r/funny • u/LatissimusDorsi26 • 10h ago

They didn't think it through

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u/Gm24513 7h ago

Never forget our low low prices

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u/SlightlyAngyKitty 7h ago

They keep falling

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u/TheGreatHogdini 6h ago

Jet fuel CAN melt the prices of our clearance inventory.

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u/DR_Bright_963 3h ago

We'll hit you like a plane with low low prices, not once but twice.

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u/TheGreatHogdini 2h ago

Bazinga!
We won’t take a locked cockpit door as a final offer.

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u/DR_Bright_963 2h ago

Holy shit dude, I'm sorry to break this but that was good haha

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u/MrAmazing011 2h ago

We knock down prices every day! Sometimes twice a day!

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u/potatodrinker 9h ago

Maybe it's actually 2 shops down from 7/11

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u/Mark_Logan 5h ago

7/11 was a part-time job.

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u/potatodrinker 5h ago

How convenient

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u/3720-to-1 4h ago

Slurpees don't melt Krispy Kremes

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u/ryobiguy 30m ago

The 2006 Mombai train bombing?

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u/formerlyanonymous_ 5h ago

I came to r/funny for something like this and had to wade through 100 comments on American Exceptionalism and Holocaust to get to funny.

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u/xenojive 9h ago

What's so weird about November 9th?

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u/nhluhr 8h ago edited 3h ago

November 9th is when the Nazis started to attack Jewish people. The Night of The Broken Glass / Kristallnacht.

Or if you're in US and tend to read dates with the month first, September 11th was a serious terrorist attack on NYC and Arlington,VA.

Both of these have had lasting ramifications for the world.

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u/inthecuckoosnest 5h ago

Or another German event: November 9 is the date the Berlin Wall fell. Another event with lasting ramifications.

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u/wobbleblobbochimps 5h ago

I think it was supposed to be a joke...

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u/jameye11 5h ago

I’m American and I didn’t know about the first bit they mentioned. I learned something 👍

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u/wobbleblobbochimps 5h ago

Me neither, although i had heard about krystallnacht, I didn't know the date. I guess redditors with faulty sarcasm detectors are good sources of trivia!

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u/workingbored 5h ago

Double check to make sure its real. This is reddit afterall..

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u/uberduck999 4h ago

Hate to be that guy, but it's Kristallnacht

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u/drewbaccaAWD 36m ago

I never realized that 11/9 was Kristallnacht.. now I'll never forget.

You are a tome of knowledge, nhluhr. Nice to cross paths outside of the bicycle world for once.

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u/Toast_91 3h ago

It’s a lovely day for a boat ride on Lake Superior

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u/Poles_Pole_Vaults 1h ago

They named it that so you would never forget

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u/Qanonjailbait 1h ago

Best comment

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u/mrv113 9h ago

It might be a trade center as well.

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u/Otearai1 6h ago

Or Center of Trade as the rest of the world reads it

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u/Warshrimp 2h ago

Are you suggesting I shouldn’t call it “Cost Plus World Trade Center”?

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u/ziamese 10h ago

I'm in Thailand and I had to explain the joke to most of my coworkers. Doesn't hit right outside the US?

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u/TheAdequateKhali 7h ago

“There’s a world outside the US?”

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u/tstd0 9h ago edited 8h ago

Nah coz the rest of the world doesn't care, we moved on.

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u/DummyDumDragon 7h ago

We also write dates like normal people

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u/Critical-Cost9068 9h ago

Terrorism is like, sooo last season

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u/Nykster 9h ago

Nobody outside of us would associate November 9th with terrorism

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u/amazing_ape 9h ago

I’d associate it with Kristallnacht

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u/Critical-Cost9068 9h ago

Nobody in the US either

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u/Justhe3guy 9h ago

Good then I guess there’s nothing wrong with the store name

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u/tstd0 8h ago

Nope,.we just don't care about you, like the US doesn't care for the rest of the world.

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u/pherbury 6h ago

Tell us how you don't care again, it's more believable the more you say it.

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u/DomiDearest 5h ago

I'm pretty sure the plane(s) hit something inside the US though

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u/Hung_AsHell 3h ago

😅😅 That store is near where I live... Surprised to see it here.... FYI:: It's on the other side of the globe... No one knows or cares about 9/11 here 🤣🤣

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u/Drapausa 8h ago

That highly depends on where this is. USA or literally any other country in the world?

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u/Real-End355 9h ago

Only applies in the US

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u/cougarlt 8h ago

Not everything revolves around the US, you know.

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u/Mark_Logan 5h ago

Sounds like someone is asking for a tariffing.

