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Anybody see this yet? I'm not a big Wal-Mart hater like some, but you gotta admit there are some very interesting people on this site.


http://peopleofwalmart.com/

I'm not a snob, I think everyone should wear what they like, I have, on occasion, back in the day, criticized my dear mother for dressing up and doing her hair before going to the supermarket...but DAMN! Some of this is just wrong.

Sasquatch shops at Wal-Mart!

Unlike FailBlog I find this sad, rather than funny. What's worse, the sartorial faults of your below-average red state Walmart customer, or the snide false sense of superiority of the people who are taking the photos?

Some apparently can't grow up out of childish middle school name calling.

It reminds me of the people who say they are for the working class while having nothing but contempt for individual working class people and their habits, dress, etc.

Eh'... Doesn't matter much now anyway... It's down.

Someone @ AntiChrist Corporate probably got wind of it, and made a phone call...

Excursions to WalMart always make us giggle, sorry. The few shots that were displayed on the site, in it's short run, were classic WalMart customers... And I don't think there really was much 'superiority' stuff going on, just funny pics of ppl that obviously don't care/think about how they look to others... This is amusing to alot of people. I don't care what your income level is, where you were raised, what kind of life you live... There are things people do when they go out in public: Wear clothes that fit, or for that matter, CLOTHES... And it's not a class-thing to run a brush through your hair once in awhile...
Notice the lack of children on the site? Those are some of the best reasons to ppl watch @ WalMart... The kids and the parents...

I am ashamed to admit I went to the pet store this morning with my t-shirt on backward and inside out. Its not like I wet myself or anything, but we all have bad moments...

MoraleHazard wrote:Unlike FailBlog I find this sad, rather than funny. What's worse, the sartorial faults of your below-average red state Walmart customer, or the snide false sense of superiority of the people who are taking the photos?

Some apparently can't grow up out of childish middle school name calling.

It reminds me of the people who say they are for the working class while having nothing but contempt for individual working class people and their habits, dress, etc.

There is a big part of me that wants to agree with you on this one (your last paragraph does resonate), but I really don't.

The fact of the matter is, Wal Mart attracts all kinds of people . . . including weirdos. Millions of normal working class people visit Wal Mart every day, but the weird sure stand out. I've only stepped foot in a Wal Mart about 2 or 3 times, and every time I've seen some fucked up shit.

MoraleHazard wrote:the snide false sense of superiority of the people who are taking the photos?

Who are you to judge if the person behind the lense was snide or feeling superior, maybe they were just scouting the wildlife... for capture and tagging before releasing into the wild.

/RM

I don't think that it has anything to do with a feeling of superiority towards the working man, I think it has to do with laughing at stupid fucking people. For all I know, they could be millionaires, who are you to say that working class people dress like drunk hobos? Anyone retarded enough to think that dressing like they do is appropriate for anything less than a costume party with "dress like a fucktard" as a theme deserves to be mocked on the internet, if not whacked on the head with a bat. I'm a working class guy, as most others on this website are, and I've never seen anyone dress remotely like that. It has to do with BRAIN CELL COUNT not BANK ACCOUNT.

There are weirdos in the world. No one really profits by laughing at them. If it's mental issues or psychological trauma or just being run down by life, there's at least a chance they are not at fault for being screwed up. We're all screwed up at least a little in one way or another. Some are just better at dealing with it (or hiding it). The wiring in someone's head can get messed up just like people's livers, pancreases, kidneys, etc. I wouldn't laugh at someone with cancer, so I don't like to laugh at crazy people.

Even if the people on that website are perfectly sane and still being werid out of their own desires, holding them up to mockery on the internet doesn't really benefit me at all and makes me feel small and petty.

I don't think you dress like

because you're poor and stupid.
You probably wear a penis shorty because you're bored and don't mind being made fun of, including on the internet. and because you don't care too much about social values.
because you're not in a mood for social camouflage for a moment.
from my experience, social camouflage is more a habit of the poor and uneducated that creative/excentric clothing

i know I would. the way I dress, I could be on this site too.

There's just some things in life that need photographic evidence. That site is for some of them.

Bigshankhank wrote:I am ashamed to admit I went to the pet store this morning with my t-shirt on backward and inside out. Its not like I wet myself or anything, but we all have bad moments...

Shit, I went to work that way one day, and it took me half a day to realize it. It was after a hard night of drinking......

MoraleHazard wrote:Unlike FailBlog I find this sad, rather than funny. What's worse, the sartorial faults of your below-average red state Walmart customer, or the snide false sense of superiority of the people who are taking the photos?

Some apparently can't grow up out of childish middle school name calling.

It reminds me of the people who say they are for the working class while having nothing but contempt for individual working class people and their habits, dress, etc.

That site isn't just red-staters, there are people from all over, including blue-state bastions like CT. Also, there is no check for bank statement size when looking at someone who left the house without pants.

Watch for motorcycles.

I just went through all 42 pages of that site, had to make sure I wasn't in any of the photos! Seriously, I couldn't help but notice how many of them were from Oklahoma...

I though ALL you guy (and gals) were like that...