Asklemmy

43879 readers

1490 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen at a thrift store? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by zachimusprime44@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

67 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not so much weird, but it's weird that it's simultaneously hilarious and day-ruiningly depressing.

I saw a little bowl with small jewelry in it like charms and earrings. Among them was the right half of a heart that read "FRIENDS" and just below that was "EVER". I'm 100% certain that there exists somewhere the left half of that heart that reads "BEST" and "FOR" with identical formatting, and that friendship either ended dramatically or fizzled out over time.

It made me think about some previous close friendships I've had and how people can either just grow apart or have a violent falling out. And I wondered who in their right mind would buy just half of that best friends forever charm. Why would a thrift shop even have that available?

Kinda fascinating that an entire coming of age story can be told by just half of a piece of jewelry I found at a thrift store, and I'll never know the truth, yet I'll never forget it.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I once bought a custom engraved Zippo that said "Daddy believes in you" at a pawn shop for $15. I bought it for very similar reasons.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

You were supposed to buy the charm and use it to find your soulmate

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And I wondered who in their right mind would buy just half of that best friends forever charm.

anyone who would like to joke with their depression. I can imagine doing that.

now I actually want something like this