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Have yall heard of stores called ‘Everything Stores’? I think it is because u can walk in and ‘literally buy everything u could possibly need.’ This includes food, pseudo-trendy clothes, electronics, and even stuff 2 clean ur bathroom with. These mega-franchises capitalize on ’sweet ass operations efficiencies’ and do a bad ass job of putting niche mom-and-pop stores + regional stores out of business. U can even get ur prescription drugs/back2school supplies there.
I happened to notice tons of alternative ppl hanging out in Target, such as the bro above. He seems like he is just chillin. If I had to guess, he was probably buying a Mach 3 Turbo razor in order to shave his burns, and possibly shopping for a functional jacket or sweater at a low price for his ‘real life job.’ He probably also bought some beer, 7up, and possibly some breakfast cereal.
I wonder why Target is becoming such an alt hangout. Maybe it’s because most of their stores have Starbucks inside of them. [Related Post: Do Tweens Rlly drink coffee?]
Maybe it’s because their in-store restaurant offers Pizza Hut.
From what I understand, Wal-Mart is for ‘truly poor people’, but Target’s prices are a little bit higher, discouraging the ‘poorest people’ from shopping there, since their purpose in life is seeking out extreme savings. Target is a viable option for ‘upper-middle class people’ who don’t want to ‘be seen with the lowliest members of society.’
Seems like every1 ‘from our caste’ shops at Target.
Here is a picture of your Aunt shopping at Target.
The Posh Spice Beckham shops at the Target.
Christina Agulieraeia shops at the Target Shop. (ain’t no other man)
Star of the MTV Channel show ‘Our Hills’, Lauren Comrad shops at Targets. (Is Halloween Candy on sale yet yall?)
The Poor Man’s Natalie Portman (Kirsten Dunst) shops at Target.
Even the host of Project Runway and the guy who sang ‘Kiss From A Rose’ shop at Target.
Most of the people who live in your gated community shop at the local Target. They seem to be looking for ‘Tickle Me Elmo dolls’/'Wii’s.’
It seems busy and innovative, as if they have an active ’slave trade’ or something.
It seems like Target is a chill place to chill. Like you could go there to buy anything, and it will be quality, and you won’t be surrounded by The Ppl of Walmart. I feel relieved that I don’t have to shop at WalMart. Whenever I go there, it is usually past midnight to buy something stupid, and it makes me depressed because ‘real people’ are actually doing ‘real shopping.’ They have tons of kids running around barefoot, and I feel worried that their dirty feet are transporting diseases and the H1N1. Hand Sanitizer.
It seems like Target has become an authentic Alt Hangout. Sort of like a mix between a ‘thrift store’ and ‘an electro dance club where n e thing can happen.’
Photo via thestyleshark
g2g shopping. Hope I see some perfect alt breasts.
Where do u shop?
Is Target a place where you can shop for your basic human needs without ‘feeling too trapped in ur life’/poor?
What does Target’s brand mean to u?
Do u fear for ur life when u go inside of a WalMart since there are so many poors?
Can u share any insights into the differences between the WalMart and Target brands?
Do u believe in ‘Everything Stores’?
Previous EveryThingStore Coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/09/beached-alt-spotted-outside-of-walmart-on-meme-blog-about-poor-people-inside-of-the-walmart-store.html
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we pronounce it tar-jay.
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//////////Reply by KILLKILLKILL
//////////Posted September 24th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
@josh, just was bout to say that. good job.
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‘Authentic as hell’
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/2394725686_5d5cf106f2.jpg
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//////////Reply by Bari
//////////Posted November 7th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
@Bebe, touché
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target needs more tits like that.
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//////////Reply by Nihiriju
//////////Posted September 24th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
@mike,
Yes, great alt tit find.
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//////////Reply by Al x
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
@mike, <3 u alt tits
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Never WalMart. Always Target.
Famous designers slum their lines for them… Pearl Jam partnered to sell their album. ..Tar-Jay is A-ok.
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I like the return of the perfect alt breasts. That feature has been missing from HRO for tooooo long.
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//////////Reply by jvac
//////////Posted September 24th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
@RAF1993, i was gonna say the same thing…i missed the alt nudez
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went to the target in brooklyn today. bought 1 dollar hand soap and socks. felt like i got ‘just what i was looking for’ at a ‘great price.’
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//////////Reply by t.y?
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 8:11 am
@lykk,
I went to Target last month to stock up on supplies for my dorm since i am now a fresh man in collage and things were so0oO0o cheap! I luv Target!
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Wallys is considered the shithole where anyone can go to:
A) buy an edited CD and give it to your mom so that she can get a better idea of your personal brand
B) snatch a purse outside [via poor blacks being gangsta]
C) get a shit load of shit for cheap
D) get your nails/hair did for cheap [via asian salons inside at the front of Wallys]
TarJay is where people can to:
A) see their fav celeb shopping like a ‘normal’ human
B) chill at starbucks and have an ice coffee with a friend, loved-one, or stranger
C) get an unedited CD to ‘bump’ in your new Prius/Smart Car while you cruise and ‘look cool’ [via boycotting MP3s cuz they are ghey and played out]
TarJay is the new Wal Mart, Wal Mart is the new Kmart and Kmart is the new Pic N Save. Bummer…
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i really like those tits
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i work at a target in the summer. its a very chill company, accommodating to most personal brands
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I can tell yall with utmost certaininity that Fred Meyer will be the PBR of Alt Everything Stores once Carles starts his commune in PDX.
