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Comment by shimman | Hacker News Reader

You realize not everyone works a normal 9 to 5 right, you honestly think every person shopping are unemployed? Are tech workers this deeply out of touch with normal people?

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I think a lot of people forget this. Similar to how the retired/disabled people in my life forget how busy life with a job can be.

At the gas stations I worked at, the shifts were 7AM-3PM, 3PM-11PM, and 11PM-7AM.

I used to do a lot of things at abnormal times. What does a quick beer after work look like when you're done at 7AM?

I also don't know many unemployed people cruising around malls looking for ways to spend money.

I didn’t forget this. I worked for pennies in retail longer than I ever did anything else. I see a clear change over the past few decades.

Heh. I had a manual labor job once where I got off work at 4:00. A quick beer after work becomes "I hope I still have beer in the fridge", since in California you can't buy one until 6:00.

I don't think they implied that. They just noticed what they say is a large increase in 9 to 5 shopping compared to pre-2008 and are speculating that this increase is because more people now are out of the labor force.

This is literally what they implied tho, let's not beat around the bush here. They are disgustingly antihuman.

Why are we shocked that tech workers also share deeply antihuman views like those of their masters?

It's not even limited to tech workers. Propaganda runs deep.

(Health)care work is mostly shift work, and as society ages more and more people are going to be working in that sector.

Also if you live in a tourist destination like a major city there's going to be lots of people with time off walking around everywhere.

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