What in the Facebook Marketplace is that?
When I was younger, I decided that it would be a good idea to use a weed whacker motor on a go-kart. Younger me only had a vague sense of things like displacement. My entire premise for this abomination was that our Craftsman yard tool had a motor that was vaguely shaped like a V6 engine. My cousin Mike was the one who destroyed my childhood inspiration. “What, are you an idiot?” he said. “That thing has maybe two horsepower!” Since I’ve discovered not one, but four different videos with go-karts powered by weed whackers. There are also videos about using them for kayak power, a motorized skateboard, and a bicycle. This isn’t about YouTube, the wild rides of TikTok, or even my mean cousin – this is a story about Facebook Marketplace. My algorithm is evidently trained to show me the weirdest creations for sale on the platform. Today, while looking for an original, unmolested International Harvester Scout on the Facepages and Craigslists, I was treated with...