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bluefirebrandyesterday at 4:51 PM1 replyview on HN

> For every one person who genuinely couldn't afford a movie, there were at least 1000 who just wanted it free.

You have this backwards. There are way more poor people who can't afford things than there are people who can afford whatever they want


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Workaccount2yesterday at 5:35 PM

Genuinely cannot afford is different than can't afford.

Genuinely cannot afford means you don't have the $15 to buy the movie after paying for necessities.

Cannot afford tends to mean "I bought a 72" OLED last week so no way I'm spending another $1400 on a movie collection".

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