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by prawn 3646 days ago
Have you been to a Walmart recently?

I don't think the Wall-E scenario is entirely off base.

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Lol Walmart people are fat!

More accurately: there is a higher concentration of overweight people at a store that caters to lower income brackets.

When machines do everything, people won't have to settle for cheap unhealthy foods.

Many will still be too lazy to move enough. And they'll still be drawn to sugary food.
Walmart represents many people too poor to shop elsewhere.

Wall-E represents a utopia of plenty for everyone.

Those are not comparable.

There was a Walmart-like store featured in the movie.