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Rebecca May Johnson
Personal blog · dinnerdocument.comwritingculture
Rebecca May Johnson writes Dinner Document, a personal blog at dinnerdocument.com about writing and culture. Since 2019, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “I Dream of Canteens”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment does not discuss the writing. It argues about food waste, contrasting individual waste with supermarket-scale waste, and ties both to capitalist household and food systems.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
This is a diary of recipes and writing by Rebecca May Johnson 2011-2021. For recipes from 2022 onwards, visit dinnerdocument.substack.com
Most-linked posts?
- I Dream of Canteens3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-04-30
What Hacker News says?
Very good question. Where does waste come from? There's individual waste ("i bought too much cheese") and there's mutualized waste ("the supermarket is throwing away 20-40% of what comes in"). The former is incentivized by individual lifestyles. In a capitalist system, everyone needs their own fridge and food. You need to be pretty rich to employ other people to cook for you (go to the restaurant), or cook for yours…
Comment linking /2019/04/30/i-dream-of-canteens/
on “Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 for low-income NewYorkers”Submitted I Dream of Canteens as a story · 90 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Dream of Canteens (2019) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion