Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball emulates Noel Edmonds and takes us through how choosing between £50,000 or a 50% chance of a million is actually very political. Lucy Reade meanwhile unpacks High Value Womanhood, the new genre of girls demanding men pay for everything in relationships.
£50,000 v a million links:
https://bsky.app/profile/zachrabiroff.com/post/3mrgdqigcrc27
https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3mrg6f4mtk22x
https://bsky.app/profile/jlray.bsky.social/post/3mrnf4jlza22g
https://bsky.app/profile/zachrabiroff.com/post/3mrgdqigcrc27
Gold digger links:
https://x.com/aspenn_colorado/status/2079745872645284176
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/dating-car-uber-ella-freimann-9p33hh2pl
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY9yJQAN6Os/?igsh=MXBnYjJ6amdxbzB0bA%3D%3D
https://x.com/FindomCentral/status/2070476166113206508?s=20
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