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1. mimorigasaka · 1789794644 · focus · HN ↗

   The people behind this are a real (if silly) student organization at UChicago and Northwestern campaigning for the legalization of onion futures trading. Sometimes they will aggressively hand out free onions to passerby on campus. It's quite entertaining.

   They have a website also: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;onionfutures.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;onionfutures.org

   1. a11ce · 1789795104 · focus · HN ↗

      Hi! I&#x27;m the proprietor of onionfutures.com. I&#x27;m actually not a member of UChicago for Our Futures and came up with the idea independently, but we&#x27;ve since connected and they handle our Chicago deliveries.

      1. what · 1789796117 · focus · HN ↗

         Are you really charging $9&#x2F;onion? I get upset when Safeway charges $2&#x2F;lb when I can get onions for a quarter that price.

         1. dgellow · 1789815371 · focus · HN ↗

            “We are selling to willing buyers at the current fair market price”

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wYlptbR0Dkw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wYlptbR0Dkw

            1. doughecka · 1789819131 · focus · HN ↗

               I read that in his voice.

               1. sklargh · 1789839380 · focus · HN ↗

                  I give the scene to really junior people as the most realistic depiction of how to survive hammered in a late night high stakes meeting.
            2. divbzero · 1789832527 · focus · HN ↗

               “You would never sell anything to any of those people ever again.”

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