[Link] VICE Side Hustle: I Tried To Sell My Underwear Online To Pay My Rent

Read: 4/3/2023 www.vice.com

Everyone knows it: we’re in a cost of living crisis. Turns out a pandemic, an older generation obsessed with owning everything, and multiple catastrophic recessions don’t do great things to the economy. So VICE is trying to figure out what our options are.

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[Link] Holding onto a teenage email address: ‘The lawyer raised her eyebrow when she saw’

Read: 2/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Louise is an Oompa Loompa. She has been an Oompa Loompa for more than 15 years. “It’s too much hassle to change it,” Louise tells me. Most of Louise’s internet presence is linked to the Willy Wonka-inspired email address she picked as a teenager. And she’s not the only one.

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