| | Thrillist Dallas Monday August 31, 2009 People of Walmart
Politicians love to say that America's greatest resource is its people, and everyone knows that no place is more American than Walmart -- so clearly, our greatest resource is the Walmart shopper. Proving just how right that is, People of Walmart.
Just launched, PoWM celebrates the awesomeness of our Northeastern neighbor's finest/only contribution to anything by showcasing covertly taken photos of all manner of Wal-creatures, in natural shopping environments from Washington State to the Louisiana Bayou. The foundation's laid with prototypical wonders, from the grossly sexual (woman in high-riding dress w/ fully exposed buttocks, pushing cart past issue of Cosmo), to the fearlessly competitive (man in sleeveless/side-less/belly-less shirt playing PS3 in Electronics), to the draftily NAFTA (man wearing nothing on chest but a necklace of keys purchasing a ventilador imported from Mexico). Things get weirder with "You Button-Hooked Me" (goat aimlessly wandering the aisles), "Captain Walmart" (tiny old man in Cap'n America get-up at checkout register, hopefully cracking "now where would I keep a checkbook?" joke), and, in the products department, "Start 'Em Young": a "vibrating electronic tattoo pen" that implores kids to "get inked!" -- Walmart appropriate, as nothing encourages starting a family like a tramp stamp.
To encourage user submissions, PoWM's running regular photo contests with $100/$50/$25 Walmart gift cards going to the winners -- because everyone knows the Internet's greatest resource is any jerk with a digital camera.
Behold the glory at PeopleOfWalmart.com
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