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This is a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35520178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35520178 Which was flagged with 80+ upvotes and buried. Wh

This is a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35520178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35520178 Which was flagged with 80+ upvotes and buried. Why an article about trade between Ancient Rome and India is front page worthy on Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35516231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35516231), but the largest grocery store in the global hub of the tech industry closing because too many people are robbing it and doing drugs outside the front door, is a mystery to me. But I don't control the algorithms.

KerrAvon 4y ago
because the source is notorious partisan bullshit vendor and whatever the actual cause of a closing of a random store, you can’t take them at face value. Remember the shoplifting epidemic at CVS which caused them to close stores in SF? Turned out that story was right-wing bullshit. Surprise, surprise.
- nickpinkston 4y ago
  Thank you
- deleted 4y ago
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- lelanthran 4y ago
  > because the source is notorious partisan bullshit vendor ... Turned out that story was right-wing bullshit. CNN may be a notorious partisan bullshit vendor, but there isn't anyone who is going to call them "right-wing" with a straight face. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/11/business/san-francisco-whole-foods-closure/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/11/business/san-francisco-wh...
notch898b 4y ago
When I lived in the ghetto you could go up to a window with bars and ask for something behind the counter. I wonder if they could put all the food behind bulletproof glass with an attendant and have the attendant slide it through a prison style food tray or something? You could prepay using an industrial grade impact resistant point of sale machine on the other side, and stainless steel floors with drains could be used to wipe the grime down daily and make it easy to flush out anyone camping inside.
- porkbeer 4y ago
  Why would you spend millions to interact with the world like you are in a prison?
  - notch898b 4y ago
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KerrAvon 4y ago

because the source is notorious partisan bullshit vendor and whatever the actual cause of a closing of a random store, you can’t take them at face value. Remember the shoplifting epidemic at CVS which caused them to close stores in SF? Turned out that story was right-wing bullshit. Surprise, surprise.

nickpinkston 4y ago
Thank you
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lelanthran 4y ago
> because the source is notorious partisan bullshit vendor ... Turned out that story was right-wing bullshit. CNN may be a notorious partisan bullshit vendor, but there isn't anyone who is going to call them "right-wing" with a straight face. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/11/business/san-francisco-whole-foods-closure/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/11/business/san-francisco-wh...

notch898b 4y ago

When I lived in the ghetto you could go up to a window with bars and ask for something behind the counter. I wonder if they could put all the food behind bulletproof glass with an attendant and have the attendant slide it through a prison style food tray or something? You could prepay using an industrial grade impact resistant point of sale machine on the other side, and stainless steel floors with drains could be used to wipe the grime down daily and make it easy to flush out anyone camping inside.

porkbeer 4y ago
Why would you spend millions to interact with the world like you are in a prison?
- notch898b 4y ago
  [dead]