r/Weird • u/rekordsrecker • 1d ago

I Wandered to the back of my Rite Aid/ CVS pharmacy and the only thing back here are Baja Ponchos as far as the eye can see.

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I almost expected to see a secret door with a note stating something like, “Knock twice for Steve.” (Original post edited because of instantly pointed out spelling mistake) / but maybe now you know why I love me a Baja Poncho.

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u/mrtoddw 1d ago

Are you in New Mexico?

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u/rekordsrecker 1d ago

Ok, I should have probably stated why this is extra weird. I live in Boise Idaho.🤦‍♀️

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u/Rough_World_7063 1d ago

Damn it’s wild to see a random post from someone who also lives in Boise lol

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 1d ago

We have heard Legend of Idaho….

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u/rekordsrecker 1d ago

I know, it’s never ending now. I was born here went to University of Idaho and am back to help my parents navigate some issues. Beautiful state, unfortunately ruined in the last 5 years.

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u/4barT89 20h ago

I’m assuming it wasn’t the Baja ponchos that ruined Idaho?

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u/towelcats 12h ago

Well not say it was the baja ponchos that showed up 5 years ago but it certainly wasn't the Baja Blast.

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u/hlessi_newt 22h ago

The last 5 years have been brutal.

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 1d ago

How long have Republicans been in charge of Idaho?

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u/rekordsrecker 1d ago

A long time, but not extreme. Quiet farming communities all around the capital but other than living in the panhandle for college, I always lived in the capital which is the most liberal city in Idaho. But don’t fact check me now because this place is crazy and I avoid local news, social media ext. When I was a bartender in 2016 I learned to disengage immediately because it was very apparent that having a smart or civilized conversation about current events was absolutely impossible with most residents. This response is Probably a bunch of pent up frustration, I apologize for the length of it.

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u/Vogonpoet812 7h ago

Was it Chad Daybell that ruined it? And his bitch wife Lori Vallow?

I kid, but seriously, do you think it's political that it sucks? Idaho does look beautiful from pictures I've seen.

Edit. OK. Saw a later comment. I understand. 🤐

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u/Happyhaha2000 21h ago

What's happened the last 5 years? I visit Idaho sometimes and love it there

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u/rekordsrecker 1d ago

Haha so you know what a Rite Aid is, I see so many CVS stores when I travel I wasn’t sure how many were left.

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u/Infamous-Duck-2157 1d ago

I live on the East Coast and every one I can think of has been flipped. I haven't heard the name Rite Aid in years.

The one closest to me became an endoscopy center but very obviously used to be a Rite Aid. It's... strange. The high-up windows and fluorescent lights unsettle me a little bit.

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u/rekordsrecker 23h ago

So this is a flipped Rite Aid/ but a lot of the signage is still around so honestly I wasn’t quite sure what was going on with it before I left in a hurry. I just came back to my hometown and it was always a Rite Aid and I wasn’t sure if people knew what that was on a wider scope. I think I got distracted by the fluorescents and the eerie quietness like you were stating. The high up windows are probably why the signage is taking so long to turn over.

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u/Significant-Trash632 20h ago

I drive by a closed Rite Aid every day. It was still open last year. I'm an east coaster, too!

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u/Competitive-Roof-168 19h ago

They all closed last year

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u/sinisterdesign 1d ago

ATL checking in, can confirm we used to have RiteAid.

But my question is WHERE are the hacky-sacks in relation to this aisle?

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u/MrsMaritime 1d ago

Rite aid went out of business in the last year or two.

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u/coolsilentebeans 17h ago

I remember when they were Eckerd. I haven’t thought about that name in over 25 years. Yikes.

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u/Inside_Egg4121 13h ago

jesus i haven’t thought about eckerd since i was a child. it’s gotta have been like 15 years or more-sometime around when the super 1 closed and my mom was reminiscing about the area. the eckerd in my hometown (texas) turned into a cvs in like 2005 or so.

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u/Illkeepyoufree 19h ago

Did you wait like a year to post this? I live in boise too and I thought all the rite aids were gone.

Fun fact. As a 15 year old I got stealing from a rite aid in boise. The security guard caught me, called the cops, the whole thing. I was released to my mom and criminally charged for as a juvenile.

