# People of Wal Mart web site **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606 "2009-10-04T23:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/41 "2009-10-06T05:23:27Z")
[Shudder. I can see why!](http://husbandsanddads.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/uncle-jesse-duke.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/42 "2009-10-06T05:42:29Z")
Flowered Overalls Lady DOES look like a nana’s couch! ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/43 "2009-10-06T05:57:05Z")
There should an option to sort by location, that way it would be easier to find pictures of people I know. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/44 "2009-10-06T12:30:51Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > This is all about pointing and laughing at vulnerable people; we _could_ point and laugh at a moron who pulls into the lot in a $60k SUV that gets 11 mpg in the city and pays $5 a pound for organic cherries, but those people potentially have the power to smack back at us. That’s done at a different website: [http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/](http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/45 "2009-10-06T13:16:32Z")
And for those who find it classist:[Look at This Fucking Hipster.]( http:// www. latfh. com) ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/46 "2009-10-06T13:29:19Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Oh, and since WF doesn’t provide electric carts for those of us with mobility impairments, there couldn’t be any point and laugh at the fat rolling people (or “fat cripple”) element. From their FAQ: > [@](#): > > If you think the person would be classified as “a Walmart shopper” then chances are good it works. Funny looking people, crazy outfits, the creepiest of the creepy, the ugliest of the ugly, and the straight up fucked up people of the world will do. HOWEVER, we do not wish to poke fun at people who, through no fault of their own, are handicapped. Absolutely NO pictures of someone mentally or physically handicapped will be added to the site…we aren’t complete dicks. They also won’t post pictures of Amish people in Walmart or employees just doing their jobs. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/47 "2009-10-06T13:30:13Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > ETA - and a lot of those people (okay, not the floral overalls lady) are dressing like that because they want to be looked at, are they not? I’m not sure about “wanting to be looked at”, necessarily, but quite a lot of them are clearly choosing their styles on purpose, not just because it’s what they can afford. There are quite a few goth/punk kids pictured, for example, and poor people aren’t the only ones who shop at Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/48 "2009-10-06T14:20:47Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > I’m not sure about “wanting to be looked at”, necessarily, but quite a lot of them are clearly choosing their styles on purpose, not just because it’s what they can afford. There are quite a few goth/punk kids pictured, for example, and poor people aren’t the only ones who shop at Walmart. But why would you choose flowered overalls in that case? Wouldn’t jeans and a t-shirt be just as cheap? Pants are always appropriate–there’s one photo of a woman wearing a top and just nothing underneath. And I for one would LOVE to see an assholes of Whole Foods. In fact–NO ONE TAKE MY IDEA! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/49 "2009-10-06T14:21:43Z")
Say, [this guy](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?paged=6). Or [this one.](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?paged=10) They obviously did what they did with care and they’re looking for _some_ kind of attention. (Even if the second one is, say, dressed for a sporting event or something.) ETA - The flowered overall lady probably isn’t in the “chose it on purpose with care” class. I mean, not that I’ve never gone to Wal-Mart in my pajamas with no bra on. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/50 "2009-10-06T14:51:54Z")
People – could y’all be careful with these links? Esp. to sites where the photo you saw when you posted might not be the photo that someone else gets because of regular new posts on the home page. I just got a pic of some naked guy sticking a mike up his ass – seriously. twickster, MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/51 "2009-10-06T16:02:40Z")
Sorry sorry sorry! The last time I looked at that there was 100% less hairy man ass! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/52 "2009-10-06T16:17:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > People – could y’all be careful with these links? Esp. to sites where the photo you saw when you posted might not be the photo that someone else gets because of regular new posts on the home page. I just got a pic of some naked guy sticking a mike up his ass – seriously. > > twickster, MPSIMS moderator _PA system_ Cleanup in Electronics! _PA system_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/53 "2009-10-06T16:18:37Z")
I want to see the hairy mic ass! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/54 "2009-10-06T16:20:52Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I want to see the hairy mic ass! It’s the now-broken link to Look at This Fucking Hipster, or (broken on purpose) http : // www . latfh . com ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/55 "2009-10-06T17:34:07Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > There’s definitely an element of classism to it. This could be “people of Whole Foods” but money buys homogeneity and you’re therefore not likely to see outliers like the Laura Ashley overalls or African garb (which is exactly what the black, white and red “jester” outfit is, WTG, site maintainers, for being so culturally aware) Is your appraisal that it’s “African garb” based solely on the fact that the man wearing it is black? Or do you have some evidence that that particular color/design pattern is associated with a particular tradition, and something that we’d easily recognize if we were more “culturally aware”? To me, it just looks like a black guy wearing a really obnoxiously loud suit. Feel free to educate me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/56 "2009-10-06T17:38:04Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > It’s the now-broken link to Look at This Fucking Hipster, or (broken on purpose) > http : // www . latfh . com Okay, next time I say I want to see the hairy ass mic pic? Don’t listen to me! And I didn’t think the black guy’s garment was an African tribal piece. Well, at first I did but when I looked again I thought generic jester type outfit. If he weren’t black, that’s what I would’ve assumed from the start. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/57 "2009-10-06T18:35:23Z")
RACIST! FREUDIAN SLIT IS A RACIST! There’s also a website called “Look at This Hipster Fucking”, which I would not have linked to. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/58 "2009-10-06T19:12:15Z")
Now now folks. We must never laugh at anyone’s antics, no matter how inane they are. We must be utterly humorless, no matter how stupid-looking someone chooses to be when they do their shopping. Give [this man](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=4861) the dignity he deserves. There’s nothing funny [here.](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=4407)Surely this fellow has dressed this way because he believes it to be the epitome of quiet decorum. And shame on [this lady.](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=4356) Her self-deprecating humor is entirely inappropriate. This is someone’s [grandmother, people.](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=2731) Who are you to laugh at her foibles? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/59 "2009-10-06T19:36:51Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > RACIST! FREUDIAN SLIT IS A RACIST! ::hisses, eyes flashing red, runs into an empty alley:: > [@](#): > > There’s also a website called “Look at This Hipster Fucking”, which I would not have linked to. Okay, this I know I can’t handle. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606/60 "2009-10-06T20:03:54Z")
I agree with the people who think it’s mean…and with the people who think it’s funny. I’ve been to the site a few times. Some of the pictures don’t seem that bad to me, like the girl with the flowered overalls. So? She’s going to Walmart. Maybe she thinks she looks really really cute in that. Maybe she just never got her head out of the eighties. I think…that’s mean. What happens if she sees herself on there? Then I look at the guy with the shorts so short you can see underbutt and I just cringe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-wal-mart-web-site/512606.md?page=4)