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>Being able to say fuck it, I'd rather be uncomfortable and save $100 is empowerment, not a burden. Also you can decide to hang out at the mall until prices go
by carlmr 7y ago
>Being able to say fuck it, I'd rather be uncomfortable and save $100 is empowerment, not a burden.
Also you can decide to hang out at the mall until prices go down.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoSome years ago (around five?) there was a big heat wave in Shanghai, and the subway stations filled with people who didn't want to pay for their own air conditioning.
- carlmr 7y agoThat's a good thing, it drives down peak demand and increases overall energy efficiency.
- sokoloff 7y agoIt comes at the cost of many people wasting a portion of their lifetime waiting in a subway rather than doing almost anything else that they'd probably prefer doing. For every 60K people that spent 12 hours sheltered in the subway, 80 human-years of life was consumed.