https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=paulinho1Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 08 May 2026 13:32:39 +0000I'm from East Asia, where every supermarket brand is basically the same aside from a few different products. When I moved to North America, this whole concept of tiered supermarkets felt really weird and exotic to me. Like, this is the most basic stuff you need, and you still need to tier it down? I'm kinda used to it now, but it still feels very American to me.

]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:59:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050997paulinho1https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050997https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050997I think it's just human nature. We assume anything good has to have a catch. Diet Coke feels like that to me

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