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realotoday at 4:40 PM4 repliesview on HN

Don't get me wrong, but on one side you have the gift culture, and on the other side the exception that one of the only things sold the the community in one of the hottest, most arid deserts in the world is ... ice ...

Got a chuckle out of me there.


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hilsdevtoday at 5:20 PM

There’s no in and out privileges to get ice elsewhere, so the organization coordinates huge ice shipments into the event. All the proceeds from the ice and coffee sales benefit the local schools and students, which is great because that area is doing pretty rough economically

oldandboringtoday at 5:28 PM

They also sell fuel.

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cyanydeeztoday at 4:48 PM

It's mostly yuppie culture as far as I can tell with it's hangerons and other cleanup artists, whatever. There's no such purity, but it's definitely not a flat organization.

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martinwilly34today at 4:40 PM

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