alt Hacker NewsThe author's view is alien to me. It paints Costco as some sort of cultural retirement home. A boring place for boring people, not just a big store in a warehouse. I know that displaying brand affinity towards some companies is seen as tasteful and praiseworthy in our cultures, but I didn't realize many people extended this view to something as basic and pragmatic as the place they go to buy flour or whatever.
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lavezzi • today at 12:16 AM
> It paints Costco as some sort of cultural retirement home.
which is fitting since the author used the phase "cheugy" unironically.
duxup • yesterday at 10:42 PM
Yeah I shop at Costco often, I’m familiar with the folks who identify with it… I am pretty sure most folks I see there are really just shopping there.
tony_cannistra • yesterday at 6:27 PM
It's America. We have mythology.
Costco is a store... where coffee, usually gas and most food + home goods are reliable in quality and priced well comparatively. Comparing the price of salmon fillets at Costco to Whole Foods or elsewhere is eye-opening. Would I buy clothes or furniture from Costco? No - because both are bland. The end.
If the writer wants to make it anything more than that... They are a bit too obsessed with self-image vs wasting money and, dare I say, a loser for judging others over something as classist as personal finances. Feels like the write-up is just a statement piece meant to either rattle people for engagement or make the writer feel more hip than they actually are.