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I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

moghedien

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

shrimptin

dogpuppy

squirrelly-13

they got married btw

visit-me-here-in-wonderland

oh you’re not kidding

#lucky

ltwilliammowett

Captain’s Tantalus Liquor Cabinet, mid - late 19th century

A cave à liqueur, also known as a Tantalus, is an ornate box that opens to reveal decanters of liquor and aperitif glasses. They were very popular during the reign of Napoleon III.

thevaultoftheatomicspaceage

mr-deep-downer

which also kills me that Evagelion is considered a “normie” anime because it’s “mecha about the characters”

ivan-fyodorovich-k

I think it's a "normie" anime because it has millions of dedicated fans and is one of the most insanely successful anime franchises of all time

mr-deep-downer

normie in this case is like, stuff like DBZ that’s relatively tame and unproblematic

ivan-fyodorovich-k

I dunno man, if Evangelion is one of the most popular anime franchises of all time, it seems to stand to reason that it is a normal (typical, common, ordinary, generally accepted, mainstream) anime for a person to have watched and enjoyed

mr-deep-downer

r u being deadass rn cuh?

ivan-fyodorovich-k

if you're asking me if I acknowledge the fact that Evangelion is a "normie" anime then yes

chapbloke

I’m just going to say, as a person who doesn’t watch anime at all, Evangelion is pretty normie these days.

f-g-p

Lunch Break

icantspellthings

Top 3 things people love insisting they don't have despite it being impossible

Pronouns

An accent

Bias

toxetta

me checking this dumb stupid idiot app everyday like there's a daily login bonus

yokelfelonking

don't hide this in the tags

ivan-fyodorovich-k

I have been saying this for years now. Whatever your stance toward multimillionaires / billionaires, for some reason every time criticism of "the rich" comes up, people whose finances deal in the hundreds of thousands reliably dive on the grenade. Meanwhile the truly obscenely wealthy stay silent, probably unaware the conversation is even happening.

But, critically, people in the bottom tax brackets will satisfy themselves devouring those "hundred thousandaires" while the truly obscenely wealthy retreat to their compounds, helicopters, yachts, and islands.

doyouneedglasses

The issue is that they know that the taxes that apply only to the mega rich will very quickly hit them. Taxes have never been a "just hit the ultra rich and then stop" it is "Let's start with the ultra rich and expand" The issue is also the ultra rich have enough money they can avoid paying taxes by having abilities to take advantage of tax loopholes or using businesses to record losses. The bottom 50% just wish they had a modicum of freedom that earning six figures can get you so they like to crab bucket their fellow man.

ivan-fyodorovich-k