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[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

...I don't get it. What is this?

[-] Furbag@pawb.social 23 points 3 weeks ago

The perfume/cosmetics section of a department store (Macy's, J.C. Penny, etc.) Typically located near shopping mall gallery entrances to force people to walk past it to get elsewhere in the store.

It's less common to see stores intentionally laid out this way these days, I think.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago
[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

What's so bad about it? I don't mind them.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's basically forced advertising meant to get you to buy. These practices also eat away at the shared transit spaces.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but it's 25% cheaper than a hypothetical store that sells it at 328% the price of my local supermarket.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Meh. I have only bought stuff that I needed at airports.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Have you heard about the concept of hostile architecture? This is the same concept but applied at trying to get you to buy

[-] eah@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Like water. Because they stole what water you brought when you went through security. Damned thieving airports. Give me back my water. It's not a bomb. I promise.

[-] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

The feeling of not being able to breath properly when I inhale there is pretty unpleasant imo.

[-] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thought it was from Shanghai'ed.

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