Jeez, this is neat information but whoever edited that article approved absolute garbage. I've seen better command of the English language from 3rd graders.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Lol, editors are an endangered species.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well it's part of the same media group as Gawker and Kotaku so yeah it's slop and always has been

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is Jalopnik a zombie site now? It used to be about cars. (Jalopy + Beat-nick I think).

I didn’t read this link but the title feels utterly unrelated.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Like I said, always has been.

And yes, that's the etymology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-nik

So I'm also not sure why they're reporting space news.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

In the early days it had decent people writing articles about shitty cars and LeMons racing and stuff. It was decently funny and Mike Spinelli made some good jokes over the years.

https://www.indieauto.org/2025/09/20/mike-spinelli-how-jalopnik-got-its-name/