I thought that was the joke. I saw Costco, in a news story, was building 2 stories where the top is Residential zoning. This is the internet so it could've been fake but it sounded like a good idea to have mixed housing. My apartment would only have Kirkland products if I didn't have to go anywhere
I've long yearned to see dead malls turned into mixed zoning areas. Turn a section into cheap studio apartments, slap in a grocery store, basically make a micro-city. I'm at the point in my life where I need my own space, but when I was a young 20 something, not having to get in my car to go places would have been a fucking godsend.
Also because it is my mission to shill Kirkland whenever I can, their granola bars are insane value for price. 64 for like 9 bucks. 100 calories, low sugar, very damn tasty. The dishwasher pods suck ass though, don't get those. Residue for days.
What really drives it home for me is the nametags. They say "employee since (year)" and I've seen a ff of people who have been there for 15-20 years. Meanwhile, find me anyone who has worked at McDonald's for more than one year and hasn't given up on life.
They’ll need a public transport system. Not for anything as un-American as bringing the carless to Costco, but for the motorists who lucked out and had to park in the outer reaches of the car park.
I live in a big city. Walmarts everywhere. But for whatever reason Costcos were only built on the other side of town. Same with Ikea and Five Guys. I've never been to those. They're here but it'd be going way out of my way to hunt these places down.
When asked if you travel you mention they're clear... on the other side of your city. I guess that's a no. Being 50+, I'd suggest seeing some of the world (or at least some other cities in your own country) before the end. Live a little.
If I understand you correctly, I've seen Costco in Idiocracy and on the internet and have looked at them via Google Street view. But I've never seen one with my own eyes in the real world.
Where do you live? The nearest one to me is 10 miles away. Within that radius there's like at least a dozen Walmart one of which is within walking distance.
A public-option retail store sounds awesome actually. Imagine all the basic necessities produced and sold at cost: staple foods, simple clothes, basic housewares, etc.
Even slim margins add up, and basic commodity retail is borderline rent-seeking. Stocking soap because people buy soap isn't really adding any value.
Stocking fancy soaps, scented soaps, extra delicate soaps, soaps with fun designs, etc. adds some value either through the production of differentiated products or through deliberately curating a selection of differentiated products. But just selling regular soap isn't really a problem suited for the greater market.
You gotta love how Lemmy shits its pants when someone posts something AI related, and then someone posts some stupid ass meme generated with AI and no one calls it out. 😂
78 Comments
OldSageRick@lemmy.zip · 119 pts · 23d
Welcome to Costco I love you
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 23d
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 23d
This Idiocracy Prequel looks low effort.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 22d
But The Sequel is AMAZING.
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 23d
lets get a starbucks from costco. There isn't time to get a handjob dufus
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 23d
I got my lawyers degree from Costco.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 108 pts · 23d
Closer view.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 23d
At this point they should build a second floor in the Costco to save some horizontal space
Aneb@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 23d
I thought that was the joke. I saw Costco, in a news story, was building 2 stories where the top is Residential zoning. This is the internet so it could've been fake but it sounded like a good idea to have mixed housing. My apartment would only have Kirkland products if I didn't have to go anywhere
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 22d
I've long yearned to see dead malls turned into mixed zoning areas. Turn a section into cheap studio apartments, slap in a grocery store, basically make a micro-city. I'm at the point in my life where I need my own space, but when I was a young 20 something, not having to get in my car to go places would have been a fucking godsend.
Also because it is my mission to shill Kirkland whenever I can, their granola bars are insane value for price. 64 for like 9 bucks. 100 calories, low sugar, very damn tasty. The dishwasher pods suck ass though, don't get those. Residue for days.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 22d
It's the LA Costco they're still building
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 22d
It's nice to feel listened t9
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
flango@lemmy.eco.br · 6 pts · 22d
ah yes, the documentary idiocracy
Marthirial@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 23d
The best part are the trash fires.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 23d
I do love Costco though
9point6@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 23d
I was gonna say, of all the big chains in America, Costco at least seems to try and be half decent to its customers and staff
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 23d
It’s a good place to work and takes pretty good care of its employees including good wages.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
What really drives it home for me is the nametags. They say "employee since (year)" and I've seen a ff of people who have been there for 15-20 years. Meanwhile, find me anyone who has worked at McDonald's for more than one year and hasn't given up on life.
Worstdriver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
Canadian Costco employee here..
One thing that helps are the 3k bonus cheques you get every 6 months once you pass the 12,000 hours worked mark.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 28 pts · 23d
They’ll need a public transport system. Not for anything as un-American as bringing the carless to Costco, but for the motorists who lucked out and had to park in the outer reaches of the car park.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 23d
Or they could just make the aisles between the shelves wider and make the whole thing drive-in
bountygiver@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 23d
Like this? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Xc_6wfDYuFU
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 23d
Yes!