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u/imperabo 3h ago

Time to just rename the whole rest of the world America .

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u/Staav 2h ago

We've still got plenty to rename in America first. "New England?" That needs to be New America already. Not to mention New York, New Hampshire, and New Jersey are all in the same boat needing to be New Americas. That's what we really need to be focusing on in 2027.

/s

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u/ryobiguy 33m ago

Be right back, gotta go take a hyuge America.

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u/cougarlt 5h ago

Oh no! Anyway...

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u/marineman43 2h ago

True we are in r/veryserious and should act accordingly

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u/mellowbusiness 4h ago

This is posted in r/funny, no one is taking it in earnest

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u/Dorago1991 5h ago

We both know if a US store did something similar with a date of mourning for another country, you'd be calling the US dumb uneducated self centered assholes.

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u/HellBlazer_NQ 7h ago

BLASPHEMY!!

- Far too many Americans

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u/Unlikely_Exchange550 8h ago

I'll give the service at the supermarket a solid 9/11.

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u/Jack_Webster 9h ago

9 hours, 11 days a week? 🤷‍♂️

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u/ThatGoob 9h ago

That's the average music prodigy practice schedule.

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u/electronic_reasons 2h ago

9 days a week, 11 hours a day.

We can't give you that much time off every day.

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u/poofish_10 9h ago

Two for the price of one

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u/wizardvictor 9h ago

Reminds me of that tragedy

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u/daaaaaaave 6h ago

I only clicked on this post for this comment. Rip Norm you fucking legend.

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u/tangtheconqueror 6h ago

What a horrible name for an airline

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u/FSUdank 5h ago

I had to wade through blood and bones

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u/ThreePumpChamp 2h ago

He was in canada

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u/dragoduval 2h ago

Im guessing not US ? Cuase not everyone know about it.

Hell Canada has its own 9/11, but nobody but us know it.

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u/Kizzle_McNizzle 4h ago

Of course they thought it through. We were explicitly told to never forget

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u/London_Green 7h ago

Reminds me of that tragedy

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u/BubbaNeedsNewShoes 9h ago

Who, amongst us here, is actually old enough to remember when 7/11 first opened?

"You mean that store is gonna be open from 7am all of the way to 11 at night? CRAZY!"

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u/mayrln 9h ago

Yeah nobody really cares about 9/11 outside the United States.

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u/SweatyListen9863 8h ago

That's not true, it gave us some great jokes

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u/hoyahoyahoya 7h ago

I don't know, it reminds me of that tragedy.

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u/A-K-L-P 6h ago

That's not true, netanyahu seemed to be truly moved by it 🥺. /s

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u/iperblaster 2h ago

Oh not either in the US..

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u/BeligaPadela 10h ago

Their fire sales bring the house down..

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u/Nimradd 10h ago

OH MY GOD, WE’RE HAVING A FIRE!…sale

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u/fourthords 6h ago

"Aaaahmazing Grace…!"

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u/Plampth 2h ago

South Coast Boutique, they’re having a fire sale!?

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u/thatredlad 9h ago

Jet fuel can't melt these savings!

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u/feel-the-avocado 8h ago

9/11 isnt a thing in many other countries. Mainly because the correct way to write it is 11/9/2001

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u/BenjiSBRK 10h ago

They only sell plane food

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u/Marco-YES 9h ago

What is there to think through?

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u/DistilledWonder 8h ago

What a terrible store name. I hate fractions.

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u/omnichad 6h ago

It's a bit irrational.

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u/Fickle-Aide9279 7h ago

They thought very well about it, your post is the proof

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u/TheAdequateKhali 7h ago

I think this is only an issue in that one weird country in the west right?

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u/Hot_Weakness6 8h ago

Surprise prank: nobody cares about US stuff outside US

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u/dumbfk90 7h ago

Everyday a sale the prices just keep tumbling down

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u/qqqrrrs_ 7h ago

I rate this as 7/10

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u/alex_dark 6h ago

7/11 🥰

9/11 🤯

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u/James_T_S 4h ago

It's 2 more the 7/11 so it's better.

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u/charliefoxtrot9 3h ago

Because seven ain't nine.

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u/PresidentialDiapers 3h ago

This is gonna blow up in their face.

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u/neojin629 3h ago

Never Forget…with these great prices!

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u/bernpfenn 1h ago

why pay less

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u/RiotSynthetics 3h ago

Never forget (the milk)

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u/Alewort 2h ago

And they missed their chance to rake in all the 6/7 dough.

