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Comment by jbmorgado | Hacker News Reader

So, now we are helping destroy the environment for sarcasm? Seriously, what's wrong with these people?

It's what the market wants, apparently. The digging will continue while the market exists. I thinks it's brilliant performance art and provides some introspection to a part of capitalism.

CAH's black Friday stunts have consistently shown that people will spend money on stupid shit they don't need. Maybe there's a deeper lesson in there on the nature of people?

Looks more like a critique to government spending money on unproductive shit as a measure to "improve the economy". The difference is that you are forced to finance that through taxation, whereas the hole digging is voluntary.

I don't know how people are making connections to government of all things. Because there are excavators there?

Anyway, judging by the history of CAH Black Friday stunts, I'd say it's definitely a critique of consumerism - of people spending money to buy stupid shit. The difference between CAH and all other Black Friday sales is that CAH tells you up-front you're buying stupid shit (at one occasion, they literally sold bull shit).

I don't personally think it's a commentary on government, but it's a reasonable conclusion. It was John Maynard Keynes who famously said (talking about government stimulus) that the government should "pay people to dig holes and fill them in again". As a result, a hole is the classic example of a useless government make work project.

This isn't paid for by the government in any way, so no, that's not a reasonable conclusion.

You misinterpreted me. I was saying that digging a hole is the classic _useless_ project.

We destroy the environment for unnecessary trinkets daily, at least this is stimulating discussion...

By digging a hole? Have a sense of perspective.

You know what? The hole just got 10 feet deeper.

whoosh

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