American things

Kmarts

I would probably say "I saw that in the theater" but I've definitely heard "in theaters" and it sounds perfectly normal to me.

"in theatres" is not an American thing because we don't spell it "theatres"

I didn’t correct my autocorrect because I’m talking to grownups, we’re aware of us/uk variant spellings and have had our whole lives to come to terms with them, it’s not really worth remarking on

wasn't implying that you aren't aware :)

"I saw ET in theaters." Not acceptable unless you saw it in more than one movie theater.

"I saw ET when it was first in theaters." I hope this is acceptable, because it's how I would say it!

the one I hear all the time is Aldi's, makes me so upset

Yes, that's def acceptable usage because you're using it there in the same way it's used in marketing stuff. The "when it was first" makes it ok. Think in that case I'd prob say "I saw it when it first came out" but yours works.

adding an s or ‘s to the name of businesses does, in fact, annoy me and if that’s an american thing I apologize to the rest of the world

I don't think that's an American thing. E.g. Tescos

I saw ET in theatres.

he kept ambling into and out of them and kids were screaming and running out of the building, spilling popcorn everywhere

See? That just looks so wrong! Also if I saw ET I would hug him.

I used to get really irritated with my dad for saying “Barnes and Noble’s”. He also used to inexplicably say “Borders and Books.” I would always retort “Dad, they don’t sell borders.” It never stuck with him though.

He also used to inexplicably say “Borders and Books.”

interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_(UK)

When I was a young child in Michigan, we went grocery shopping at "Farmer Jack's."

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hi do u like my hat, it is made of tablecloth

It also exists only in two dimensions, unlike my head

Borders Books and Music was the best. Spent many many hours in the cafe there as a teen.

Should have been Borders and Books tho.

Liminal Spaces

Doctors Without Borders and Books

Borders and Book 'im, Danno

I used to get really irritated with my dad for saying “Barnes and Noble’s”. He also used to inexplicably say “Borders and Books.” I would always retort “Dad, they don’t sell borders.” It never stuck with him though.

I got my first Gucci Mane album there

The music section at the one near my hometown was really good!

Didn't they have listening stations?

I believe so?

interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_(UK)

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Whoa! I see my whole childhood differently now

Borders was definitely way better than B&N and I was sad that the latter won the big bookstore wars. And yeah they had really good listening stations

borders was a better b&n but we didn't have them in nyc afaik. that's ok though because we had nobody beats the wiz where cd albums were like $11 instead of $17

my dad used to always call rite aid "j.lo", at first he legitimately got the 2 mixed up but he continued doing it intentionally once he figured it out.

Nobody beat it.

Obv I remember the Wiz and its jingle but I don't know if it existed by the time I started shopping in the city on my own. The big chains then we're tower and hmv.

Were

Oh shit I didn't see the nobody beats it part whoops.

I worked at Tower in lower Manhattan in the early 90s, a shitty place to work but a really cool spot. You could get good deals sometimes and we had great in-stores.

I get inappropriately nostalgic when I think about Tower Records, especially the one on Watt Ave in Sacramento

they were my happy places

The Strand-Tower-Other Music axis was huge in my college years.

lol yes, same - I think we're similar in age and those were THE places. The 4th and Broadway Tower/Other was so good too because at the time they had the best clothes store around there. I can't remember if it lasted until I was at NYU it was there when I was in HS - Antique Boutique! I somehow wound up paying Tower video $100 for a copy of Pi.

Ha, I remember seeing Pi “in theaters” summer 1998 somewhere in the village, not sure what theater it was. Soooo into it, and yet I have little interest in rewatching it today.

Not sure if I remember Antique Boutique.

I don't think I ever even watched it. Timing tracks - I rented it the year I graduated so 1998/99.

I was at NYU for grad school 1991-93. I moved there from Denver, it was quite a culture shock.

It must have been. One of my roommates senior year was from rural PA. Her first time in NYC was the day she arrived for orientation. I always sort of envied that because, although actually living in the city was def an adjustment, it was never new like that to me if that makes sense.

Yes, it makes sense. I had been there a couple of times for long weekends (which is one of the reasons I wanted to move there), but still. I hated it at first. It didn't help that I arrived in the middle of a very hot August.

there was a good minute there where I thought you were all talking about buying books in B&M (a UK shop which may possibly sell some books, but would not be anyone's first choice when book shopping)

X-post - Oof. There's a reason everyone who can leaves on weekends in the summer. Just thinking about how bad the garbage smells. Ugh.

B&M books would be . . . interesting at the very least.

Do they not have Barnes and Noble here? Hadn't thought about it but it's basically Waterstones.

xp They specialize in books that can be read in short installments.

Not cleaning public bathrooms several times a day.

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