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orbital-decayyesterday at 7:39 PM1 replyview on HN

What's the reason for the seller to know who I am?

Any normal pre-total-surveillance store would've had zero issues selling me something for cash if I walked in wearing a ski mask.


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bigstrat2003yesterday at 8:32 PM

That is not remotely true, dude. Probably some stores would've been ok with it. But for the past 40 years or more, wearing a ski mask around has had the connotation of "this person is up to no good". A lot of stores would've had a problem with your hypothetical purchase for quite some time now.

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