Grist List
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Ice Cube, Conan O’Brien, and Kevin Hart have the best Lyft trip ever
Joining the sharing economy could mean getting fake-robbed by Ice Cube and making fun of Conan's butt? Sign us up.
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Donald Trump hates wind energy, has no ability to recognize satire
Trump uncritically retweeted a satirical graphic that was designed to show how uncritically some people accept anecdata.
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Journalist for China’s state TV station says that smog makes you funnier and smarter
Just because you’ve “heard” “bad things” about smog doesn’t mean they’re true.
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Get your fill of bananas now; they’re about to get destroyed by fungus
There are replacement bananas in the works, but apparently they taste kind of like apples.
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At this cafe, you can get cheaper coffee by being polite
Say, "Hi, a coffee, please," and your espresso will cost about $2; for a rude customer, the price is almost $10.
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It takes at least six countries to make a jar of Nutella
Nutella, much like Carmen Sandiego, is highly sought after. But try to track it down, and things get tricky.
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Subway make you late to work? NYC will explain it to your boss
This is even better than Photoshopping a doctor's note or forging your mom's signature. (How old are you, anyway?)
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If you were a real hipster, you’d ride this electric velocipede
So you're a member of the food coop and the community garden and you kit out your bike like a Victorian gentleman? Sorry, you just got out-retro-cooled.
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People in China are beating the smog by sticking cigarette filters in their nostrils
This is probably not the ideal way to deal with Beijing's epic air pollution, but at least you can pretend to be a walrus.