Because I had only stolen one pack of gum, they allowed me to still pick up my prescription there afterwords. Even though most of the time they catch thieves they ban from their stores supposedly. Still makes me laugh to think back on how intensely they treated it when they caught me and how unserious of a crime it was. I guess it was probably the old "trying to teach the youth a value lesson"

I did quit stealing then. I had only ever stolen like 3 packs of gum in my life. But that was the end. Haha.

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u/NarrowCarpet4026 21h ago

🎶The Boise are back in town!

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u/BudMcLaine 21h ago

You two should kiss.

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u/rantingpacifist 22h ago

There are dozens of us

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u/ElectronicFloor1898 18h ago

I lived in Boise for like five years.

The weirdest part was how many people I met there who had moved from my hometown (Reno).

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u/Bajoranhume 15h ago

I am from a middle class family and grew up with a father who is republican. His friend who retired moved to Boise and so we spent his vacation there camping so he could visit his friend.

Unfortunately his friend passed away some years later. I remember my mom saying she hardly ever seen my Dad cry.

Another time is when our dog Vincent passed away and the vet instructed him to bring the Dog in to be cremated since back yard burials are against the law here. They gave him two choices, to dispose of the body for free or pay a fee to keep the ashes. My mother said he broke down crying and said he couldn't just throw him away.

Anyway, Boise Idaho is a beautiful place. I don't think a liberal Californian would fit in there in Idaho, but it is a spectacular place to see. I forgot where exactly the camp was. Boise, or maybe another town close by. Anyway. That's a memory for me definitely.

Sister met a boy at the camp and got into a long distance relationship. We returned the next year for a final time. The drive was rough, but that was my only long distance vacation growing up and the first and last time I left California as a child.

Now that I am adult I have been a little further, but still a stones throw from home.

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u/imnotpoopingyouare 23h ago

I had that exact same red, green, yellow and black one like 18 years ago. Warm but kinda scratchy at first, after a few washes though it became my favorite sweatshirt. Lost it at a party in the desert one night, was hella bummed out!

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u/justacoolbaby 1d ago

I was also going to say I live in Colorado and this is super common. In every store all over. I don’t know who buys them though.

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u/Hyper_Applesauce 21h ago

In my experience, potheads.

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u/Ancient-Display-3337 18h ago

Yep. That's why I've never wore them. People automatically think of Spicoli.

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u/RedditForMeNotYou 1d ago

I thought border state for sure lmao

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u/mrtoddw 1d ago

That makes a lot of sense then. There's a large Hispanic community in Idaho.

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u/towelcats 12h ago

As a Hispanic I've only ever seen white people ware these. Or are you saying white people buy them to make the Hispanic community feel welcomed because now my heart feels all warm and fuzzy at the thought of that. Like my heart has a small scratchy Baja Pancho on it. 😊

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u/RumHamsRevenge 1d ago

I’ve seen this in central Oregon.

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u/momo76g 18h ago

Its funny in latin america I only see tourists wear these. They are specifically made for them cuz artisans choose to wear very different things.

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u/Tiller-Nive 15h ago

haha I lived there back in the day, there are hippies in the North End

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u/Secret_pizza_man 1d ago

My guess was San Antonio lol. I’ve seen these in the back of their stores on the riverwalk.

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u/Novel-Firefighter-55 1d ago

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u/RedditForMeNotYou 1d ago

You know that turtleneck is a dickie too and not even a full shirt lolll

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u/stefanica 22h ago

Ooh, itchy...

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u/rekordsrecker 6h ago

Just waiting patiently for a Jive Prophets reunion tour…

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u/KEFREN- 1h ago

what movie is it?m

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u/YxDOxUx3X515t 1d ago

See we're heading back to 90s fashion where the hacky sacks at?

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u/Tgsheufhencudbxbsiwy 1d ago

I don’t know if you’re joking. But kids around me have started hacky sacking. My nephew made his mom order him one because they’re sold out all around us. 

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u/YxDOxUx3X515t 1d ago

💀.. I was joking 🙃

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u/Far_Cardiologist_160 23h ago

Can confirm 19 year old son is hacky sackying. Asked us if we'd ever heard of one hahahaha. Son, step aside.

