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In response to "what part of "no grocery stores" am I not getting across? -- nm" by loosilu

So nobody can get food? Wow, no stores? -- nm

Posted by Redmond (aka Redmond) Jun 7 '09, 14:39

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This was my problem when I was living in DC. - Rich Hill Jun 7, 14:48 11
- hey, that's not Soviet Safeway, it's SOcial Safeway. (I think) - loosilu Jun 7, 14:50 9
  - My friends in DuPont Circle called it the Soviet Safeway because whenever you needed something, it wasn't in stock. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 14:51 8
    - Hey are we seeing Transformers 2 at Cinetopia? Guy says he can go on June 24th (which is a Wednesday) - Redmond Jun 7, 14:55 3
      - I can't see it that Wednesday, but I can see it on Friday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 15:29 2
        
        It's better for me on a weekend too. Friday at Cinetopia then? - Redmond Jun 7, 15:31 1
        
        Yes, -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 15:43
    - it got much better after you left - dug Jun 7, 14:52 1
      - I know it did. - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 15:14
    - from googling, I think your way is more common. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:52
    - interesting. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:52
- Stupid eff'n auto-nick. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 14:49
Consider that they may not have cars. -- nm - mara Jun 7, 14:44 36
- my grandmother didn't have a car and she walked to get groceries almost every day to feed 8 children. It can be done -- nm - CQ Jun 7, 14:46 34
  - There are a lot of Americans that are lazy. There I said it. I see people in Africa walking 10 miles to get a fucking jug of water. - Redmond Jun 7, 14:53 18
    - much as this whole thread is a little retarded, comparing a subsitence existence in africa to anything in the developed world is beyond the pale. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 14:56 5
      - heh. heh -- nm - CQ Jun 7, 15:03
      - Not really. I bet they would trade places with any of us in a millisecond. We are spoiled! - Redmond Jun 7, 14:58 3
        
        yes, really. saying "people in africa have it harder, and they still manage!" is ridicuous. there's always *someone* who has it harder. besides, the - mafic Jun 7, 15:02 2
        
        yeah, seriously, those are the people who have a life expectancy of 45 or so. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 15:04 1
        
        It's sooo hard to take a bus and get my food. Why do you hate me God? -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 15:42
    - well, the people in Africa don't have nine to five jobs, either. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:54 11
      - Or the women in the family don't have jobs outside the home and spend their days walking that 10 miles, gathering fuel for the fire, etc while the man - TWuG Jun 7, 14:58 9
        
        actually, the kids will very often do that work (instead of going to school) -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:59 8
        
        They know what surviving is. We don't. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:59 7
        
        Your logic is starting to buckle. Yes, they understand survival. BUT they live a subsistence lifestyle, the kids - TWuG Jun 7, 15:08 6
        
        As a population we expect to always have a safety net. Not only a safety net, but a very nice net. - Redmond Jun 7, 15:11 5
        
        I lose you because you stopped listening when the facts started interferring with your preconceived notions. - TWuG Jun 7, 15:12 1
        
        Or to put it another way: You are making the assumption that the percentage of time you spend securing food over a week is the - TWuG Jun 7, 15:23
        
        dude, you can't be serious. - loosilu Jun 7, 15:11 2
        
        Yes I can -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 15:15 1
        
        that makes me sad. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 16:03
      - If we ever have a real depression we will be fucked. We are all entitled now, and have gotten lazy and fat. - Redmond Jun 7, 14:57
  - Yeah, but where did she work? At home? Or did she have a separate job? And how far was the walk? - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 14:50 1
    - canning means they had a garden, so they raised their own vegetables. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:51
  - I will bet anything the older children looked after the younger children while she was gone -- nm - Roger More Jun 7, 14:49 1
    - I will further postulate that there was an actual grocery store in the area. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:50
  - when was that? last week? maybe the situation is not the same now. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:48
  - uphill, backwards, both ways in a blizzard! - 'lia Jun 7, 14:48 7
    - My granny used to walk to school on her head *and* she had no shoes on her feet. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:50 6
      - my great-great granny was the oldest of 14, and married when she was 13. why so young? b/c - 'lia Jun 7, 15:00 5
        
        Pretty cool. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 15:05 4
        
        yeah, she was. - 'lia Jun 7, 15:11 3
        
        :) what does thalia mean? -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 15:17 2
        
        1)To flourish; bloom 2) the muse of comedy 3) some Mexican pop star or 4) a Lord Chancellor in the High Council of Time Lords - 'lia Jun 7, 15:26 1
        
        I don't know. I don't even know if you're a dude or a chick. But I'll guess, 1? -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 15:32
  - No it can't. People just starve and die in this country. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:47 1
    - soylent green is people -- nm - 'lia Jun 7, 14:49
- Which I see loosi pointed out below. -- nm - mara Jun 7, 14:44
There are places to buy groceries, but they aren't at all on par with the places you listed. - TWuG Jun 7, 14:43 1
- yep, the prices are far higher. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:44
Convenience stores and restaurants like McDonald's. You want to know why they eat so much fast food? that's why. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:41 1
- I am SO glad I live out in the country. F the city -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:42
I once saw a man peeing on the subway. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:40 2
- oops! meant for below -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:40 1
  - oh no you didn't -- nm - 'lia Jun 7, 14:41

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