163! That Darn Disposability Culture

Published: March 14, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'What do we do about disposability culture?This week, Joey and Jess talk about fast furniture, Shein, quality-assurance signaling, direct-to-consumer mattresses, darning, and nubby sherpa chairs. They don\\u2019t talk about\\xa0Dres and Mista Lawnge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F01fzPwBwc4).references* Salt-N-Pepa\'s here, and "here" appears to be a veterinary office (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCadcBR95oU)\\xa0* NPR:\\xa0Ways to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine (https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help)\\xa0* Helen Rosner\'s Twitter question about fast furniture (https://twitter.com/hels/status/1498666931062284294)\\xa0* Brightly on the environmental waste of fast furniture (https://brightly.eco/fast-furniture-impact-on-environment/)\\xa0* Vox:\\xa0Shein is the future of fast fashion. Is that a good thing? (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22573682/shein-future-of-fast-fashion-explained)\\xa0* CNBC:\\xa0There are now 175 online mattress companies\\u2014and you can\\u2019t tell them apart (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/18/there-are-now-175-online-mattress-companiesand-you-cant-tell-them-apart.html)\\xa0* Corrections Department:\\xa0The (possible) 18th-century New England origins of "Darn it!" (https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2012/08/14/gosh-darn-it-to-heck/)\\xa0* ShINO (https://www.google.com/search?q=sherpa+chair&sxsrf=APq-WBt3u9Z_ez2w5c32Cf-T9rI1B7xcDg:1647144448756&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV3ouem8L2AhXZmGoFHVUdA4EQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1420&bih=689&dpr=2)\\xa0vs.\\xa0Sherpa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_people)'