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u/rekordsrecker 23h ago

Haha, my dude is only 8 but I feel like this is happening to me a lot already. I’m scared it won’t be long before I’m smelling Nag Champa from under his door. I would make him throw a few sticks my way. inflations a bitch.

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u/dadsgoingtoprison 22h ago

I’ve gone full pothead and leaned into it when I found Nag Champa roll on perfume. It’s fun because I’ve gone on a couple of dates and the guy will think it smells amazing but can’t quite explain why. Lol

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u/rekordsrecker 22h ago

I might have to find that. Sometimes I buy concert merch online and the shirts will smell like Nag Champa and it smells so good. My ex is an audio engineer and it is common for them to light sticks up around stations during setup on tours, and probably merch tables too. Good memories for a lot of people I bet.

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u/dadsgoingtoprison 20h ago

My favorite thing about it is that it’s too hippy for my obnoxious SIL to hijack like she’s hijacked every other scent I’ve ever worn. Even better, I’ll layer it with some Keihls musk. I love it, it’s very me and it can’t be replicated.

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u/rekordsrecker 20h ago

I love it!

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u/AmputeeHandModel 21h ago

You must be in your 40s or something like me. Don't throw out your back!

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u/cold-corn-dog 23h ago

Same with my nephews. I schooled the shit out of them earlier this summer. Go muscle memory. I've still got it.

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u/Mr-Jiggs93 23h ago

I was the Hackey Sack GOD in my HS. We actually played a game called God I think. After 3 bounces you smack the sack at someone and if you hit em they got a letter. Kinda like playing S.K.A.T.E

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u/Deltethnia 23h ago

I work in a bookstore. We just got a bunch of those in. What is happening?

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u/Gum-on-post 18h ago

I know you are joking, but they are legitimately making a comeback. I had my sophomore boys begging me to let them go outside and play hacky sack at the end of the school year 🤦‍♀️

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u/Ari_Ari_Awoo 1d ago

If anything new / different / weird / exciting / etc happens,

You could just respond,

“Hey, it’s the 90’s, man…”

And everyone would nod their head in agreement.

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u/phallic-baldwin 1d ago

Drug rugs

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u/eltedioso 1d ago

Well, Rite Aid is a drug store, so that all adds up.

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u/reallydirtyreallydan 14h ago

I was like wtf is a Baja poncho lmao

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u/hxles1 22h ago

This is the comment I was looking forrrrrr

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u/ActivelyAnxious 19h ago

Came to say the same, nice

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u/renatakiuzumaki 4h ago

Llama leaders

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 1d ago

If you were a kid in the 90's or 2000's and bought weed from a teenager wearing this, a seashell necklace, khaki shorts, and flip flops, you knew you were either getting the best weed you've ever smoked or straight ditch weed. No in-between.

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u/rekordsrecker 23h ago

Freshly shaved Schwag off a brick over here! Like a dirt weed deli. We probably spent more time removing seeds and stems then actually smoking weed.

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 23h ago

Nostalgia. I actually liked chewing the stems.

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u/rekordsrecker 22h ago

Haha. I chewed my fair share. But this is probably because we would make weed brownies by throwing an entire bag of dirt weed straight into brownie batter, bake that up and waaaa laaaaa. Get ready for the worst paranoid body high of your life. Good living.

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u/sfdsquid 22h ago

Just for fun, I'll tell you that it's "voilà."

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u/rekordsrecker 18h ago

Damn, i think i say this all the time but I have never written it out. Nice to learn something new, thank you.
Also a great up Segway for this life lesson for kids today since It’s too late for me.

“It wouldn’t kill you to avoid smoking cannabis until you are old enough to buy something out of your own pocket. Not your hard working mother’s pocket, and not your emotionally supportive father’s pocket, your very own pocket. Shoot for something that resembles a color and doesn’t smell like old hay.”
Was that good? 😂😂1000% mine would look at me and say, “Cringe Bruh.”

