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Can you give an example of System D that is not related to generating money or something illegal? The examples I’ve seen were mostly about selling one kind of
by thih9 4y ago
Can you give an example of System D that is not related to generating money or something illegal?
The examples I’ve seen were mostly about selling one kind of food as another, more expensive. E.g.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35671220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35671220
> System D, arguably, reached its heyday in the Victorian-era railway hotels, where the menus were huge and it was not unusual for an extra two hundred guests to show up wanting, say, the Fricasse of Lobster Thermidor — for which only fifty portions were available. Suddenly, Thermidor for fifty was transformed into Thermidor for two hundred. Don't ask how. You don't want to know.
- eric-burel 4y agoCould be organizational, like there's a transport strike so you create a Google sheet based carpooling system that you share with colleagues coupled with a facebook page where each person that goes to the station shares up to date info and you involve your grandma that happens to own a van in the process. Look for BlaBlaCar history it's basically that, carpooling is specifically popular in France.