• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      They don’t sell a lot of video games at farmers markets and craft shows… You have to go to a flea market for that, and those are rather dodgy.

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          4 days ago

          It’s moreso that the vendors seem to fall into two not entirely seperate categories.

          • The sheistiest sheister that you would be terrified to get in a van with.
          • Someone who definitely has a borderline illicit script of oxy on them and think bathing is an option, and a philosophical dilemma.
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            4 days ago

            Holy fuck, it’s obvious you don’t feel comfortable around people you perceive as “less than you” lol. “illicit script of oxy on them and think bathing is an option” Do we have a Lemmy Uppity Award for fake narratives?

            If you actually walked around a flea market, as a human being, you would see it’s mostly families and senior citizens. You’ve selected a few “characters” for your narrative and have grossly stepped into some pompous position of enlightenment. Anyone that loves cheap electronics to tinker with absolutely gets thrilled to go to a flea market with some disposable income.

            It takes a special kind of drug induced “sketchy” person to wake up at 6am on a saturday to try and make some income, damn shame there’s people like you out there that wouldn’t give the location a chance but will walk into any corporate store without a thought to “all the shady, drug ladened CEO’s you don’t want to get into a van with”. But you can’t see them so I suppose that might make it better for you.

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              4 days ago

              Haha I see I hit a nerve.

              This is from being dragged to one every weekend as a child… I speak from experience

              My family was in the latter of the two. Obviously I generalized a bit for comedic purposes, but there really are two type of people at flea market.

              The ones whose household income is derived from it. I don’t trust these people as far as I can throw them. They lie about their goods, it’s almost always straight from China and marked up like 10x.

              Then there are the normal people trying to make some side income. These people are usually older and skew more towards veterans. That demographic just gets prescribed a lot of oxy, and they often borrow or trade.

              It just is what it is… And I will not apologize about the shower comment. Nicest people, but most of them could use hygiene lessons.