this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2025
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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know someone who bought candy there and it was literally crawling with maggots when they opened it.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Both things are hilarious. Finding maggots in the candy AND buying candy from a store that specializes in buying old, often discontinued shit lol

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Surrender.

Cooperate.

Submit.

Obey.

Do not question authority.

Work [hard] 8 hours.

Play 8 hours.

Sleep 8 hours.

Stay asleep.

Conform.

Consume.

Marry and reproduce.

Doubt humanity.

Watch television.

Honor apathy.

Reward indifference.

Money is your god.

No independent thought.

No imagination.

No ideas.

They live. We sleep.

Sidenote: researching for this comment brought up a lot of right-wing conspiracy stuff. I'm still laughing at a bunch of nationalist, anti-civil-rights people trying to co-opt the philosophy from "They Live"

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Your job is not to THINK, you're here to BUY.
BUY BUY BUY!

"Ok then... bye bye!"