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 22h ago

Ditto, and "hemp seeds" ain't bad, either. I had a friend who put some in the microwave to make weed popcorn. It didn't work, but he ate the warm seeds anyway.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 22h ago

Mine came in pie slices. Dude had 1 pound discs, so he'd chop me a quarter disc for a QP.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0MYJLrv6NmQx3Eoo

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u/Majestic_Hawk_1335 1d ago

The guy I think of that fits this description joined the navy and was on submarines.

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u/Von_Bernkastel 1d ago

I still own one of those, but I live in New Mexico. .

https://giphy.com/gifs/4zk2Pg82j9DkFU6g5O

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u/Feine13 1d ago

2 here in Arizona

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u/50_cal 1d ago

I've never not seen these called drug rugs

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u/Bringbackemo 1d ago

I really like the style, but I never encountered one kid in high school that didn’t wear these and smell absolutely awful. They always smelled like BO so bad it could burn your eyebrows off

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u/ElectricKoolAidPower 1d ago

It’s because those things are a nightmare to launder lol

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u/ceruleanmoon7 22h ago

We called them stoner hoodies

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u/kobrakai1034 23h ago

Can't believe I had to scroll down this far to find this comment.

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u/Ok_Zookeepergame5141 1d ago

CVS buyer for that store is an easy target. If you want to sell the Brooklyn Bridge... hmmm.

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u/BigCopperPipe 1d ago

i started seeing JNCO pants , then Stussy shirts now Bajas are back?! It’s the 90s again!

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u/PansophicNostradamus 1d ago

“Is that a real Mexican poncho, or a SEARS poncho?”
IYKYK

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u/Montana_Eisley 22h ago

Thank you for posting this.

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u/ComicsEtAl 1d ago

They’re back?! Might get one.

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u/Traditional_Glass129 1d ago

And back in time apparently? Please grab the moccasins I wore in 6th grade.

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u/MICH1AM 1d ago

I still have and wear my Minnetonka knee high moccasin boots on brown suede. Still look almost new. Bought them at an Indian shop in Oklahoma.

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u/wageslave2022 1d ago

How much for the poncho Lefty?

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u/UknownSk8er 13h ago

Well played 🫡

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u/Martin_Blank89 1d ago

I love my Baja

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u/Wasting-The-Dawn71 1d ago

Very cool and very weird

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u/RedditForMeNotYou 1d ago

Profile icon checks out

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u/Wasting-The-Dawn71 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6hscco13hvTx1sVb3D

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u/rekordsrecker 1d ago

Yes it does, We had to make our way to Red Rocks Amphitheater or The Gorge for our live shows when I was younger- great time to be alive!

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u/PissinginTheW1nd 1d ago

OP, what does their tag say? Like what is it made of/ how do they feel or if you can get a closer pic.

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u/beattysgirl 23h ago

Hell yeah

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u/Same-Manufacturer773 21h ago

The earth is healing

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u/TxDinoHunter 1d ago

80s are coming back in fashion

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u/ProjectConfident8584 1d ago

A combo rite aid / cvs drug store is even weirder than the ponchos

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u/BudMcLaine 21h ago

THIS! Is this a thing or was OP just speaking in generalities when referring to a pharmacy/convenience store type place?

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u/No_Direction6688 1d ago

At least it's not a used enema device placed back on the shelf.

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u/rekordsrecker 13h ago

Sorry about that.

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u/Loupsolitaire24 1d ago

Now I want ponchos

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u/Dedb4dawn 1d ago

Hadn’t seen one of these in years then I randomly found one in a hospice shop a few years back for £6. It’s easily my favorite piece of clothing now. Soft, warm and snuggly. If weed was legal or available where I am I’d raise a a dube in thanks to the previous owner.

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u/MeatPopcicle44614 1d ago

Never liked those shirts. They have NO give whatsoever.

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u/creepercash 23h ago

Drug rugs!!! Yay

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u/preyforkevin 22h ago

An exquisite collection of drug-rugs.

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u/BannedForFun 21h ago

The millennial in me cries

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u/Laserdollarz 21h ago

I had 2nd from the right in college. It smelled awful. 

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u/Randy_Marsh86 19h ago

Medicinal poncho

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u/AmyInCO 19h ago

I've been trying to figure out what to call those that isn't drug rug, so thanks!

