[HN Gopher] Burger King turns hangovers into discounts with faci...
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       Burger King turns hangovers into discounts with facial recognition
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-12-26 19:54 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | anigbrowl wrote:
       | Is there a unit in marketing courses called 'new ways to be
       | awful'?
        
         | mytailorisrich wrote:
         | Seems like they have a sense of humour and don't take
         | everything too seriously, while being realistic about their
         | fellow human beings.
        
         | dfgfek wrote:
         | What's awful about this exactly?
        
           | penjelly wrote:
           | > effort uses facial recognition technology to scan a
           | consumer's face, with the degree of hangover detected
           | corresponding with the size of the recommended combo and
           | discount offered.
           | 
           | facial recognition isnt taken lightly, users know their
           | facial data is being used for other things
        
       | cs702 wrote:
       | ...in Brazil.
       | 
       | I'm not sure this would fly in the US.
        
       | chatmasta wrote:
       | > Runs through Jan 2
       | 
       | That's nice to see. The biggest hangover of my life was on Jan 1
       | when I would have done anything to eat Chipotle, but every one of
       | them in NYC was closed...
        
       | alexey-salmin wrote:
       | I remember once walking into a burger king after a red-eye flight
       | to have a breakfast and to kill an hour before the appointment I
       | arrived for. I hesitated on whether I should order a beer at 9am
       | or not and finally decided a burger tastes better with one than
       | without. The guy at the stand cheerfully handed me two 0.5
       | plastic cups of beer citing the morning 2-for-1 happy hour. My
       | appointment went very well that morning.
        
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