I have a dog rescue and it’s where a lot of our adopters find us. More so than Petfinder, our site, or other social media. I also know a bunch of small businesses that use it too. Definitely still has a lot of practical use.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828932/#:~:text=Holmes and colleagues have shown,1 and real-world settings.

And definitely a cat nose

Idk my wife and I are very secure financially so we don’t worry about most things but I am still in awe of the increase in grocery prices. We’re in the states, and for our basic non perishable items I order from Walmart. For meat and produce I typically buy from local grocery stores due to quality. Sometimes I’ll forget or have to buy things from the grocery store that I’d normally buy at Walmart, and those things are AT LEAST 50% more. In some cases I have seen 100% increase in prices, and an overall increase of at least 25 % from the previous year, which is insane. I have no idea how families on a strict budget are managing groceries, let alone other living expenses. $11.5k does seem slightly exaggerated, but not by much.