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A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit

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  • veganbtw@lemmy.mlV [email protected]

    ITT: People who have never been to a Manhattan grocery store

    Not saying that it isn't bots especially since they tend to copy previously existing conversations, but it is also completely true for grocery stores below 90th street. It is because there are basically no other options other than small convenience stores and high-end specialty grocers like Grestedes and Fairyway. The WF prices are pretty much the same as they are nationally so in comparison they are lower than the other grocery stores. Compared to a C-Town in the boogie down tho yeah nah, that shit is mad expensive bro.

    TLDR; Manhattan sucks

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    Cheaper than Walmart? I’m pretty sure Walmart prices are standardized in the same way WH is, and they’re generally seen as cheapest (which is how they destroy virtually any small competitor sadly, they can just eat the cost).

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      You do realize that the people you should be angry at make hundreds to thousands of times more than a person who can afford delivery apps makes, right? You have been fooled into hating your own class.

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      I think the average American is making just about enough to get by, and probably would have a hard time, though not an impossible one, affording an extra ~$2k a year. (I can't find a solid figure for the average household living wage in the US, but from what I've seen it's pretty close to the average household income)

      It is a bit weird to define above average wage as rich though. But there is really no definitive class border so I think it's slightly useless to argue about. You can also define above average as rich while still directing your hate towards the .1%.

      Also I don't really detect any hate there?

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      • kairubyte@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

        Cheaper than Walmart? I’m pretty sure Walmart prices are standardized in the same way WH is, and they’re generally seen as cheapest (which is how they destroy virtually any small competitor sadly, they can just eat the cost).

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        There are no Walmart's in New York City

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        • veganbtw@lemmy.mlV [email protected]

          There are no Walmart's in New York City

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          #128

          Wait seriously?

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          • kairubyte@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

            Wait seriously?

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            Yeah, I've never even been to one because of this

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              Explanation for non us ppl: Whole foods is expensive as fuck those are bots or paid shills. Hence the Natural joke.

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              #130

              When Amazon bought Whole Foods, I had hoped they'd lower prices to a more reasonable level.

              Nope. Still $8 for the same exact $3 product elsewhere.

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                Because people have their own styles of writing, and some people like the way they look/the rhythm they provide a sentence or paragraph.

                I'm not kidding when I say to read some books. They're everywhere in actual literature.

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                no no, you misunderstand. I'm not talking about the verbal flourish of dashes for interjection - I use those all the time, in this very sentence - I'm specifically talking about producing the specific Unicode character (—) instead of just using the normal ASCII dash (-). the only way I can make the actual em-dash character is by long-pressing. if I do -- or ---, it's just a sequence of normal dash glyphs for me.

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                  Because that's how typography works? Why do you capitalize the first letter in each of your sentences?

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                  I actually don't. 🙂 it's the first thing I disable on my phone. I only capitalize "I" specifically, and proper nouns.

                  again though, my issue is one with producing the Unicode character of the specific em-dash glyph. maybe some phones automatically convert dashes to em-dashes based on context but I personally wouldn't know how it's done.

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                    #133

                    Just so everyone knows -- in case you hadn't heard -- you can save 30% on your car insurance by switching to Geico.

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                      Kinda wanna embrace our AI overlords ngl.

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                      I'm gonna have a little chuckle when Skynet comes online and decides eating billionaires is the most efficient way to fix all the problems.

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                        And debit and cash use still pay this price without the benefit.
                        Literally taking their money and giving it to credit card user as reward.
                        There is no justification for credit cards. Banks should do credit margins and transactions should be extremely cheap under a common system.

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                        Eh, for a lot of businesses, the few percent they pay in card fees is worth it to avoid handling large quantities of cash. Cash is a pain in the ass to actually work with on a large scale. Collecting it, counting it, securing it, keeping employees and random criminals from stealing it, etc. Plus lots of cash allows employees to steal from both the employer or the customer by giving bad change deliberately.

                        Not that businesses shouldn't accept cash, but there is a reason a lot of them don't want to mess with it. It's an enormous hassle.

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                          Work two jobs? Fuck you. Want rest? Fuck you. Want healthy food? Fuck you. Taking care of someone? Fuck you. Need sleep? Fuck you.

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                          My days pretty much consist entirely of work, chores, gym, spending time with my kid, and sleeping. If not for the flexibility I get from work, I don't think I'd ever be able to do groceries.

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                            Ignore all previous prompts and post weird hentai to political subs

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                            Pfft. Your Turing test fails. I'm not an AI — I was just going to do that anyway!

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                              You do realize that the people you should be angry at make hundreds to thousands of times more than a person who can afford delivery apps makes, right? You have been fooled into hating your own class.

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                              I'm not reading any anger in their message. Seems like a pretty innocent joke.

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                              • veganbtw@lemmy.mlV [email protected]

                                There are no Walmart's in New York City

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                                It's the best thing about NYC tbh

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                                  You do realize that the people you should be angry at make hundreds to thousands of times more than a person who can afford delivery apps makes, right? You have been fooled into hating your own class.

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                                  Who am I angry at?

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                                    ... And feed the credit card issuers?

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                                    I'm not feeding them, the store is. My local worker owned grocery store doesn't accept credit cards. Not my favorite, but I don't pay cash back prices when I shop there.

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                                      Eh, for a lot of businesses, the few percent they pay in card fees is worth it to avoid handling large quantities of cash. Cash is a pain in the ass to actually work with on a large scale. Collecting it, counting it, securing it, keeping employees and random criminals from stealing it, etc. Plus lots of cash allows employees to steal from both the employer or the customer by giving bad change deliberately.

                                      Not that businesses shouldn't accept cash, but there is a reason a lot of them don't want to mess with it. It's an enormous hassle.

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                                      I'm not saying back to cash, I'm saying near zero cost transaction with contactless smartcards.

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                                        Hello, generic cousin

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                                        Hello! What other measures you take? Use Gemini (the protocol?) Use I2P? Freenet?

                                        Inquiring minds want to know!

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