MrSebSinM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago18 April 1987sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1426cross-posted to: explainlikeimcalvin@lemm.ee
arrow-up1426image18 April 1987sh.itjust.worksMrSebSinM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: explainlikeimcalvin@lemm.ee
minus-square@ZorsithlinkEnglish48•2 months agoMan, this one is going to be so confusing for younger generations who have no idea what “Sears” and “k-mart” are
minus-square@azertyfun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish42•2 months agoI am not American and have never been anywhere close to either of these stores and have no fucking idea what a blue light special or whatever is. The good thing about comedy though is that anyone with half a brain can understand the context clues and laugh. The joke isn’t about k-mart or sears.
minus-squareBubbleMonkeylinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 months agoTo be fair, they are still around in a heck of a lot of places. As old abandoned building husks slowly deteriorating in a very late-stage-dystopia sort of way.
minus-squareZorquelinkfedilink5•2 months agoI think K-mart still exists, in Australia (I think run by a different company), and to a lesser extent in the rest of the world. Sears is full on dead, though.
Man, this one is going to be so confusing for younger generations who have no idea what “Sears” and “k-mart” are
I am not American and have never been anywhere close to either of these stores and have no fucking idea what a blue light special or whatever is.
The good thing about comedy though is that anyone with half a brain can understand the context clues and laugh. The joke isn’t about k-mart or sears.
Very true lol
To be fair, they are still around in a heck of a lot of places.
As old abandoned building husks slowly deteriorating in a very late-stage-dystopia sort of way.
I think K-mart still exists, in Australia (I think run by a different company), and to a lesser extent in the rest of the world.
Sears is full on dead, though.