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 5 pts · 23d
What I see lacking is a dedicated way to get all the trucks and trains in for the supply chain.
runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 23d
we put that all underground. Can't have the modern day consumer seeing how the sausage is made.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 23d
That actually makes sense. At least to explain the picture. If you're going to concrete over the whole bay, an underground rail system is easy.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
I’m wondering what happens to all the shipping once the Oakland port is paved.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
That stuff all gets moved to the Costco loading dock (not pictured)
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 23 pts · 23d
Don't worry scro, plenty of tards are living kick ass lives. My first wife is tarded, and she's a pilot.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 23d
except its going to be a giant datacenter instead.
db2@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 23d
How much fresh water did you waste making this slop
discocactus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
Water? Like out the toilet?
KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org · 10 pts · 22d
Welcome to Costco - I love you.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 22d
I'm 50+ and have never seen a Costco in the wild.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 22d
That is, coincidentally, wild.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 22d
Where do you live? And do you never travel? It's so odd to never see a Costco.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 22d
I live in a big city. Walmarts everywhere. But for whatever reason Costcos were only built on the other side of town. Same with Ikea and Five Guys. I've never been to those. They're here but it'd be going way out of my way to hunt these places down.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
When asked if you travel you mention they're clear... on the other side of your city. I guess that's a no. Being 50+, I'd suggest seeing some of the world (or at least some other cities in your own country) before the end. Live a little.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 22d
Respectfully and curiously: How did you explore digitally, and end up here, on Lemmy, of all places, but haven't ever seen a Costco?
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 22d
If I understand you correctly, I've seen Costco in Idiocracy and on the internet and have looked at them via Google Street view. But I've never seen one with my own eyes in the real world.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 22d
And that's insane, unless you lived in a country that they don't exist.
froh42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
Hahahaaaaah.
Walmart tried to come here and lost. Das war sooo Scheiße.
We're Walmart AND Costco Free. No Carrefour, either.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 22d
Where do you live? The nearest one to me is 10 miles away. Within that radius there's like at least a dozen Walmart one of which is within walking distance.
terry_jerry@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 22d
Respectfully, if u live with in 10 miles of a Costco, please go buy a hotdog and join the cult. Walmart/Sam's just doesn't hold a candle.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 22d
I doubt there are a dozen Walmarts in 10 miles. Also 10 miles is an insanely small radius.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 22d
The sad irony here is that Costco is by far one of the lesser evil companies, and so thus, more likely to be accepted and this become a reality.
silicon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 22d
Better a Costco than a Walmart, ask a Costco employee how they're treated compared to Walmart.
starik@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 23d
Cars bigger than houses. Gas pavilions as tall as a skyscrapers. Is this heaven?
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 23d
But but I don't have a membership!!!!
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 23d
Costco membership will be added as a Constitutional right
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
Oh sweet, I have the right to purchase a mandatory membership
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
It's not only your right, it's every patriot's responsibility
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 23d
A public-option retail store sounds awesome actually. Imagine all the basic necessities produced and sold at cost: staple foods, simple clothes, basic housewares, etc.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 23d
Woah you do have a point actually. Although afaik, being commodities, the margins in those markets are already quite small as is
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 23d
Even slim margins add up, and basic commodity retail is borderline rent-seeking. Stocking soap because people buy soap isn't really adding any value.
Stocking fancy soaps, scented soaps, extra delicate soaps, soaps with fun designs, etc. adds some value either through the production of differentiated products or through deliberately curating a selection of differentiated products. But just selling regular soap isn't really a problem suited for the greater market.
wuffah@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 23d
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 23d
Why is the key useless?
zikzak025@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 23d
AI
jaykrown@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 22d
You gotta love how Lemmy shits its pants when someone posts something AI related, and then someone posts some stupid ass meme generated with AI and no one calls it out. 😂
chewypoops@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 22d
I feel like shitposting is the one place where AI art is fine. Nobody was doing real art here, that's for sure.
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 22d
It almost looks mesmerising at this scale
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 22d
Crazy how nature do dat
scytale@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 23d
Need to add some Waymos to pick up customers from their parking spots and take them to the building entrance and back.
Zier@fedia.io · 2 pts · 23d
Light rail.
Katana314@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 23d
NO, TRAINS ARE SOCIALIST!! The path-bound vehicle must have tires, not rails, or it will somehow help the poor!!
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com · 2 pts · 23d
What if the rail is powered by burning trash?
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
I love you!
Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 23d
Someone played SimCity on datura.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 23d
the cousin of datura, mandrake.
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
Good Lord those cars are massive!
froh42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
2038 Ford F150
dismay3915@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 21d
This is peak borderlands vibe
AliOski@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 22d
This is the type of dystopian art/fantasy that makes my imagination go rampant.
Hell no from me though
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
Breathtaking
Rato@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 22d
Taking a trip there: https://youtu.be/oOorj-i5Tk8
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 22d
They have a time machine there.