you're missing out, food shopping online is awesome.
I just add to my order if/when I run out of things and then on Friday they bring it to my door.
Malls are really depressing
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you're missing out, food shopping online is awesome.
I just add to my order if/when I run out of things and then on Friday they bring it to my door.
nVidiot_Whore
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It must suck to completely lack self confidence.
Seek help?
Seek help?
CharminUltra
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The Apple Store is the only reason I still go malls.
(that and the girls during the summer
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(that and the girls during the summer
)cloudwalking
300chf ain't shit to me
yeah, the mall of america rules. when i was visiting my parents in minneapolis in the summer i went there and just went crazy, the exchange rate was so good against the dollar. it's awesome for one-stop shopping cause it literally has almost everything in it.
and personally, i find it a confidence boost to go to the mall. sure, the models in the ads may be gorgeous, but a large majority of the real life people strolling around are obese, hah.
Mr. B Natural
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The internet is really depressing, especially compared to a mall of all things.
if you can do all your food shopping online, you must not be eating very well.
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The Everyman
oh you got me
In IL the indoor malls have alot of store closures and seem to be less and less busy.
nVidiot_Whore
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HappyBivouac
Member
Being in a mall makes me despise every other human being I see. I can't explain it. The environment just makes humans seem like such loathsome, detestable creatures.
I'm not even trying to be cool and subversive and "look at me being cynical and above consumer culture." It's just that malls make everyone seem awful.
I'm not even trying to be cool and subversive and "look at me being cynical and above consumer culture." It's just that malls make everyone seem awful.
Count Dookkake
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When I was a kid/teen, the mall was great.
Now it sickens me.
I am working on a project about my hatred of the mall. I will share with GAF when the time is right.
Now it sickens me.
I am working on a project about my hatred of the mall. I will share with GAF when the time is right.
Schweinehund
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Sometimes I'm just disgusted with ad's and consumerism, it kinda makes me feel sick especially in supermarkets.
Everything needs to have a pretty picture.
edit: Its not that it always makes me kind of offbalance, just once in awhile while waiting in line you think about it.
Everything needs to have a pretty picture.
edit: Its not that it always makes me kind of offbalance, just once in awhile while waiting in line you think about it
.lunarworks
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In the '90s we used to take road trips to the US a lot, and I loved stopping at malls. They were busy and full of things.
I took a road trip to the US last year, and the few malls we went to were quiet and half empty. It was kinda sad.
The shopping culture has changed. Who needs a bunch of stores when you can buy everything in one gigantic store?
bengraven
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I went to my hometown mall last time I was there.
What a depressing fucking hovel.
It was a huge shopping complex for a small city of 10,000. Two large buildings on either side for major department stores and three long "alleys". Used to be full up when I was a kid, with a book store, some shoe stores, lots of women's clothing stores, a few stores that catered to men, hobby stores, two drug stores, and a music store, a movie theater, with a K-mart one one side and a huge supermarket on the other side.
Used to be soooo packed during school shopping season and Christmas shopping season. The mall hosted contests every month and you'd have, like, giant ornaments made by school kids hanging from the ceiling. Once a week the center of the alleys would be for convention tables: comic book shows, local wildlife artists, sewing, hobby shows, etc. Fresh plants in all the planters.
Now both huge areas are empty (Kmart was never replaced when it left in 2000 and the supermarket moved to be closer to Walmart), the Chinese restaurant I used to almost literally live in is closed and you can hear your feet echoing as you walk because there's no one there to shop. All the planters were empty.
There are three women's stores, a jeweler, and the movie theater left.
God, I'm so depressed now. It was such a huge, lively part of my childhood where the community really got together and could meet up. My mom would shop and I would see a friend or two there and we'd all go somewhere together and meet up at a certain place...but now it's impossible to get lost and you would never find someone you know there. Just the last dregs of desperate fucks who probably live next door and don't want to drive somewhere else.
What a depressing fucking hovel.
It was a huge shopping complex for a small city of 10,000. Two large buildings on either side for major department stores and three long "alleys". Used to be full up when I was a kid, with a book store, some shoe stores, lots of women's clothing stores, a few stores that catered to men, hobby stores, two drug stores, and a music store, a movie theater, with a K-mart one one side and a huge supermarket on the other side.
Used to be soooo packed during school shopping season and Christmas shopping season. The mall hosted contests every month and you'd have, like, giant ornaments made by school kids hanging from the ceiling. Once a week the center of the alleys would be for convention tables: comic book shows, local wildlife artists, sewing, hobby shows, etc. Fresh plants in all the planters.
