McDonald’s to Exit from Russia • Hacker News Board

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by rasz » Wed, May 18, 2022, 6:32 PM UTC

lotusmars wrote: post #386

rasz wrote: post #373

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Can you buy a new car with all this money?

Yes. It's more expensive than before, but there's a thriving market on Telegram with prices fixed in EUR/USD. Also Chinese cars sales are growing and soon market will be flooded.

So second hand at black market rates. Sounds like sanctions are working after all.

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by ineedasername » Thu, May 19, 2022, 1:07 AM UTC

thriftwy wrote: post #388

ineedasername wrote: post #384

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I think that supports what I'm saying? Countries do no have to pick a side, they can have have (or should be allowed to have) prosperous relationships with Russia, US, Europe, China, etc. Ukraine got on the bad side of Russia because it was trying to do just that. It gained leadership that was willing to develop stronger ties with the West and Russia perceived it as a threat, annexing Crimea as stage-1 in their plan…

Ukraine tried to pick a side by dumping Russia. If they stayed reasonably multi-vectored and out of the discussions to join the EU/NATO, they'd be swimming in Russian money to that day. "Continue being the region's key supplier of natural gas/oil/etc" is not enough for Russia.

It doesn't seem like they were trying to dump Russia. No, they were simply trying to also improve relationships with the West. Either way, it's their right to choose their economic partners. A military invasion by Russia is not an acceptable response.

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by ineedasername » Thu, May 19, 2022, 1:11 AM UTC

lnxg33k1 wrote: post #123

jcranmer wrote: post #91

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Why is it more important to listen to Russia than to listen to Ukraine, Sweden, and Finland? Or also Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia?

Because Russia has 10k nuclear warheads that yankees are apparently ignoring, and the expansion of NATO is happening on european soil at european stability expenses, which apparently EU leaders are ignoring, you guys seem to think that I come here to say these things because I am a fan of Mister Putin, I am not, but I am aware that actions have consequences and if Hilary Clinton and Obama tell a guy that he is Hitler…

I don't know what you're talking about. Obama famously tried to reset the US relationship with Russia back to something more cordial and Vladimir Putin used that as an opportunity to spit at their feet, as if it were a sign of weakness. Because the only thing Putin seems to respect as a potential limit on his power are overt physical threats.

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by ellopoppit » Thu, May 19, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC

lillecarl wrote: post #366

ellopoppit wrote: post #359

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>Calling a food unhealty is quite silly to me, anything is unhealty if you consume it in unhealty amounts. >The above statements obviously exclude things like cyanide and other things designed to kill humans, I'd call them lethal. How about sugar...? https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM

You need sugar to live as far as I know, you hardly need cyanide to live. You're comparing apples to oranges. PS: I'm not watching and hour 30m long video for you to get your point through, excessive sugar is bad yes (if that's your point).

>You need sugar to live as far as I know

Incorrect. Your body can and will convert fat into carbohydrates

>PS: I'm not watching and hour 30m long video for you to get your point through

Perhaps if you did, you wouldn't say silly things like:

>Calling a food unhealty is quite silly to me

Learning about the science of food and how different types affects people's bodies takes time