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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

USA, Europe...except Germany. We close the world when sun goes down. Or weekend hits.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So like the Minneapolis of europe.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, i thought it was all around the US of A. Obviously not :)

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the US, it varies quite a bit regionally. I was pretty annoyed when I moved to the South and discovered that very little is open past 11 PM.

I suppose it depends on the right combination of population density and low minimum wage for it to be viable.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Didn't know, thought it was all-over. Low min-wage surely is a factor. Here it would probably be absolutely killing. more pay for nightshifts where only a few people actually shop at those times? no way...

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can confirm your statement about Germany haha but I've never seen a 24hr supermarket in the Netherlands or France either

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Couldn't remember one either, but i also don't KNOW. So far, from every other european i heard, it's more common. I might be wrong :)

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Some of the airports have 24/7 grocery stores in Germany. These are before security so accessible to all

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Airports have grocery stores?

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Some do. The Stuttgart airport has an Edeka

[–] M137@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

They're not common in Europe at all.

[–] Aphos@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Also in Germany.. It's called Späti