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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 21 hours 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/