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Submission + - Surge Pricing on Groceries (npr.org)

loveandpeace writes: In what is clearly a dystopian capitalistâ(TM)s dream, Wal-Mart is installing electronic shelf labels to be able to change the prices on products in response to demand, possibly while they are in your cart. From the article: âoeIf itâ(TM)s hot outside, we can raise the price of water and ice cream.â

Releasing this during a national heat wave in the US is just saying the quiet part out loud. Theyâ(TM)ll call it surge pricing, but itâ(TM)s actually price gouging. Itâ(TM)s not hard to imagine another Ticketmaster fiasco scenario, but this time for water.

Submission + - Surge Pricing on Groceries (npr.org)

loveandpeace writes: Straight out of 1984, Firebreak, and every other dystopian capitalism novel ever, Wal-mart is adopting electronic shelf labels to allow store-wide price changes in response to demand.

From the article:
âoeIf itâ(TM)s hot outside, we can raise the price of water and ice cream. If there's something thatâ(TM)s close to the expiration date, we can lower the price â" thatâ(TM)s the good news,â said Phil Lempert, a grocery industry analyst

Comment Re: Last sentence in the policy. (Score 1) 859

Your bias is showing, dude. Iâ(TM)m an old white guy, Ivy League education. As such, I know racist bull, and Iâ(TM)m calling yâ(TM)all on it. Sorry if it hurts. Who is the older racist guy in your life that you want to be OK? I have studied you guys from the inside: protecting your patriarchal heroes is what motivates you, along with creating an âoeotherâ to justify your selfish fears.

Comment Good! (Score -1, Flamebait) 859

The only people who would have a problem with this are people unwilling to work against their own bias. As an old white guy, I think this sort of thing should be mandatory standard behavior from folks like myself who have benefited greatly from social bias... but Iâ(TM)m trying not to be a selfish ass. Loads of folks have clearly decided they would prefer a patriarchal, racist system that benefits them, and want to believe that greed is good... they fail to see that this leads to conflict and war. Yâ(TM)all racist and sexist duckers need to back the fuck down. It ainâ(TM)t about âoePCâ, itâ(TM)s about yâ(TM)all being dicks. For most of you, itâ(TM)s down to the fact that you donâ(TM)t want to admit what kind of fuckery yâ(TM)all been supporting your entire lives.

Comment Re: Good. Telling the truth about differences... (Score 1) 605

Your âoetruthâ is just bias, especially when applied to a large group of individuals. That you donâ(TM)t work against your own bias is why you are so often mistaken in your assumptions: itâ(TM)s a logical trap youâ(TM)ve enabled to keep thinking your biased, bigoted parents and leaders are not bad people. The folks working to show you the downside of your positive bias towards people like yourself are not wrong. People who would favor a guy like Damore or a guy like Trump are subjectively bad people, sorry... yâ(TM)all are biased liars, trying desperately to not realize how many lies yâ(TM)all were told by patriarchs over the years.

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