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Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now by curiousgal on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:44PM (#28183001)
Having grown up in a Third World country makes almost every issue people around me complain about nontrivial. But that doesn't mean that they are. Just because others had/have it harder doesn't make those issues any less valid.
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Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now by vishnugupta on Saturday August 14, 2021 @04:00PM (#28183534)
> ...doesn't make those issues any less valid.

Certainly, the issues are indeed valid for them and nothing to be scoffed at.

What is fascinating about India of my growing up years was that most of the scarcity was artificial, mostly due to government regulations and policies. So money didn't speed up things in a big way. But all that has changed unrecognisably now. Now, if one has money there's almost nothing that can't be gotten.

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