The Random Thoughts Thread • Page 14

thanks for ruining my night!!

 

my Amazon package has been in a state of “preparing for shipment” for like five days now

I’ll get it anywhere from this Wednesday to next Tuesday

oh what fun

 

ya learn something new every day

 

LaFrance is a middle name

 

What do people do for fun that doesn't involve eating or spending money? It's too sunny to go on a hike. I'm so bored. But I'm trying to make better food choices and I've been spending a lot of money. Smh.

 

Actively losing IQ points on Threads

 

I ended up just falling asleep. In my living room with no AC under a weighted blanket. So I woke up soaking in sweat. Cool lol. I need a hobby.

 

True crime documentaries about cults are fascinating to me.

 

rain again?

you shouldn’t have, Florida

 

gotta get rid of Grimace avatars soon

 

why

 

just kinda tired of looking at it ya know

 

Tired of looking at you

 

welcome to the club

 

In the next decade I think we are going to see a trend of "nostalgia malls", where some abandoned malls get restored with 80's and 90's decor/merchandise/fashion and get turned into niche attractions for millennials and gen x.

Like those 50's diners for Boomers that were big in 80's/90's.

 

did edibles yesterday

good times

 

Hey, I loved those 50's diners

 

Speaking of mall nostalgia I like the album Floral Shoppe from Macintosh Plus and it's a shame so much vaporwave is bad and so many artists took the wrong things from that album

 

Speaking of physical manifestations of adolescent nostalgia as a business concept. I remembered that adult summer camps were a thing for a minute in the early/mid 2010's and they looked they were an absolute nightmare to go to.

 

I used to love going to the mall. Now I can't stand it.

 

I like the Mall level in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

Some malls I do like others I hate, just depends

 

The malls that are still around and haven't died are not really the same anymore. Mallrat culture is dead. Zoomer teens don't hang out and randomly cruise the mall like our generation and Gen X'ers did so they don't really survive off teenagers window shopping anymore, so they are experimenting with different approaches mainly targeting adults and families instead of teens.

For example my hometown mall survived by shifting to being a date night spot with a new movie theatre, Red Robin, PF Changs, Cheesecake factory, ect. They also put in a Whole Foods where the old Sears was which I thought was a kind of weird for a mall.

 

A mall by me used to be packed and a hangout spot. It’s dead now and closing soon. I have good memories there.

 

there are/were 8 malls around Pittsburgh. 2 completely closed, 3 are half empty and the other 3 are thriving. It's weird.