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  3. Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

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  • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

    Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

    These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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    @lordof1 my hometown was already like this when I was a teenager…

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    • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

      Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

      These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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      @lordof1 It'll be a dystopic future but everyone will have fabulous hair.

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      • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

        Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

        These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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        @lordof1
        There was a certain road of shops near where I went to school, which, when amazon opened business almost died out.

        Shops closed and were replaced by low cost bakeries or cell phone shops.

        Today, nearly thirty years later, it seems variety comes back.

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        • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

          Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

          These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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          @lordof1 B ark

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          • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

            Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

            These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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            @lordof1

            Event Hairizon

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            • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

              Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

              These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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              @lordof1 A shoe shop requires some manufacturing capacity unless the shoes are imported. In really bad times you will only see services shops, such as the hair parlours, nail parlours and tatoo shops.

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              • thebreadmonkey@beige.partyT thebreadmonkey@beige.party

                @lordof1

                Event Hairizon

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                @lordof1

                Also - https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/116096418189428011

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                • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                  Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                  These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                  @lordof1

                  Now show me people's hairdo's around there!

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                  • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                    Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                    These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                    @lordof1 He was right, if the wrong type of shop. There are a certain set of shops that so often fit together.

                    And we have the same around us.

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                    • joshbuddy@sfba.socialJ joshbuddy@sfba.social

                      @lordof1 Hair is a growth industry!

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                      @joshbuddy @lordof1 Trust me when I say, from my vantage point (looking in a bathroom mirror, it‘s not.

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                      • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                        Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                        These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                        @lordof1 I live in a pedestrian street in a downtown area. There used to be a wide variety of shops. Now it's shoes, clothing, cafés, hairstylists, and optometrists. Everything else has been killed by Amazon.

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                        • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                          Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                          These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                          @lordof1 I used to work in Twickenham and our high street was exactly the same - hairdressers everywhere.

                          I think things are changing now, tho; it's vape shops instead of hairdressers in most places now.

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                          Britain's 'vape capital' has more than 50 shops lining two streets

                          Cheetham Hill in Manchester is home to 54 vape shops, much to the dismay of locals who are worried the businesses aren't legitimate.

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                          • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                            Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                            These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                            @lordof1 i've heard it suggested here that, like nail parlors and american sweet shops, the hair places are often fronts for money laundering.

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                            • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                              Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                              These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                              @lordof1 Tattoo shops, nail salons and hair salons. The absolute trifecta of a hollowed out culture and economy.

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                              • sanpan@mas.toS sanpan@mas.to

                                @joshbuddy @lordof1 Trust me when I say, from my vantage point (looking in a bathroom mirror, it‘s not.

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                                @sanpan @joshbuddy @lordof1 it's an hairrible place !

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                                • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                                  Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                                  These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                                  @lordof1 We have a thriving high street near us in a sought after area, and it's almost all coffee shops, bars and beauty salons of some sort*. All the things you can't buy online.

                                  *There is a post office, a couple of mini supermarkets, a gift shop and a couple of charity shops. But it's majorly hospitality and beauty.

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                                  • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                                    Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                                    These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                                    @lordof1 my town is the same. The barber shops are like weeds, popping up everywhere. Whenever a shop closes it's guaranteed that the next thing it will be is a barber shop or a hair salon.

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                                    • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                                      Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                                      These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                                      @lordof1 A great variety of enterprises covered up by hair salons. Is it warm inside? The neighbours are growing cannabis.

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                                      • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                                        Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                                        These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                                        @lordof1
                                        Now we have dropped to the level where we can't even build shoe shops.

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                                        • lordof1@masto.aiL lordof1@masto.ai

                                          Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.

                                          These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.

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                                          @lordof1

                                          The UK is full of Barber shops cafe's and nail bars, mostly because Maggie Thatcher destroyed our big industries in a fit of spite aimed at the Trade Unions, and the stupid UK voters loved her for it.

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