Now both huge areas are empty (Kmart was never replaced when it left in 2000 and the supermarket moved to be closer to Walmart), the Chinese restaurant I used to almost literally live in is closed and you can hear your feet echoing as you walk because there's no one there to shop. All the planters were empty.
There are three women's stores, a jeweler, and the movie theater left.
God, I'm so depressed now. It was such a huge, lively part of my childhood where the community really got together and could meet up. My mom would shop and I would see a friend or two there and we'd all go somewhere together and meet up at a certain place...but now it's impossible to get lost and you would never find someone you know there. Just the last dregs of desperate fucks who probably live next door and don't want to drive somewhere else.
blackwatchplad
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I typically don't mind going to the mall.. but then again I only go maybe once or twice a year.
Used to be the coolest thing ever as a kid... going to the mall with my dad on his few days off, since there was an arcade in the corner of the food court.
Now.. half the stores are closed, or are reduced to a mere shell of what they were, food court sucks, arcade is now an extra large restroom area... all filled with overweight people that waddle up and down the walkways, homeless people, annoying, repugnant, pretentious teenagers. The place is filthy and half the stores and places are closed.
...now I made myself depressed .. :'c
Used to be the coolest thing ever as a kid... going to the mall with my dad on his few days off, since there was an arcade in the corner of the food court.
Now.. half the stores are closed, or are reduced to a mere shell of what they were, food court sucks, arcade is now an extra large restroom area... all filled with overweight people that waddle up and down the walkways, homeless people, annoying, repugnant, pretentious teenagers. The place is filthy and half the stores and places are closed.
...now I made myself depressed .. :'c
ThisWreckage
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The most hilarious things about the ads is those ads highlight the pinnacle of human beauty yet a lot of the mall's patrons are overweight and stupid.
Count Dookkake
Member
To be fair though, we can say that about sports fans, too.
nVidiot_Whore
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Malls around here (North Seattle, so Northgate and Alderwood) seem to be doing pretty well. They both have been expanding endlessly really..
And I never am depressed by them. Annoyed sometimes? Sure.. because if I'm at a mall it's to buy something. Kiosk hagglers, stores that reek like perfume.. annoying people who walk together slowly blocking the entire mall aisle, etc.
Other than that.. lots of good looking people to look at, and a convenient place to find things that I don't like buying online very much (clothes and shoes for the most part).
And I never am depressed by them. Annoyed sometimes? Sure.. because if I'm at a mall it's to buy something. Kiosk hagglers, stores that reek like perfume.. annoying people who walk together slowly blocking the entire mall aisle, etc.
Other than that.. lots of good looking people to look at, and a convenient place to find things that I don't like buying online very much (clothes and shoes for the most part).
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The Everyman
oh :x
well no i didnt actually walk through the mall and feel really depressed. i just noticed that the point of the advertising was meant to make you feel inadequate and that's amongst other objectively depressing things like rampant consumerism etc.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Aeris should really watch out for that monster behind her.
teruterubozu
Member
Influenced by ads much?
lunarworks
Member
Depends on the mall. The big, bustling malls around here (the few remaining, like Eatons, STC, and Yorkdale) tend to draw-in somewhat attractive people, while the land-whales flock to Wal-Mart.
Why and how are they stupid? And why does it matter if they are overweight?
You sound like a shallow mindless person, must have a bunch of friends.
ThisWreckage
Banned
I don't particularly like sports either.
bengraven
Member
Now when I go into a store, being married and a father, I don't have anywhere to go. Even in the big mall over in Gainesville. They closed most of the entertainment stores and there's only like three left: an over priced FYE, an overpriced music store, and Gamestop (lol).
So when I go, I just follow my wife, reading Twitter on my cell phone until I bump into her because she's stopped to look a skirt or something. I grunt when she asks me "oh this would look cute on the kid" or "do you like this shirt, woudl it look good on me?".
Edit: oh and arcades. Fucking a, I miss arcades.
So when I go, I just follow my wife, reading Twitter on my cell phone until I bump into her because she's stopped to look a skirt or something. I grunt when she asks me "oh this would look cute on the kid" or "do you like this shirt, woudl it look good on me?".
Edit: oh and arcades. Fucking a, I miss arcades.
Count Dookkake
Member
That's acceptable.
navii
My fantasy is that my girlfriend was actually a young high school girl.
