This is anecdotal to me, but I remember going to the mall a whole lot as a kid cuz my mom liked shopping at the stores there. Nowadays, she still shops at the same stores, but usually through their own websites. For me, when I learned how to drive and could go to the mall myself, it was probably only to go to a place like Gamestop, since the one in the mall was the closest to me. Again, online shopping, and especially being able to download games through like, Xbox Live, the eShop (and Steam, but I wasn’t really into PC gaming until much more recently) was much more convenient than having to drive 20-30 minutes to the mall.

EDIT: Another thing I remembered is that a Target opened up closer to where I lived, so it just became more convenient to shop there for stuff like cheap clothes vs brand name places like H&M. They also sold stuff you couldn’t buy at the mall like groceries, so it was more enticing, i guess.

Recently I went back to the mall I grew up around and it was a lot more empty. One of the really big stores that was there when I was a kid was Sears and they’re gone now, and that mall had a TON of space dedicated to Sears. No one has come to lease that space. The mall has a sprawling parking lot that’s mostly empty now.

I remember as a kid there were always like, crazy extravagant displays at the mall around the Holiday Season, and things like raffles where you could win a new car or something, but I don’t think any of that has happened there in recent years to nearly the same scale.

I wouldn’t say this mall is completely dead yet (I visited a different mall that had like, maybe 5 stores open and a lot of converted office space in it on a Saturday afternoon and that was eerie and dead while still being open to the public), but I think its on its way out.

watch youtube videos on your phone while the Netflix ads play -> Watch Netflix on your TV while the youtube ads play. Perfection

Those people you see on LinkedIn with like 20 programming languages on their resume are really looking for a job just to pay off the debt of buying 20 computers

guy has 12 children and probably talks to none of them in any sort of meaningful way

but think of when you do get hired using that email. It’s either gonna be the best job ever, or a complete shitshow, no in between.

I like the plastic lids for fermenting food in mason jars, like sauerkraut. I find the metal ones tend to become really hard to open or corrode once the ferment has been going on for a while.

nobody is safe from late night suisei brainrot lol

they could throw a pizza party for their government clients. Less work than fixing the problem

“Yeah i just spent over a grand on a laptop just so I could use MS paint fully”

I like the 2x spicy one, but i’ve never tried the 3x spicy one before

So instead of playing bad music, I can get ASMR while I’m on hold with my bank?

the absolute blessing of never seeing Mr. Beast’s face whenever I am signed in.

the friendler

absolute unit of a dove

School Supplies 2024: Pencils Notebooks Folders Merlot > 1L White Zinfandel > 1L Glue < 1L

idk something tells me that maybe, just maybe, those 1500 people actually did something at that company. I’m not a CEO tho so I can’t be sure.

oh thanks for the correction. Idk much about star wars lol

most sane Altima driver

“Listen, we can always clone more of you guys, that’s no problem, but building an AT-AT? That’s hard and takes resources. We just need you guys to fill out the fleet a bit”

Holy crap Lois check it out! It’s a Unix-like Operating system!