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At least they didn't call it poundtown :>

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Someone has never watched Ashens and it shows.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

Two tickets, please, I’d like to ride The Fuck Train to Poundland.

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL the yanks have a thing called a dollar store.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dollar Store, Dollar Tree, Dollar General (where they couldn't keep prices at $1.)

5 Below - I thought would be a winter clothing/sports store, nope. $5 and below items

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ha. I would have also thought 5 below was a temp. thing.

[–] emogu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There’s one a few miles from my house and I thought the same until this thread.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They opened one in Panama City Beach years ago. It's actually a decent place to bring younger kids if you have them or are hanging out with your nieces/nephews. All kinds of random things at the time.

I'm sure it's all cheap junk but if you are hanging out and want to find them some quick entertainment they have cheap pool floats/ beach stuff, marker/drawing/coloring sets, TShirts, little plush stuffed animals of things like Lilo and stitch, small Lego sets, sports balls, backyard games and even some shitty headphones and such.

Can find some activities for them for the weekend and they have fun looking around while you don't have to worry about it being expensive like if you bought a toy at Target or something.

For us it was usually things like little water guns, water balloons with fillers and big notepads and colored pencils as the kids were 4-12 years old and they loved going there. Not sure how they'll survive the tariffs though.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago

Don't worry. TACO.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's so interesting to see how people react to something that is so normal to me 🤣

We also sometimes call it The Pound Shop.

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I watch an electronics guy called Big Clive on YT and I'm always impressed by the stuff he finds at Poundland.. kinda jealous.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AFAIK, Poundtown is in Poundland, so 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TFW your date makes the turn heading towards poundland

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

PSA: if you pat your brow with sweet, yeasty white bread before joining her in Poundland, you both're gonna have a bad time. 🫣

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In related news, Americans wear thongs on their feet.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That would explain all the foot fetishists on onlyfans

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

One of my buddies has a big time thing for high heels, but only if he cant see toes because he thinks feet are disgusting.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

And they don't seem to know what "gangbanger" actually means.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

There is also the "Poundstretcher".

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was also just sold for £1!

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

That's comittment 💯

[–] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is also the name of my bedroom. :)

[–] Rednax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago

I never charge. Pounding is free.

[–] aaron@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago

The chain going for £1 is obviously the story here.

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Theres a GREAT channel that covers poundland tat called Ashens you should check out then. Thats where I learned of it.

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I always watch his buying undelivered mail ones... absolutely love that a brown chair is his studio.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello!

Haven’t seen that guy in years, but was one of the first YouTubers I actually followed.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

He still does the same thing, just a bit less frequently. He does a lot of other stuff though, including full movies.

Somebody's gonna watch some Ashens tonight.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know it’s gonna sound weird, but thanks to Big Clive, I am quite familiar with Poundland.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

In my case it was Ashens.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We have a dog daycare center around here called Pound Town.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think I'd have the heart to take my dog to poundtown 😨

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The Yelp cover picture for Pound Town.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man, Europeans are so sexually mature.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I understood that reference

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I just woke up and I will have a very good day all thanks to you! I will dream of this moment, this feeling of accomplishment!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Last I heard about this place, it (the whole company) was sold for one pound.

[–] postnataldrip@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Some of my favourite UK towns/villages etc:

  • cockfosters.
  • petts wood.
  • fingringhoe.
  • bitchfield.
  • shitterton.
  • Twatt.
[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Would a blowout sale there be called a Fingerbang!?

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

How many pounds to get pounded?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

There's a Poundtown Burgers in Syracuse

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago
[–] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

me and your mum went to the shops last night

[–] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I took your mother there last night. A real bargain

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Dammit, I knew mummification would be a bad idea, we should've cremated her...