For years we’ve heard about the rise of virtual reality and its inevitable march into our culture. But If this is virtual reality’s time to shine, why is it still so niche?

Go look in your coffee mug cabinet. Go ahead - we’ll wait. Happen to find a mug with a single word or simple phrase on it, like “Blessed” or “Family” among your collection? If so, you’re probably among the millions of people who own a product from Rae Dunn. These have developed a cult-like following and often bring in a haul on resell, but did Rae herself ever crave that level of success?

For some of us it’s not enough to tell people we don’t like something. We have to buy a decal of the comic strip character Calvin urinating on it. Are all those decals legal? What does the creator of Calvin & Hobbes think about all this?

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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/technology/virtual-reality.html

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/03/10346458/rae-dunn-tj-maxx-popular-pottery-trend

https://triviahappy.com/articles/the-tasteless-history-of-the-peeing-calvin-decal

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