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//////////Reply by Panda
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 2:55 am
@Target Alt Tittayzzz,
wurd, Freddys is the alt
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted September 29th, 2009 at 7:43 am
@Target Alt Tittayzzz, Totes. PNW represent.
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//////////Reply by Bear
//////////Posted November 7th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
@Target Alt Tittayzzz, FREDDY MY’S
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can’t sleep
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Damn. Went to Target yesterday ’cause i needed some OJ and it was kinda late. Played some DS at the games section. It was lame.
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//////////Reply by lainz
//////////Posted September 24th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
@Fawk PDX, can you tell that story again? via it being the best story i’ve ever heard.
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//////////Reply by CanFancier!
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 6:57 am
@Fawk PDX, Every time I go in there the little ADD children have murked the hell out of the DS, and I don’t even bother with PSP because it’s for fggts, who don’t leik Pokemans.
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//////////Reply by Doodz
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 9:45 am
@Fawk PDX, Ur a poet 4 these modern timez
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//////////Reply by my face
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
@Fawk PDX,
That was a long story, but quite well told. (via the Nard Dog)
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Just shop and hang out online.
Order pizza online too, if you want.
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on a trip through middle america (missurrriii) via southern ontario, we noticed that the wal-marts is selling “shit u buy at urban outfitters for 50+ dollars” like “really high waisted shorts” and “plaid girlie shirts” under the “Miley Cyrus” brand to people who don’t know what any of that stuff really is. kinda wierd. feel like alt is ‘goin mainstream’ for ‘actual poor people’. will tar-jay start ‘doin’ this too?
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amazing how few people “get it.” Or maybe I don’t get it… I seriously doubt Carles advocates the economics behind megastores like Target.
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//////////Reply by sarahrightnow
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 7:15 am
@Anonymous, in two years, you’ll be able to buy “I AM CARLES” t-shirts in Target (via irony).
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted September 27th, 2009 at 9:53 am
@Anonymous, u dont ‘get it’ either
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//////////Reply by peeps sweeps
//////////Posted September 28th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
@Anonymous, go chill @ Adbusties. post link to article about hipsters for ’sheeple’ so they ‘wake up’ to the ‘machine’.
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i bought El Topo at target… an act which felt more strange than the movie actually is.
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seems like you could chill in a tent in the lil campie area and have an authentic life. might ‘liveblog’ this
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starting to sell produce now, is this the future
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I LOVE WORKING AT TARGET
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//////////Reply by fatandcute
//////////Posted October 1st, 2009 at 5:16 am
@aaron,
your kiding right.
http://tinyurl.com/yem4coj
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the one two punch of target and walgreens usually ends up with me having everything i need to return to my cave for a couple days
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this post “hits a little 2 close 2 home” dude
i support target b/c they r an efficient distribution structure for goods utilizing economies of scale 2 supply 2 the lower classes but still tries “2 do tha rite thing” w/ organic cotton towels. i do this b/c i believe in it. so fuck u 4 trying 2 tell me how 2 spend my $$ b/c i try 2 help & u shit on it like ur n e better.
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Excellent work Carles, your check is in the mail.
Next time, though, skip the soft porn — a little too “edgy” for the higher-ups at HQ.
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my mom used to work at walmart. she was manager of the ’snack bar’ (this was before mcdonalds was franchised there). Mom had an affair on my dad with this guy named Terry, who also worked at walmart. my parents got divorced and our house went into foreclosure. i discovered i was an alcoholic and then became a stripper. My first ‘lapdance’ was for Terry when i was 13. He let me drive his car (via sitting on his lap) and he got a boner. i felt really ‘powerful’. i wanted to make money off of boners forever.
i always thought rich people shopped at target.
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//////////Reply by lol
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 2:54 am
@grizzlycunt, lol
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*!this comment is about music not target!*
what’s that song that was popular a few years ago that had the little blip that was really fast and got a lil higher than went down down down
like “blip BLIP blip blip blip blip” real fast and then it repeated like a lil off the beat over and over
and then the singers went like “dooooo ya” or like “cuuuuuurious”
and then there was like another instrument that went bum BUM bum bum, so it was like “dooooo ya / bum BUM bum bum ….(blip blip blip blip)… dooooo ya”
??????????
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//////////Reply by stark
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
@hey yall,
It’s “In The Morning” by the Junior Boys. They’re saying “too young.”
I’m proud of you for not being ashamed to be an entry-leveler. We all have to learn the heritage somehow.
