Time for Gen Z to take up slack for worrying about state of the world

We older generations have been tearing our hair out for decades about the imminent demise of civilisation as we know it, but somehow another day keeps arriving

29 September 2024 - 00:00

One thousand bottles of baby oil and lubricant. There’s no combination of the two that wouldn’t leave you scratching your head and asking questions. What in the slip ’n slide requires that much lubrication? What does the baby oil and lube room look like? Does this all get delivered by truck, or is some personal assistant making regular trips to the US equivalent of Clicks to buy trolleys full of body grease? Most importantly, does one get a discount for bulk orders?..

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