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Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks' head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I vote for we start destroying the private jets without reservation and if we encounter a legitimate use case we'll deal with it at that time.

[–] Mouselemming 10 points 3 weeks ago

Many could be refitted for worthy uses like fighting wildfires and transporting patients

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But that won't solve anything. That's like treating diabetes by drinking diet soda.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That worked for me, that and sugar free Gatorade. Took me down from 8.3 to 4.5 without insuline. That being said, I'm an anomaly in that I don't eat much processed food or bread. Just a really bad pop addiction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, maybe it was a bad example, because in some very specific scenario, it can work. My point was that treating a symptom won't cure the underlying disease. Just like as long as there are rich people, trying to take away their planes won't work.