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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 21 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I thought this was about this store:

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 173 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (7 children)

For those not familiar with US retailers, the punchline is:

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[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I love Dick's

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago
[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Thanks from the UK

[–] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 30 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

I feel like US has a store chain with every conceivable name at this point.

And hearing about chains called like Five Guys just sounds weird to be honest.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There's also a restaurant chain which is also named Dick's

The "Eat some Dick's" jokes write themselves.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

What the fuck Richard

[–] ivonalanna@lemmy.world 36 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

every conceivable name

Yeah, there used to be a Gaylords department store.

[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

At least that one makes sense for a store, they probably got a lot of their stock in gaylords.

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Wait till you find out about Two Men and a Truck!

[–] elvith 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The best is the website is twomen.com

[–] elvith 2 points 11 hours ago

Risky click of the day in this context

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

I feel like you could craft us chain store names into some innuendo sentence or even paragraph

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I dread to think what comes up if you search for those restaurants near you...

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago
[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago

Lol i thought that was Steam until i reread his bubble and was like "Uhmm?"

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 16 points 17 hours ago
[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

That makes more sense than Big 5

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

I was trying to figure out for way too long how he came to sportsexperts.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 33 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Wasted opportunity to make the last one Microsoft

[–] stepan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I was certain it was going to be Microsoft and was very disappointed when I learned about Dick's.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The story about how Apple got its name is basically that.

The original employees were brainstorming what to call the company. Steve said just call it Apple. Everyone hated that idea. Steve barked back and said if none of you can come up with a better name than that, we’re calling it Apple. And the rest is history.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

From Steve Jobs's biography, it's also because he loved apples so much that he once got hospitalized for eating nothing but apples.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think that's how it happened. Their logo is an apple with a bite out of it because it represents knowledge, you know, like Adam and Eve taking a bite out of the tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Babalugats@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

They might've come up with that later, though.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Funny he called it dick’S not dick, what does he have going on down there?

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

3 Inches and Awkwardly Curved?

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago

3 Inches

Oh look at Mr. Big shot over here. It’s not polite to brag ya know!

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Microsoft, Office Max and Bass Pro Shop sure have odd names huh.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago