Trek Emonda SLR9

Coming Eqquiped with shitty shimano tourney 6 speed, 3x chainrings and a cheaply made carbon fiber frame that cocks in at a staggering 69 lbs. a type of BSO sold at Trek BSO Shop for $16,000. Also EXACTLY same bike could be bought at Dollar Tree for 69 cents.

Chapman: yo how's the Trek Emonda SLR9?
Koy: Oh that? that's a shitty BSO. I threw it away.
Chapman: why?
Koy: oh the usual from treks "road" bike lineup, bad shifting performance and its heavier than my Specialized globe HZ.
Chapman: yk where to get trek emondas right?
Koy: $5,000 for shimano tourney 6 speed, gotta suck
Chapman: ikr. I got Trek's Trek Madone "SLR"7, it was so uncomfertable, heavy, and snapped in half as soon as I sat on it. They said it came with Ultegra "Di2" but that's marketing. it came with cheap shitty sram 6 speed components made from cheap chinese plastic.
Koy: Sram? that's shit.
Chapman: on god koy.
Koy: you know what else? The frame is actually made from cheap chinese plastic.
Chapman: Trek always makes their bike frames and wheels from cheap plastic. know where trek bikes could also be bought?
Koy: Applewold county jail landfill.
Chapman: Exactly.
Koy: I somehow wasted $5,000 💀
Chapman: dw I got a Trek Domane SLR for $13,000 and it fell apart in a matter of seconds.

by Boo Radley Game November 22, 2023

disinformation economy

the ecosystem of adtech and martech products and services that enable bad actors to generate revenue for their fake news and disinformation operations; first coined by Nandini Jammi in October 2021.

"While Facebook pushes users towards the most inflammatory content on the web, there’s an entire ecosystem of advertising platforms you’ve likely never heard of that converts all that traffic into a virtually unlimited supply of ad dollars.
We call it the disinformation economy." — Check My Ads newsletter BRANDED, October 27, 2021

by newsguardian May 20, 2024

disinformation economy

the ecosystem of adtech and martech products and services that enable bad actors to generate revenue for their fake news and disinformation operations; first coined by Nandini Jammi in 2021.

"While Facebook pushes users towards the most inflammatory content on the web, there’s an entire ecosystem of advertising platforms you’ve likely never heard of that converts all that traffic into a virtually unlimited supply of ad dollars.
We call it the disinformation economy."

by newsguardian May 20, 2024

rot economy

Coined by Ed Zitron:

The rot economy is a growth-at-all-costs economy. The only thing that matters is growth of revenue, which comes from showing a never ending vomit stream of ads, rewarding managerial malpractice, and pleasing shareholders. Also see: enshittification

Ever wonder why Google results are getting worse, or why you aren't seeing your friends on Instagram? It's all because of the growth-at-all-costs economy that's swallowed the tech industry, where the user experience takes a back seat to monetizing every interaction with the platforms you used to love. - episode synopsis for “The Rot Economy,” from the Better Offline podcast

by Sickomonster January 21, 2025

Critical Economics Theory

The radical notion that the economy is not a force of nature like gravity, but a human-made system, and therefore can be changed by humans. It challenges the idea that concepts like "market forces," "trickle-down," or "austerity" are immutable laws, arguing instead that they are often just convenient stories told by the wealthy to justify their wealth and convince the poor to accept their poverty. It’s the intellectual equivalent of pointing out that the emperor’s new clothes are not only invisible, but they’re also made of a fabric that was subsidized by the taxpayers.

Example: "When the CEO claimed that giving his workers a raise was 'economically impossible' due to market pressures, the union rep, well-versed in critical economics theory, pointed out that it was perfectly possible; they just preferred to use that money for stock buybacks instead."

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026

Critical Economy Theory

A theoretical framework that applies critical theory's tools to understanding economic systems—not just how economies function but how they concentrate power, produce inequality, and shape consciousness. Critical economy theory goes beyond mainstream economics' focus on efficiency and growth to examine economies as sites of domination, exploitation, and struggle. It asks who benefits from economic arrangements, how economic ideology serves power, what alternatives are foreclosed by the naturalization of capitalism. Critical economy theory draws on Marxist, feminist, ecological, and decolonial traditions to understand economies as human creations that could be created differently—not natural systems to be optimized but power-laden institutions to be transformed.

Example: "Her work didn't just measure inequality—it analyzed how the very categories of 'economy' and 'value' serve capitalist power. Critical Economy Theory: economics as critique, not just measurement."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Ecoscience (Economic)

An area of study within metascience that examines science through the lens of economics—how economic forces shape scientific practice, and how science functions as an economic agent. Ecoscience asks how money flows through science: who funds research, how funding shapes agendas, how economic incentives influence scientific behavior, how scientific knowledge generates economic value. It also examines science as an economic actor—how universities function as economic institutions, how research drives innovation and growth, how scientific labor markets operate, how intellectual property regimes shape knowledge production. Ecoscience reveals that science is not just a pursuit of truth but an economic activity, embedded in markets, driven by incentives, and producing economic value alongside knowledge.

Ecoscience (Economic) Example: "Her ecoscience analysis showed how the shift to grant-based funding transformed university research—not just what got studied, but how scientists thought about their work, their careers, and their relationships with knowledge."

by Dumu The Void March 16, 2026