Yah, i was thinking similar last week as I had to go to a big mall to use a gift voucher. I felt the depressed thinking about all the time and money I spent at malls looking for happiness.
Funny thing is my small local mall used to make me depressed, but now I like how small and practical it is. I just go there to get food when I need it.
Funny thing is my small local mall used to make me depressed, but now I like how small and practical it is. I just go there to get food when I need it.
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The Everyman
one cool thing about eatons is that it doooes have a lot of hot women and it's probably the most racially diverse location on the planet.
ThisWreckage
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There's no way in hell I'm applying to all of those posts about my comment. It is what it is.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
I guess I just don't see it that way. I don't see an ad of some toned dude and feel depressed, I just laugh at the silliness of how it has little to nothing to do with the clothing in the store.
It just seems like the viewpoint of someone who lacks self confidence.
Didn't mean offense by it.. I honestly just read the entire OP and couldn't relate to it whatsoever. I was more depressed thinking about the fact people actually are made depressed by pictures of attractive people.
I object to rampant consumerism myself.. but for some reason, malls don't really make me feel that way.
I'm far more annoyed knowing half of America has a smart phone and a 2 year contract to pay ~$100 / month for it yet will complain about lack of jobs, taxes, the economy, etc.
Might be slightly exaggerated to say "the pinnacle" but I think it's generally considered true that stores don't usually pick ugly people to be in their ads.
It is what it is? fat people and stupid people?
Still never explained how they are stupid, or what relevance it makes that overweight people go to the mall. Overweight people go EVERYWHERE.
I love going to the mall sometimes.
Sometimes I almost hate it.
It's always the same thing, I go left, I go into Hot Topic, I look around at the stupid crap there , I say hi to sometimes the cute girl that works there. Then I leave without buying a thing. I go to the Barnes & Noble and look around a bit, go back out, go upstairs for a wetzel pretzel with jalapenos and pepperoni. Go back downstairs, go in the opposite direction, go to FYE. I like FYE, good sales, I'd rather buy my games there than Gamestop.
Only girl that actually approached me at the mall was a military girl whom asked me if I wanted to enlist, said I "Looked like I wanted to shoot big guns" I told her I don't. I'm The King of Games.
Sometimes I almost hate it.
It's always the same thing, I go left, I go into Hot Topic, I look around at the stupid crap there , I say hi to sometimes the cute girl that works there. Then I leave without buying a thing. I go to the Barnes & Noble and look around a bit, go back out, go upstairs for a wetzel pretzel with jalapenos and pepperoni. Go back downstairs, go in the opposite direction, go to FYE. I like FYE, good sales, I'd rather buy my games there than Gamestop.
Only girl that actually approached me at the mall was a military girl whom asked me if I wanted to enlist, said I "Looked like I wanted to shoot big guns" I told her I don't. I'm The King of Games.
lunarworks
Member
I feel extremely fortunate that I live in a city (Toronto) with excellent shopping districts in a vibrant downtown. I'd hate to live in a city where the mall, or Wal-Mart, was the only option.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
Around here it depends on the mall.
Northgate mall in Seattle is full of homely looking people.. probably because the fashionable people shop downtown (the mall is 20 minutes from DT).
Go another 10 minutes North to Alderwood Mall.. and it's full of people dressed up trying to look good.
Probably because their isn't much else to do 30 minutes from Seattle, and the fat/ugly people have Walmarts to shop at.
It's shallow ignorance like this that makes me hate people.
I pray that you aren't an adult because any adult that is that shallow must really hate life, glad i live in a humble town.
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The Everyman
ya im not sure what the word is for what i did. it wasn't satirical but it was more of stating an opinion through story telling. whats the word im looking for?
but if you laugh at the ads, power to ya. they do work on a lot of people though, hence their prevalence
bengraven
Member
In fairness, 75% of our shopping is done online, with the rest being at the local grocery or thrift store.
We go to the mall maybe once or twice a year and usually only right after Christmas or if my son really really needs some sort of clothing. If there was a reason to go to the mall more often I would be the first person to suggest we go. I'm a whore for consumerism.
Yeah, broad generalizations are fun for all. ha
Atramental
Banned
I never go to the mall.
Liquidsnake
Banned
They are, indeed, Penguins of Death.
I used to enjoy the mall in my town when I was younger. Back when it opened in the '80's it was the pinnacle of shopping in my area. The last time I went in it was just sad; shuttered store fronts, barely anyone else shopping. The crime at that place has driven most people away. No one dares go after sundown and there's even a police station in the mall now.
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