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Amazon is no longer the only place to get stuff last minute — Walmart has free 2-day shipping now
May 14, 2018Still pissed at Amazon for jacking up the Prime price by $20?
We’ll just leave this here: Walmart is now offering free 2-day shipping without any membership fees for orders over $35.
Waiting 5-7 business days for your package to come is basically an ancient practice. From losing headphones and needing a new pair immediately to forgetting mom’s birthday with three days to spare, that speedy shipping is a necessity.
For the past few years, Amazon was *the* place to get that — until they upped the Prime price to $119/year, leaving a lot of people to choose between keeping the benefits or saving 20 bucks every year. If you’re in on Prime for non-shipping perks like Amazon Prime Video, paying the new price might still be justifiable. But if you only need free shipping, is the $119 really worth it? Read more…
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We thought we only had to worry about kids running with scissors.
Redditor l1zardr0ckets shared a video of his energetic mini-Australian shepherd named Blue, who somewhow got ahold of some scissors. Blue clearly had no intention of returning them.
His human asks him what he’s holding as the mischievous pup watches him carefully. When told to drop the scissors, Blue immediately runs away.
A dog running with scissors looks much cuter, but is still something you probably want to avoid. Read more…
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This post is part of Mashable’s You’re Old Week. Break through the haze of nostalgia with us and see what holds up, what disappoints, and what got better with time.
It feels like ages ago, but there was a time when some phones carried a certain cachet.
Now with the plethora of barely indistinguishable iPhones and Android devices, there isn’t much novelty in phones anymore — aside from the recent spate of Nokia throwbacks and that weird curved screen phase.
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But during the 2000’s, phones like the Sidekick were essentially a fashion accessory, akin to rocking a nice pair of sneakers or a swish new bag, and sneakily embedded into popular hip-hop videos of that era. Read more…
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