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People need food to live. Not everyone can cook. Not everyone has a big kitchen or a place they can store food. Good food is important to people's quality of

by t3wggs 6y ago

People need food to live. Not everyone can cook. Not everyone has a big kitchen or a place they can store food. Good food is important to people's quality of life. It provides comfort. It brings people together. It's a cornerstone of culture. People need "third places". Places to gather, meet with friends, meet new people, discuss things. Revolutionary ideas in art, science, and politics started in coffeehouses. Yeah, I'd say restaurants are necessary. Not all restaurants of course. But I don't want to imagine a world without restaurants. And what's not necessary? 90% of the "uber for x" VC pump and dump schemes that we spend all our time on.

_curious_ 6y ago
Not restaurants as in the entirety, simply any one given establishment. America could certainly carry-on and be fine with a double digit reduction however. "90% of the "uber for x" VC pump and dump schemes that we spend all our time on." Who is we?
- t3wggs 6y ago
  Sure, one restaurant going away won't change anything (though it would mean a lot to the regular customers, and to the employees). That's true for anything though. We could close one hospital, or shut down one power plant, and life would carry on. Who is we: Welcome to Hacker News! A sizeable portion of the HN audience works in unicorn startups, or startups that aspire to be unicorns. Some turn into mature businesses that provide value to many people. Most fail fast and disappear. A few of them, like WeWork, subsist on VC cash infusions and hype fumes while providing little value, or negative value. I'd be more sad if restaurants disappeared than if these did.
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  - _curious_ 6y ago
    So to answer the question posed in the article title "Does the World Need It Anymore?" we all know the answer: Nope. Thanks for the welcome!
    - t3wggs 6y ago
      You're welcome! I don't think the answer is supposed to be "Nope". I don't think you are supposed to answer the question posed by headline. I think it's one of those articles where thinking through the question is more valuable than the answer. Makes me appreciate what my favorite restaurants have meant to me, and what role they play in life, and how they are changing.

by t3wggs 6y ago

_curious_ 6y ago

Not restaurants as in the entirety, simply any one given establishment. America could certainly carry-on and be fine with a double digit reduction however. "90% of the "uber for x" VC pump and dump schemes that we spend all our time on." Who is we?

t3wggs 6y ago
Sure, one restaurant going away won't change anything (though it would mean a lot to the regular customers, and to the employees). That's true for anything though. We could close one hospital, or shut down one power plant, and life would carry on. Who is we: Welcome to Hacker News! A sizeable portion of the HN audience works in unicorn startups, or startups that aspire to be unicorns. Some turn into mature businesses that provide value to many people. Most fail fast and disappear. A few of them, like WeWork, subsist on VC cash infusions and hype fumes while providing little value, or negative value. I'd be more sad if restaurants disappeared than if these did.
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- _curious_ 6y ago
  So to answer the question posed in the article title "Does the World Need It Anymore?" we all know the answer: Nope. Thanks for the welcome!
  - t3wggs 6y ago
    You're welcome! I don't think the answer is supposed to be "Nope". I don't think you are supposed to answer the question posed by headline. I think it's one of those articles where thinking through the question is more valuable than the answer. Makes me appreciate what my favorite restaurants have meant to me, and what role they play in life, and how they are changing.