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lyalltoday at 1:30 AM1 replyview on HN

> Go to restaurant

> Order food

> Food comes out as raw, unprepared ingredients

> Complain to chef

> Tells me to go cook it myself

> wtf, I'm not here to do work for free

> "Is doing something for yourself really working for free?"


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9rxtoday at 5:01 AM

A closer analogy is going to a gas station where a microwave is offered to heat up any food you purchased. If you don't want to heat up the food, cool. If you expect the food to come hot you're in the wrong place.

Except in this case it's a gas station that only exists for the benefit of its owners and there isn't any food for sale. The owners have graciously said you could still use the microwave if you'd like, though.