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//////////Reply by Ian
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
@stark, haha wow ur a pretentious cuntbag
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//////////Reply by hey yall
//////////Posted September 26th, 2009 at 11:02 am
@Ian,
SHUT UP he was nice to me and ur just a jerk ur the pretentious one b/c u didnt help someone w/ a question HE DID you pretentious cuntbag
thank you stark!!! <3 u!! its been in my head for weeks & i didnt know how to find it out, i know im just entry level but im trying XD
//////////Reply by house dressing
//////////Posted September 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
@hey yall, damn….Stark was nice to answer your question but at the same time he was a tool. feigning proudness to work in a snide little “elitist” comment is not cool.
if you dont believe that starks underlying motive was to “cut you down” then consider this:
ppl don’t feel “proud” unless they feel that they have some sort of “personal investment” in another person and that usually requres a bit more of a connection that merely replying to the comment of a “perfect stranger”. feeling proud for someone we cannot and do not know is creepy.
if a stranger told me that they were ‘proud of me’ in a real life situation, i would be incredibly creeped out.
admiration would be a more appropriate term. it is possible to admire those that we see displaying things that connect with us, without actually knowing them. and i doubt stark even feels admiration for u.
btw its ok to have a sense of relative identity amongst a collective of ppl but be careful about getting into “labels”. dont let others define your taste or ur personality. be yourself. be in the world but not of the world.
ps unless ur ‘B-ing his D’ i would be a little less defensive
//////////Reply by hey yall
//////////Posted September 29th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
@Ian,
i dont know what ‘b-ing a d’ is
//////////Reply by house dressing
//////////Posted September 29th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
@Hey yall, ha just an expression..
ps Ian = House Dressing
//////////Reply by hey yall
//////////Posted October 1st, 2009 at 3:09 am
@Ian,
still dont know what ‘b-ing a d’ is jerk
Mmmmm nice breasts
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Lmao.. just came back from a shift at target right now and stumbled on this. Nice Carles, but yeah. The pay is shit, the management is shit, and i don’t like it. maybe it’s because i’ve worked there for so long. shit i need a new job.
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted September 27th, 2009 at 10:00 am
@Noraa, IN THIS ECONOMY???????????????????? :p
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//////////Reply by aaron
//////////Posted September 27th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
@Noraa, FFFFFFUUUUUUUU you should work at the circus
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It’s not Target, It’s said “Tar-gey” or “Tay-Jay” and it’s way better than than Red neck, ghetto, retard, fat ass American piece of shit called Wal Mart.
So yeah Target is authentic.
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Hell yeah, I’d totally fuck that slut right on top of those carts.
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Man why you putting mainstreamers such as xtina agulara and fucking posh spize? think im gonna throw up on a target bulls eye.
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//////////Reply by deers.
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
@bANANAS, ugh stop annoying
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Got a $50 Target gift card for Christmas last year for things like soap, aspirin and socks. Got the Tiger Woods video game instead.
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target vs. walmart? winner = tittays
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That is not a picture of my aunt.
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I have a “Team Target” hat. I never used to know it was a store. I always thought it was indy car racers when I was young and ride around on the engine of a motorcycle at Road America when I was a kid…
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I work at target and I have to say its more of a hangout than a ‘everything store’ especially for those annoying ass high schoolers…. I love working there though:) much better than Wal Mart
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Kinda concerned about all this hype about the Target. Thinking about chilling at Meijers for a little bit to clear my head and ‘find myself’ (via the toy aisle or the gun aisle) Might go on a safari through the lawn and garden dept.
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Yes
Unless Whole Foods starts selling clothes
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Ryan trecartin art supply spending spree.
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it b gay 2 say tar-rgé
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted September 25th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
@chesley canning,
no
its ‘gay’ to say “tar-gay” while giveing 2 doods blowjays in a target bathroom
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//////////Reply by Anonymous
//////////Posted September 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am
@aw, fukk, srsly?
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was anyone else pathetic enough to seriously be like…is that my target?
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H8 Target. They don’t even sell alcohol.
At least when you go to walmarts, you get an entertainment show via an accurate cross-section of your local community, but target is just depressing. It’s full of lame middle class ppl who think they are classy when really they are just buying the same cheap shit at a slightly higher price than the lame walmart shopper.
I never even find what I’m looking for when I go to Target. It’s isles are empty, so when I leave, I’m angry.
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I shop at the Target in the first picture…
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target has neon on the walls & they dont give a fuk
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yeah, i totally know what you’re saying about feel bad at walmart. i’m probably just a jaded piece of shit who thinks walmart is “pathetic” because of the “pariah” who shop there, but it still is saddening, especially around the holidays. target’s definitely decent, relatively good shit at a relatively good price.
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IN A POSTMODERN WORLD, SUCK MY DICK
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hahahahahahaha poor man’s natalie portman LOL!
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i just bought a Walkman at Target, they still had it it rules!
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while target is authentic and sells almost all of dr. bronners line of soaps, i have an affinity for CVS. i think it’s because i live in the south and ppl dont know what that means/think its expensive.
the CVS i go to is always empty and open 24 hours and i dont have to worry about fat ppl getting in my way.
also, i know that at least 2 of their employees are some alt bros.
is CVS authentic where you live?
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you forgot to point out that targets now have a fake am appy section, so that the lower class alts can stock up
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ps
http://www.flickr.com/photos/repackagedsex/3587691623/
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