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It’s been 16 days, and I think I’m ready to go back. Even if my state is in a heat wave, I still think it’s worth looking in the dump. The pizza, the cookies (possibly), the sandwiches, and the little wrap things that they have are all worth getting. 

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It’s been16 or so days from the last time I’ve gone diving. Partially because it’s been too hot, and partially because of the homeless person and his dog. Just wanted to give him some space, then the heat set in. Fuck heat. 

I don’t remember what triggered it, but I remember the one time that I found tobacco products in the dumpster. There were also huge bags filled with other bags of pork rinds. I don’t think I will ever pass up that chance again. I don’t really care what type of chips or snack it is, I think I’m going to just say fuck it and take a few bags of it.

And I have no idea what’s going on with the cookies. Are cookies seasonal somehow?  I miss them. How could you not miss thick, big ass cookies, and all for free?? I was really living at the top. The last time that I saw them, there were a ton at the bottom of a bag that were not packaged. Ugh.

And, izza! I can’t forget about the pizza.  they would always throw away the pizza in between layers of the cardboard and whatever material they would cook it on. Some nights, I would go into that dumpster and just hunt for the pizza so I can have some for the night. 

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Hi! In the Midwest here. I feel like almost every store I see is a compactor, or have the bar locks on them. What are some good stores that don’t use compactors/locks?

Hello! I am also in the Midwest. I hate the bar locks with a passion. If you are desperate to get in one, try to shimmy the lid (which are usually large and plastic) from under the bar. If there is enough space between the lid and the bar it should work. Sometimes those same bins will have side doors, and maybe if you are lucky one night that door won't be locked.

As for chains that don't have locks or compactors, I only know about the ones that exist only around my area. However, whenever I'm being driven by someone else, I happen to notice that these places don't seem to lock their stuff:

TrAAder J0e's

W@lmart

Kr00ger (<~~ shout out to the one near my house)

Hotels/motels (<~~ be super careful about these bins because of the increased risk of needles or other undesirables that you could come into contact with)

Any ‘construction’ type trash container (not really a 'chain’ but if you're interested in foraging for wood/plywood/other materials then it could be worth checking out.) (Again be careful of this. If you have to jump in to get the thing/s/ you want/need then check for anything that you might step on.)

Other large chains that I have heard others getting high gain off of:

Al/di

Ul/ta

G00dwill

Wall/greens

C/V/S

(Followers if you would like to add on to this list feel free to do so)

Now, I wouldn't suggest it, but if you really wanted to make a statement?

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Oh my gOd??????

Wait wait wait ur telling me that I just needed to fucking re-oil this mf??????????

Is mineral oil that powerful?????

I just got done taking apart my sewing machine and recoiling it. Pray for me y’all.

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I just got done taking apart my sewing machine and recoiling it. Pray for me y’all.

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Guess who got a new replacement cup AND the enamel!!!!

I found a black enamel cup at the thrift + a replacement for one of our better cups and placed it right near my backpack in a corner between a rack and a fitting room. I put them within 2 feet of each other in the corner to look at the other clothes but I came back and poof!! Gone. Looked all over the store for them in case a staff member found them and put them back.

And it SUCKS!!!! I wanted that enamel cup more then the replacement. It was the perfect size to act as a replacement for the one I made back in highschool :(.

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My friend got a 3d printer and he made me a darning loom! And my phone can make gifs!

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I found a black enamel cup at the thrift + a replacement for one of our better cups and placed it right near my backpack in a corner between a rack and a fitting room. I put them within 2 feet of each other in the corner to look at the other clothes but I came back and poof!! Gone. Looked all over the store for them in case a staff member found them and put them back.

And it SUCKS!!!! I wanted that enamel cup more then the replacement. It was the perfect size to act as a replacement for the one I made back in highschool :(.

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I found an old addi click set that’s fully functional for about 12$ at my local thrift store, only missing one set and it works like a dream. It would have been like at least 90$ on Amazon I think.

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I get ads for everything sense the algorithms never know what I want. And they shouldn’t. Sense they can’t, and shan’t, I guess they are guessing I like influencer inspired content. Clothes. Hair. Jewelry and cream. Anything to show me what I can do to be “more beautiful”. It’s all the same stale boring stuff that you can buy anywhere… GOGOMart has X fashion, StaleStore has Y fashion, CopyNPasté has Z and is Luxury. They are all the same except in price. They are all made by modern day slaves across the pond. Ya know, over there.

The people out there that make existing clothing interesting and literal works of art should be getting the attention and income from their hard work! In a world that wants you to look like a corporate-pop-cubical-dweller, a style that’s so personalized that there’s only 1 person or group that can ever replicate it in the way that YOU like, NOT how the corporate world tells you to like, is something that’s worth keeping around. Not GOGOMart. Not StaleStore. Not CopyNPasté.

Your friends probably want cooler, more individual clothing pieces. One day if we all get a little more brave we can get a painted jacket from our friend Zoe. If we’re brave, we could get supplies from Tyrese and Devon. Barb will sell us the scrap pieces, and Rae will trade for some buttons.

We have the power, I think we just need to be brave.

I’m looking forward to the day where people say things like “my friend makes/sells X” instead of “[Big Corpo] sells X, you can get it online!”

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I’m an (never ending) effort to combat the amount of Brain Rot that people seem to love so much, I’ve finally tuned 1 algorithm to show me the stuff that other creators are doing, and I’m so impressed! I’m seeing a lot of denim repairs that make the garments look fresh and brand new, I’m seeing upcycle a that I would have never thought of, I’m seeing repair methods that I’m going to adopt!

It’s so nice having curiosity instead of consuming whatever an algorithm shoves at your face.

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Well I would suck dumpster dick if it looked like u 🤷🤷🤷

(I saw this at work and laughed)

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Its called pretty privilege

LMAOOOOOO

Trust me, I know way too much about pretty privilege. I grew up during the 2000s where there was nothing but the standard of skinny white people. 🥲 I’m neither skinny nor a white, so maybe the tides are turning in my favor! 

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… you know what anon, maybe ur right, maybe I do have some sort of charm. The hot beefy manager at the goodwill gave me a whole military discount on tactical pants I found at my favorite store location. I spent $9 on my outfit today and a hot man gave me a discount, what a life.

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What types of offerings would the thrift gods like?

I know the thrifting community jokes about the "thrift gods" but atp I'm considering writing actual prayers because I seem to have lost their favor

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Peculiar 20€ buy from the thrift store today!

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Sad news today, chat; the jacket is gone. There were hella people in there too!!! I’m praying that it’s a one off type of thing but the fact that they got one of those “Voted Number One ___” sticker on the front door/window doesn’t help. [aggressive sigh]