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Back in 2005 or so, I had a friend who was working at Amazon. When he told me he was ordering things like toothpaste, I could hardly believe it. His apartment

Back in 2005 or so, I had a friend who was working at Amazon. When he told me he was ordering things like toothpaste, I could hardly believe it. His apartment was in easy walking distance of a drugstore, and I thought him ordering toothpaste from an online bookseller instead was insane. Little did I know he was living in the future.

Funes- 8y ago
Yes, in a horrid future we find ourselves in right now. And it's just getting started.
- mfatica 8y ago
  what's horrid about it exactly?
  - craftyguy 8y ago
    The additional resources to send your toothpaste many miles by plane, truck, etc in additional packaging because you don't want to travel to the local grocery store to buy it.
    - Veen 8y ago
      The toothpaste still has to travel from A to B, and it's probably more efficient for a single truck to deliver 200 items than for 200 people to get in their cars and go to the supermarket.
      - choward 8y ago
        I'm pretty sure nobody goes to the store just to get toothpaste.