Caveman Approved Products of the Week
The MalsiPree Dog Water Bottle Dispenser simplifies walks with a dog
There’s no need for a separate bowl, and unused water drains back into the bottle.
It makes longer outings easier without adding extra hassle.
What Does The Bear Scene in ‘The Shining’ Mean?
Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 psychological horror film The Shining contains one of cinema’s most bizarre and unsettling scenes – when Shelley Duvall’s character Wendy glimpses a man in a bear costume seemingly engaged in a sexual act through an open hotel room door, has been interpreted by many as a symbol of sexual abuse.
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What It Feels Like to Grow Up in Foster Care
I don’t remember a “before.”
There’s no clean break in my life where things were normal and then suddenly weren’t. My parents died in a car accident when I was just a few months old, so I never knew them. Not really. I have pictures, a few videos, fragments of who they were. But memory? Nothing. Just the absence of it.
And over time, that absence starts to feel like something you’re actively losing, like you’re forgetting people you never even got the chance to remember.
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“My girlfriend no longer wants to work”
I love my girlfriend, and I want to be clear that what I’m feeling now is because of a real change in her behavior, not some hidden feelings I’ve been ignoring.
We’ve been together for 4 years. She had a rough start to her career because she graduated around COVID, but so did I and a lot of other people. I supported her through that, even when I was struggling too.
Your Worth Is Inherent, Unchanging, and Absolute
Let’s start with an uncomfortable truth: most of what you think gives you value… doesn’t.
Not your job. Not your income. Not your relationship status. Not how attractive you are, how productive you were today, or how many people liked your post.
All of that? It’s rented.
And like anything rented, it can be taken away.
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Linkage
The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters – NYTimes
19 Fascinating Photos Collected From History – Ned Hardy
If you use Simplehuman trash cans, I totally recommend their trash bags. They’re thick, fit perfectly, and don’t tear or slip like generic ones. Significantly better than Kirkland trash bags. – Amazon
Students want “AI-proof” majors — but no one knows what they are – AP News
U.A.E. to Leave OPEC in Blow to Group – Reuters
The great 2028 Olympic ticket crashout, explained – Vox
Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage – Ars Technica
25 History Memes That Sneakily Teach You More Than School Did – Ned Hardy
If you want to make your own espresso drinks, this all-in-one machine is a great buy – Amazon
I’ve Tried Every Scrambled Egg Cooking Trick Under the Sun — This Is the One I’ll Do for Life – The Kitchn
1969-1970: a timeline of the final year of The Beatles – Far Out Magazine
The 20 Ways You Are Most Likely To Die in America – Linkiest
Discomfort with modern technology shapes Gen Z’s desire to live in the past – NBC News
Trump State Department unveils bold new design for America250 passports – Fox News
The Forgotten Hiring Standards for Stewardesses in 1950s America, in Photos – Rare Historical Photos
The Dumping Grounds
“Turned 40, no retirement, low income, husband recently laid off, & don’t know where to start”
I don’t need to be told everything I’ve done wrong. I already know. Seeing advice online about being in my “prime earning years” just makes me want to give up.
I used to have solid jobs in my late 20s making $60–70k, but I was fired for being pregnant. I sued and won, but the payout wasn’t invested—it was used just to survive. Since then, things haven’t stabilized. I’m now making $15 an hour managing a store.
Feeling Behind on Retirement? That’s When People Make Their Worst Money Decisions
There’s a particular kind of anxiety that shows up in your 40s or 50s.
It doesn’t announce itself loudly. It doesn’t panic like a market crash or scream like a margin call. It just sits there quietly, in the background, doing the math.
You should have more by now.
Not more in the abstract. More in a very specific, uncomfortable way. More saved. More invested. More time behind you doing the work that compounds.
And once that thought takes hold, something subtle but dangerous begins to happen.
You stop thinking long term.
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