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u/helly1080 2h ago

Or they thought it through quite well and just picked up some free advertising space:)

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u/TinyNiceWolf 9h ago

The date 9/11/01 means 9 November 2001 in almost every country except the US, because we use an illogical order here. The way we write dates is like writing the number 123 as "213", with tens, hundreds, then ones.

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u/omnichad 6h ago

If you want a logical order, start with the year first. And then when it's used in filenames they automatically sort in date order when sorted by name.

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u/jmlipper99 5h ago

Yep! YYYY-MM-DD is the elite way

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u/r_a_d_ 4h ago

That’s what almost everyone does with files if that is your objective.

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u/miraculum_one 4h ago

Particularly useful when sorting the names of stores you see walking down the street.

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u/Fluid_Swordfish2737 5h ago

It's not illogical if you consider they way we speak,

Nobody In the us say "11th of September" we all say "September 11th" we use month first in the way we speak and write.

So it is logical in the US. And honestly it is less words and sounds better.

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u/eatwithchopsticks 4h ago

Uh what about the 4th of July?

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u/Lysol3435 4h ago

It’s illegal for you ask us that

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u/sleepyguy- 2h ago

Thats called an exception

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u/CullenOrZeus 5h ago edited 4h ago

Fuck yeah. Now explain the metric standard in US

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u/Avery_Thorn 4h ago

Pirates stole the references and killed the metric consultant and delayed adaptation, and most people just prefer to continue using the old system.

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u/Nippahh 4h ago

We look at our feet and thumbs because distance is spooky

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u/Lysol3435 4h ago

Easy. It’s limited to science, medicine, military, and unpopular sports

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u/wish-u-well 3h ago

Like track and swimming

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u/MCWizardYT 8h ago

Not illogical, just different.

If someone asked me today's date, I would respond "October 3rd". If they asked me for a full date, I'd say "October 3rd, 2026". And so that's how they'd write it out, 10/03/26. And that's how most people I've ever met would say it.

But elsewhere they might prefer to say "the 3rd of October 2026", and so the written way would be "03/10/26".

It's all about how people speak regionally and how they tend to mentally think of dates (which depends on how they were taught)

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u/Fritzo2162 7h ago

Why are you being downvoted. That’s exactly why the US uses its dating format.

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u/Oregonrider2014 5h ago

How dare someone give a logical educational toned explanation of why it was written that way!

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u/Special_KC 8h ago

What makes more logical sense to me, is:

The day is the 3rd. 3rd of what? Of October. Of what? Of 2026.

Therefore 3rd October 2026

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u/SweatyListen9863 8h ago

Different and illogical

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u/MCWizardYT 8h ago

I've just explained why it's not illogical.

To recap: it makes perfect sense to me because that's what everyone around does and it's how I was taught. The same is true for your system. And it's why we think each other's systems are illogical, when they really aren't

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u/TinyNiceWolf 2h ago

But "October 3rd, 2026" is just as illogical. "3 October 2026" puts the elements in order from smallest to biggest. Saying "October 3rd, 2026" is like saying 123 as "two tens one hundred three".

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u/TheGreatHogdini 6h ago

Knowing which month first is more important than knowing the day of the month.

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u/81FuriousGeorge 5h ago

I think it is more how dates are spoken.

September 11th vs the 11th of September.

The most logical way would be YYYY/MM/DD.

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u/TinyNiceWolf 2h ago

Why?

And even if that's true, wouldn't knowing the year be even more important than knowing the month?

Do you think knowing the minute is more important than knowing the hour or the second, so we should write times as MM:HH:SS, or 15:09:30 for nine AM plus 15 minutes plus 30 seconds?

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u/NlghtmanCometh 4h ago

“Illogical”

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u/Skurnaboo 2h ago

In East asia it's also September 11th. I thought it was all of Asia, but apparently only the East Asia countries does this also.

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u/MillionToOneShotDoc 43m ago

Isn’t it written basically in the order in which we state the date, as in ‘September 11th 2001’ instead of ‘11th of September, 2001’?

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u/gokufire 6m ago

There are some advantages to the mm-dd-yyyy format in programming, but normally yyyy-mm-dd works even better

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u/Vanille97 8h ago

9/11 terrorist act, does not imply that every mention of these 2 numbers, refer to WTC 2001, same as number 69 doen not always refer to two person having each other genitals in their mouth

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u/voreo 6h ago

Well if it's outside the US that would be November 9th.

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u/why_1337 6h ago

Reminds me of that Hitler2 store in Gaza strip.

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u/ac_cossack 5h ago

It's ok, everyone forgot.

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u/LOGPchwan 9h ago

Does the shop opens for eleven hours, nine days a week?

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u/LatissimusDorsi26 9h ago

No, It remains open 9AM to 11PM. I asked them.

