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tsunamifury01/17/20261 replyview on HN

Hosted cocktail parties are generally not “paper plates and red cups”.

It’s interesting that you’re proving my point. General manners and expectations have been lost


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pdntspa01/21/2026

It's a level of excess whose loss is probably a net positive for society. I would argue that there are very, very few cases where such a level is justified.