• hackerwacker@lemmy.ml
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    There are literally lawn chairs in Hyde Park in London and if you sit in a dude rocks up and informs you that it costs like $2 per half hour to sit in it.

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      It used to be like that when I was a wee child in the Paris parks. They stopped it in the early '70s I think. I seem to remember that the fee was 50 centimes back then for 1/2 hour. I’ve no idea what the current equivalent would be.

      So I looked up a random inflation calculator and it works out to 1€ today, taking into account the 684% of inflation.

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      There’s literally food in restaurants in London and if you eat it a dude rocks up and informs you it’s like £15 to eat it.

      I’m not sure what you expect here. A charitable or government service to provide you with deck chairs for free?

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        Right? Like someone is going to put a chair or bench in a public space like a park. Ha! Call it a “park bench” or something… and let people sit on it for free?? Ludicrous! It’ll never happen! /s

        That’ll be £1.00 for reading this response. Please advise where to send the invoice.

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          I upvoted after reading the first half and then read the second and wanted to upvote again 😂

          also

          I hereby entitle agent_flounder to reading this response gratis as a payment for reading their comment

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        I’m my local park there are hammocks that the local government puts up each year.

        Benches, hammocks, flowers, swings and a free open air gym is provided as part of the tax we pay to the city

        I know that you are just a rightoid moron but I just want to make clear that having nice parks that people want to spend time in is not a new and weird concept.

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          No hammocks here but even in the small parks they put in one device to do a variety of excersises and in the larger ones there is like a circuit of various things. They are all static type things to help with calisthenics but are pretty neat.

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        Free outdoor seating is extremely common though, it’s not that far fetched it could apply to deck chairs too

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        15? That’s it! Where is this good deal?

        The only reasonable food while out and about was supermarket meal deals when I went to visit a few years back.