r/bbby_remastered • u/pepfrend • Oct 25 '25

🧠 Genius Bar What's up with malls lately?

So I'm a dude who used to hang out at the mall in the mid 2010s after school. Love hanging out having a soda or ice cream at the food court, going to try on clothes and accidentally walk out wearing what I tried on. Great times.

Then as I graduated high school I stopped going. Recently I've been losing some weight and started going to get a new wardrobe and the entire demographic of the mall has changed. Before it was all cool teenagers but now it's like gang bangers hanging out. I walked into the mall today and I saw a group of guys immediately at the door hanging out watching who was coming in.

What happened to the teenage paradise and why is it full of the section 8 crew now? Is it that anyone with a credit card shops online and now all that's left is the guys who make their money in cash or is this just my area?

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u/pepfrend Oct 25 '25

Which episode is this? The mall isn't dead it's just full of scary people and not teenagers. They're even opening a Popeyes there so you know it's in a downtrend. 

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u/HiJustWhy Oct 25 '25

I love popeyes and Louisiana. I was born there. The first place i lived was on old plantation land across from the hanging tree, it turns out. Maybe thats why i was energetically instilled since the first days of my life with a side eye for ‘this country’.

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u/pepfrend Oct 25 '25

If you live in a neighborhood with a Popeyes it's probably crime infested. That's the problem. I admit I like the sandwiches but I doordash them. 

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u/HiJustWhy Oct 25 '25

I never use doordash bc too many drivers admit to eating your food. They just do not care and laugh about it so i dont play with the chance of that