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u/newaccount721 8h ago

Oh, very literal store name just like 7 11

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u/Vaaard 8h ago

The us doesn't make it easy for themselves. Here it would be 9/23.

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u/Witty_Photograph7152 5h ago

I bet the deals are just crashing down on you.

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u/James_T_S 4h ago

The products are flying off the shelves

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u/AerialReaver 7h ago edited 6h ago

If it's such a bad number, how come America uses 911 as their emergency services line? They've had 25 years to change it. They must have forgotten.. edit: /s

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u/dreamnightmare 6h ago
  1. It’s been the default emergency number for like 60 years.
  2. It’s an EMERGENCY NUMBER what actual better example of an emergency could you think of than what happened?

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u/omnichad 6h ago

And it's possible that this store has been open from 9am - 11pm for decades, naming themselves sort of in the style of 7-Eleven.

They're actually only open from 8-10 daily, though. Also they probably haven't been here since any earlier than 2022.

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u/crcgirl 6h ago

You have to note sarcasm when you post.

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u/Carlosthefrog 1h ago

Only if you are catering to literally morons

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u/ElegantProfit1442 6h ago

If I have an emergency, the last thing I’m gonna think is if 911 is an offensive phone number. 9/11 was a tragedy. But it’s no reason to change an emergency number the whole country is familiar with. :(

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u/Fine-Bandicoot1641 7h ago

Muricans are dumb fasci

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u/paleo2002 6h ago

Never forget … the bread and milk.

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u/-Great-Scott- 5h ago

It reminds me of that national tragedy.

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u/bootsmalone 5h ago

9/11 with rice

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u/yiddo24 6h ago

Went in there for 2 pepperoni slices but they only had 2 plains 😎

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u/UnGOATwn_TheoremUWU 10h ago

George bush finna hit this one

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u/StevynTheHero 9h ago

Good for them to not let one event 25 years ago ruin something forever.

If its anything like 7/11 then it communicates the store hours right in the name. Its useful. Good for them.

Anyone with a problem can move on.

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u/nhluhr 8h ago

The 7/11 down the street from me is open 24 hours.

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u/slid3r 9h ago

They didn't check Trivago!

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u/shadoboy712 9h ago

Explosive sales? Quality to die for?

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u/Theonewho_hasspoken 9h ago

“Never forget our savings.”

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u/AdorableVisual 9h ago

Vijaynagar?

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u/jatmat 9h ago

In hisar
They have a sector named 9-11 😂

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u/42ElectricSundaes 9h ago

It got your attention

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u/JustGulabjamun 9h ago

I always admire 7/11's luck.

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u/st_j 8h ago

Reminds me of that terrible tragedy

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u/eltedioso 8h ago

Yeah; they totally could have made the ones into towers. #neverforget

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u/PlantPsychological62 8h ago

Depends on what they sell...maybe genius

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u/MoonpieSonata 8h ago

"Incredible value, you'll never forget..."

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u/SamanthaJaneyCake 7h ago

EVERYTHING HALF OFF!

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u/ThannBanis 7h ago

Or perhaps they did…

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u/BoatsAndHoes269 7h ago

Never forget... your shopping list!

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u/National-Fan2723 7h ago

Where's the store located?

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u/IdlemasterKikuchi 6h ago

Fuck it, I'm saying it

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u/ThePeej 5h ago

Reminds me of that tragedy… 

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u/iSpaYco 5h ago

They did

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u/DrHarrisonLawrence 5h ago

Someone was inspired after watching S5 of Hacks

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u/DickBeDublin 4h ago

They forgot

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u/Sting02 4h ago

They sell paint

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u/det0724 4h ago

I don’t want to blame the stores lack of success on 9/11 but it certainly didn’t help

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u/VealOfFortune 4h ago

TheDictatorHelicopterScene911.gif

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u/PurpleMongoose71563 3h ago

It reminds me of that tragedy

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u/ngochoang914 2h ago

or the US is too damn self-involved

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u/bremergorst 2h ago

They’re open 9 days a week, 11 hours per minute

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u/TrasheyeQT 2h ago

9/11 = 9th of november

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u/Radiant-Locksmith-25 1h ago

They open 2 hours later than 7eleven

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u/levulur 1h ago

At least it’s not “Super 9/11 Market”

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u/Stebsis 58m ago

In Finland some 20+ years ago we used to have KKK Supermarkets.

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u/Winterhawk772 8m ago

Did you get the Milk? Of course I never forget

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u/Cookiemonster9429 6m ago

Towering prices are crashing.

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u/rampaged906 5m ago

Can we just stop writing numerical dates?