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Re:Amazon leads $575M investment in Deliveroo by dogma1138 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @10:49AM (#19947682)
Because I can literally never leave my house for anything at this point even late night booze and there is something eerie about that.
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Re:Amazon leads $575M investment in Deliveroo by ghaff on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:20AM (#19947887)
There is a certain "The Machine Stops" [1] sense to it. I have mixed feelings. I can get very little rapid delivery where I live. Sometimes, I wish I could just order some takeout, but it's not necessarily a bad thing that I get forced to either go out myself or make a meal at home.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops

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