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Japanese KitKats Are Replacing Plastic Packaging with Origami Paper

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Re: Japanese KitKats Are Replacing Plastic Packaging with Origami Paper

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Post by paulcole » Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 10:51 PM UTC

tinus_hn wrote: post #38

paulcole wrote: post #16

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I don't think they're ripping on people. It's a fair point that this makes the front page because people on HN love stories about Japan. Try searching HN for titles with "Japan" in them vs. for example, nearly any African country.

So weird that there’s more tech news from a country that has an enormous tech industry than from countries where people have to spend their time dealing with famine, tribal wars and preventable diseases.

HN in a nutshell lol.

Re: Japanese KitKats Are Replacing Plastic Packaging with Origami Paper

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Post by Unknoob » Mon, Oct 14, 2019, 1:12 PM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #16

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #11

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It really doesn't seem necessary to rip on people for being interested in things.

I don't think they're ripping on people. It's a fair point that this makes the front page because people on HN love stories about Japan. Try searching HN for titles with "Japan" in them vs. for example, nearly any African country.

Is that even an argument? HN is obsessed with Japan just because the search returns more results?

Maybe that's because Japan is more relevant when it comes to technology compared to African countries?

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