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 Two stories from Delish, a year apart, about how food is playing a role in relationships (and by extension how capitalism is playing a part in both)... First, from July 2024: " The Shady Way Some Restaurants Are Catfishing People on Dating Apps " If you’ve spent any time watching Catfish on MTV, you’re probably familiar with the risks of online dating. People posing as someone they’re not is something all singles need to watch out for as they swipe on apps. But apparently there’s a chance you might not be catfished by another person at all—you might be getting scammed by a restaurant. A trend is emerging where restaurants are posing as eligible singles on dating apps to lure users to dine at their establishment. The scam has been dubbed “food digging,” derived from the term “gold digger.” The scam has been primarily reported in cities like Delhi, India, but Taylor Paré, also known as @paretay on TikTok, claims that food digging has come stateside. Paré posted a video to TikT...

Remember whenever there was a shooting at a school or other public place, and if someone asked for either tougher gun legislation or just to enforce what's on the books, the reaction was some comment about cars ("They kill people too, should be ban them?")? Well fast forward to what went down in Charlotte VA, where a guy actually did use his car to attack people, and someone died. Interesting how the defenders are saying that this was an accident and not intentional, huh?