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[–] SleepingTower@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems like the police did the seeking, lol

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 year ago

It's in the rules as the final round.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

They just wanted to play too

[–] teft@startrek.website 71 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine you're shopping and you pull out a towel from the rack and there is just a whole stoner back behind there chilling. /shudders

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey, I found a stoner tucked away in the men's jeans in Wal-Mart, 50% off.

Decided to take him home, and it's been a great decision! He takes care of the couch, he's always down to play some Smash, he'll even let me win.

All it cost me was watching one Pauly Shore movie a week. Tomorrow's Encino Man!

Don’t forget about “Phantom of the Mall”! One of Paulys early films!

[–] circasurvivor@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I'd be more concerned if it was only part of a stoner.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Amputee stoner playing on hard mode, hiding in sets of drawers.

[–] kia@lemmy.ca 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

3000 is just counting the people they found.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The Langoliers. 8pm....

[–] darthsid@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it would be pretty bad for the staff and the customers who just want to buy shit

Might be decent exposure for the store though. It's pretty easy to see stuff at IKEA and be like yeah, I have been meaning to pick up a new wobbly stool. Better grab some weird candy too.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Remember when flash mobs where a thing?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think I still have scars from all the cringe

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In los angeles they became flash looting mobs.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nature is amazing

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like they weren't hiding well enough.

This is the real takeaway

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

September 2019

Ah, the before-times

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They probably fucked up the place in process

[–] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they were moving parts between shelves, there's a good chance someone bought an IKEA product that actually has everything included!

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Lol.

A slightly fun fact is that apparently you can't buy multi-packaged furniture without picking every package up since the point of sale terminal will refuse to complete the purchase if you don't scan all the packages of a product. Pretty smart actually. I haven't tested this myself so it might be wrong.

[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Why aren't there paid services for hide and seek? Like a bunch if furniture, walls, shelves and what not and put it in a big warehouse. Have people pay to participate and play whatever games they want in there. You can have massive organized events and everything. Imagine massive game of manhunt in there with electronic devices to show who's it.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Basically just another idea that fits into existing game zones places.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That actually sounds dope, especially if you have theme games where a professional seeker plays being a serial killer in a slasher flick or stuff like that

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 14 points 1 year ago

I've played hide and seek every single time I have been in an IKEA. We never got more than 20 people together though.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Now the question is were there any people in labcoats among the cops

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How can 3,000 people possibly be hiding in there?

odds are you're going to see someone.

And how do you distinguish hide and seek participants with casual unwitting shoppers?

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

It was SCP-3008 Finally, they are free

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Presumably casual shoppers aren't actively hiding themselves.

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Wait we aren't? Guess I'm more of an amateur IKEA shopper then.

Unwitting shoppers are going to be doing some seeking, whether they mean to or not.

Open a closet, look under a bed - there's gonna be someone there.

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All you need now is to lock the doors, turn off the lights, and tell everyone that the story is closing.

[–] dyc3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get those white stretchy suits and pretend it's scp 3008

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My exact thought

[–] Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You can always tell who's never worked retail or service industry jobs.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Just have fun on the Internet by shitposting where nobody who knows you in real life would actually look.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Cops"

MTFs understand that it's part of the job. But they still hate being called cops.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

COP = Criminals On Patrol

[–] porkins@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Riot and fire hazard.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds annoying af for ikea employees. Fun at others expense is not fun.

[–] dyc3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I was employed at that IKEA I would be participating

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know?

[–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Abölsh thê pølis

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Coming straightforth from Caimbridge! Mother fornicator!

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Image Transcription: Twitter Post and Replies


New York Post, @nypost

Cops shut down massive 3,000-person game of hide-and-seek at Ikea trib.al/bXJG1gr

[An image of the yellow IKEA logotype on a blue building.]

[Redacted]

There's no fun allowed on this planet on God I hate it here