# Walmarticus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978 "2012-05-05T12:51:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/1 "2012-05-05T12:51:06Z")

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Never mind.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/2 "2012-05-05T12:58:24Z")

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Context? Link?

They probably don’t even have a rule against saying Fuck You in their equivalent of the Pit, either.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/3 "2012-05-05T13:50:53Z")

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I am Walmarticus!

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**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/4 "2012-05-05T13:58:35Z")

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**OP** you beat me to it. I’ve been contemplating starting this exact thread. Well done.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/5 "2012-05-05T14:06:45Z")

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Yes, thank God someone finally had the courage to create a “Walmarticus: never mind” thread.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/6 "2012-05-05T14:40:37Z")

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I, for one, am on board with the OP.

I am **never minding** all day in solidarity. Who else is with us?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/7 "2012-05-05T14:43:32Z")

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:::hijack::::

In college, a friend and his friend put signs on each others back saying “[John] and [Fred] are busy never minding the bollocks”.

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**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/8 "2012-05-05T15:00:13Z")

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I’m sorry - I’ve forgotten who walmarticus is already.

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/9 "2012-05-05T15:54:12Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> :::hijack::::
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> In college, a friend and his friend put signs on each others back saying “[John] and [Fred] are busy never minding the bollocks”.

Can we please try to stay on topic here?

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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/10 "2012-05-05T16:02:50Z")

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I find this thread confusing.

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**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/11 "2012-05-05T16:16:38Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> I am Walmarticus!

**I** am Walmarticus!

Oh. Never mind.

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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/12 "2012-05-05T16:31:43Z")

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> [@jali](#):
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> Never mind.

Well sure, you say that _now_. Back in my day though…

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/13 "2012-05-05T16:45:09Z")

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It’s a stealth brag to say I have no idea who/what Walmarticus may be, but I just hope he/she/it is not in one of those photos of “The People of Walmart” because if so, damn!

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**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/14 "2012-05-05T16:51:03Z")

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“Walmarticus: never mind.”

It moves the reader, and creates specific aesthetic concepts. It is the controversial, contemporary “Walmaricus: never mind” of the human imagination.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/15 "2012-05-05T16:53:21Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> I am Walmarticus!

**I** am Walmarticus, and so’s my wife!

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/16 "2012-05-05T16:55:53Z")

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Some of my best friends are Walmarticus.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/17 "2012-05-05T17:01:15Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> It’s a stealth brag to say I have no idea who/what Walmarticus may be

So, what, you look down on me and mine while smugly patronizing Targetellus instead?

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/18 "2012-05-05T17:08:57Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> So, what, you look down on me and mine while smugly patronizing Targetellus instead?

For sure. The other night on Family Feud when Steve asked one of the players where he worked, the guy said “Club Tarzhay.” I laughed for the rest of the show.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978/19 "2012-05-05T17:52:12Z")

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