal” has she actually succeeded at taking back the narrative?
NJ Driver Called Cops Bragging He Outran Them — Then They Arrested Him: Police [ [link removed] ] - How much worse off would we be as a society if such a massive percentage of criminals didn’t turn out to be absolute morons?
Car wash malfunction traps woman inside for almost an hour [ [link removed] ] - For the boss who thinks they’ve heard everything, “I was trapped in the car wash for an hour.”
Pizza Hut closing 250 ‘underperforming’ locations [ [link removed] ] - Where will kids cash in the Book It awards? Are those still a thing? Clink your red plastic glasses while you can
Man breaks into Little Caesars, starts making and selling pizzas, NC police say [ [link removed] ] - I think that man was just auditioning for a job. Either that or he was frustrated because his neighborhood Pizza Hut closed
Man tossed $4K of stolen meat after finding girlfriend cooking with another man [ [link removed] ] - I don’t mean to be overly pessimistic, but I don’t know if that relationship is going to last
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