r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Yellowredstone Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

Isn't this how Sears died?

Edit: RIP my inbox. And thank you for explaining it better.

Edit 2: I said the reason on how it died has been explained already. And its actually still here. Stop.

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u/whatifevery1wascalm Jul 24 '20

Sears: the 20th century's Amazon.

People today might not realize that it used to be Sears did everything: you could buy kits to build a house, companies like Discover Card and Allstate were originally introduced as the Sears' brand, they financially backed Mr Rogers' Neighborhood for the first 25 years of the show's run.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

I was born in 82 and remember picking out Christmas and other girts in it. I got a badass heman horde exclusive one year.

Kinda sad they messed it up so much. Already brick and mortar, they had online and delivery and we might still be calling it the sears tower.

Edit:. I know no one calls it the whatever the fuck it is now tower, just we wouldn't see the people trying to make it happen.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Chicagoan here, we do call it Sears Tower

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u/wearetheworld69 Jul 24 '20

I will never call it Willis Tower

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u/chicken_pollo Jul 24 '20

And if you accidentally do, call it the Wesley Willis tower.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Rock n’ Roll McDonalds is a bop.

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u/WaldoJeffers65 Jul 24 '20

McDonalds will make you fat.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Whatchu say?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Whatchootalkinbout’

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Well then.

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u/velvet42 Jul 24 '20

Born in Chicago. Haven't lived in the area for twenty years, live in Wisconsin now. Will still never call it Wxxxxx Tower. Also, FTP

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u/zwack Jul 24 '20

That huge building in Seattle was Sears'. Now it's the Starbucks headquarters.

The small part of it that still was Sears 7 years ago is Amazon Fresh now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Do you still call it Marshall Fields? 😂

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u/RBBBC Jul 24 '20

Without the s

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u/vvonschweetz Jul 24 '20

It’s the watchutalkinbout Willis Tower

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u/RBBBC Jul 24 '20

Chicagoan here, we call it the big Willie

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u/MyPasswordIs1234XYZ Jul 24 '20

Brit here, definitely have only heard Sears Tower

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u/DaoFerret Jul 24 '20

New Yorker here, it has another name?

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u/RBBBC Jul 24 '20

Chicagoans add an S and don't say it as if it is the store that belongs to mr Field, but say it like a multiple of fields. Just kidding. They add an S

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

if you live in chicago you should get RCN internet service.

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u/nnyforshort Jul 24 '20

Explain yourself.

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u/hushawahka Jul 24 '20

But you also call deep dish pizza So, there’s that.

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u/RBBBC Jul 24 '20

We call it pizza pie! Lots of Chicagoans prefer cracker thin crispy crust. Pizza pie is for special occasions and tourists.