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twohundred37 t1_jbkyz84 wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
There's an awesome episode of 99% Invisible about the Gruen Effect if anyone is interested in learning more about the subject, added bonus if you've never heard Roman Mars' voice. 99pi episode
MickJof t1_jbkwi2e wrote
Reply to comment by Greenfire32 in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Same here. No amount of trickery will make me impulse buy. That shit just doesn't work on me.
goinmobile2030 t1_jbkvp9k wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
I'm stuck in one now. Have been here for years. I'm addicted to cinnamon buns. Whenever I try to leave, I end up in John Malkovich's head.
RonSwansonsOldMan t1_jbkuhw8 wrote
Reply to comment by Super_Turnip in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Then the problem is, that exit is miles away from where you parked your car, if you can remember at all where you parked it.
RonSwansonsOldMan t1_jbkuai4 wrote
Reply to comment by Jaksmack in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
I'm a YouTube dead mall junkie.
RonSwansonsOldMan t1_jbku4id wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
They must have learned that from IKEA.
dudewiththebling t1_jbkrtbv wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Imagine being named after something you disapprove of.
tuna_safe_dolphin t1_jbkrhh0 wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
I fight the system by giving all of my money to Jeff Bezos! Take that capitalist pigs!
GarbageGobble t1_jbkq093 wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
And that’s why having to go to the one store that just happens to only be inside of a mall is the most inconvenient experience possible!
VegetableProfessor16 t1_jbknuvi wrote
tinymonesters t1_jbkn2g2 wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
The grocery store i used to use all the time takes advantage of this to an extreme by fully relocating nearly everything about once a year. After the last one I just started going to a different store that keeps shit in the same place because I value my time.
AddNamAndHim t1_jbklvku wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Someone's been listening to Josh & Chuck.
Greenfire32 t1_jbkk947 wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
This is why you need a clear objective whenever you go shopping.
Every time I enter a store, I am looking for something specific. Then I leave with whatever it was. I do not meander, I do not wander. I'm there for a reason. You would be surprised at how much money you save just by having a clearly defined goal.
Impulse buying? Not really a thing for me.
It's also one of the reasons I much prefer online over physical shopping. Usually I can just search the exact thing I'm looking for and then I'm done. But if I do end up having to go to a physical store, I put the blinders on and get out as fast as possible.
Jollyjacktar t1_jbkid8b wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
In San Diego we used to have a mall called Horton Plaza. It was totally confusing. My wife called it Escher Mall after the artist that drew pictures with impossible perspective. I said its marketing tag line should have been “You can’t get there from here.”
peach_dragon t1_jbkhc7i wrote
Reply to comment by Carbon_Rod in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Same. There is a mall near me that is laid out in a cross, and it’s the only one I will go to because I can remember where things are.
Musicman1972 t1_jbkh2s9 wrote
Reply to comment by Carbon_Rod in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Same but also they kinda held everyone in their hand until online shopping came along and people realized just how inefficient malls actually were.
faptainfalcon t1_jbkgnxp wrote
Reply to comment by E_Snap in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
You're right I forgot, it's been a couple years. What I was describing was A5 Wagyu imported from Japan (hence $200/lb from a high end butcher shop). Fortunately I have a friend who's a great chef so I don't have to go to a restaurant to eat it because I'm too scared to cook it myself lol.
Other_Exercise t1_jbkdict wrote
Reply to comment by Wouldtick in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Good luck when you try to meet your friends at the Starbucks, when there are 3 at the same mall.
Super_Turnip t1_jbkbrz5 wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
I'm terribly prone to disorientation in malls. I hate them, hate them passionately. Within moments of walking in I'm as lost as a little kid and that triggers a low key anxiety that stays with me until I find the damn exit and make good my escape.
Jaksmack t1_jbkba4a wrote
Reply to comment by devasohouse in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Yeah that's a good one
nato2271 t1_jbkazyb wrote
Reply to comment by Fantastic_Erik in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
Yeah but it had a lot to do with China’s inability to contain a problem, and be transparent about it…and if you believe the lab leak theory then it also speaks to their containment standards..and that was in a level 5 biohazard lab…this is a pig farm…
Kurotan t1_jbkad2m wrote
Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
I wish offices were designed this way so the work day would feel shorter.
danTHAman152000 t1_jbk9lah wrote
Reply to comment by cruel_delusion in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Junior walks in the room.
Asha_Brea t1_jbk8ph7 wrote
Reply to comment by Captain0give in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
The escalator going down was also in the opposite side of the exit.
RockItGuyDC t1_jbkzhw5 wrote
Reply to comment by Jaksmack in TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree
Even into the 90s malls we're popping. Friday night was: go to the mall....and just wander.
Maybe get an Auntie Ann's pretzel, maybe get a new stupid shirt or poster at Spencer's, maybe play laser tag, and maybe see the latest movie. But mostly it was just chilling, running into people you know, and definitely hitting up the arcade.
I was 16 in '98, and the mall was still largely the center of teen socialization at that time.