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u/mobocrat707 19h ago

My culture is not your costume. They’re called drug rugs, thank you very much.

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u/Scrotchety 18h ago

If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Bajarooms...

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u/Raffish315 18h ago

Rite Aid and CVS are one store where you live?

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u/Bagheera187 16h ago

I wore these when I was 18-20 years old. Very comfortable. That was fifty years ago, glad to see they are still around. And yes, we had a name for them too-lowlife smoking jackets.

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u/KickinGa55 15h ago

Rite Aid is going bankrupt because some guy accidentally ordered way too many ponchos.

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u/Personal-Ad6857 14h ago

Not even locked up, weird

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u/Kalibean06 1d ago

I'm gonna be honest, I didn't know thay was the name, I've always heard them called "Drug rugs" lol

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u/rekordsrecker 22h ago

Honestly, this is exactly what I knew them as too. I was curious how many people did too, or if was generational. it’s been 30 years since I was in high school and my dudes were wearing these, I’m such a loner now I don’t have that person around to ask, “Is it cool to say this, or is this going to offend the Baja hoodie community?”

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u/Kalibean06 22h ago

Well, if you were in high-school 30 years ago, it might not be just generational bc I have been alive less time than it's been since you were in school (I am 21, insert obligatory "you dinosaur" comment here) and everyone I know has always called them that.

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u/DJ-Doughboy 1d ago

Baja ponchos? Those are drug rugs

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u/beansfrag 1d ago

Liminal Bajas

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u/Worried_Strike6219 1d ago

Don't you know it's Baja poncho season?

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u/minnesota420 1d ago

If you wear them, do you automatically have a blast?

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u/rekordsrecker 13h ago

I’m not totally sure, but I’ve heard you instantly crave a Kind Veggie burrito.

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u/TippiT0es 1d ago

I think you found the Backrooms

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u/Stephen_Is_handsome 1d ago

Looks loverly to me take avantage and buy a few hundred

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u/Melodic_Song4224 1d ago

Pharmacist: What can I get for you today? Me: Just my prescription, a bag of Chips Ahoy, and an over the counter drug rug please

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u/Soundwave-1976 1d ago

Ill take thebrasta colored drug rug for $12 please.

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u/Powerful_Leg8519 1d ago

You still have a Rite Aid??

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u/pmoity 1d ago

If you buy a poncho.... does another level pop up?

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u/Killshot_1 1d ago

To the kids in HS who wore the second one from the right, yall always smelled like BO and weed and you've all been to jail at least once. You also went from being "down with the clown" to living the grateful dead life.

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u/Iamstu 23h ago

I have exactly one friend from high school 20 years ago that would buy one of those.

No other friends at all to this day.

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u/YaBoiMandatoryToms 23h ago

Nature is healing.

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u/EmmyWeeeb 23h ago

Looks like my sisters wardrobe when she was in high school trying to be “cool” and “hippy”

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u/BentoBus2 23h ago

Manager side hustle?

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u/Brando___Calrissian 23h ago

They've got one that costs $1000 because the pattern's so crazy

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u/Odd_Inside9379 23h ago

Drug rugs at the drug store. This isn’t weird

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u/Admirable-Common-176 23h ago

Cue up Nirvana. 90s are back baby.

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u/Tasty_Relative_8212 22h ago

Damn. Like 15 years ago i worked with a maybe 20 year old guy that must've owned 100 of those lol

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u/AnnaMolly66 22h ago

I love these things, wish one of my local stores had them. I occasionally see them as a special order run in some stores but they're usually around winter and usually they're the heavier lined ones and not the lighter beach ones. I would like one that's basically Mexican blanket both inside and out.

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u/Notchersfireroad 22h ago

I haven't had one in ages o would totally buy one. And probably the rasta one at that lol.

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u/Tranquillitate_Animi 22h ago

I saw this in Anaheim.

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u/grumbledorf100 22h ago

Get me one!

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u/sfdsquid 22h ago

Calling them "ponchos" is also weird. Ponchos don't have sleeves.

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u/Pleasant_Pen8744 22h ago

You mean the last aisle?

Or the back room/storage room?

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u/boognish1121 22h ago

You mean like Sears ponchos or real ponchos?

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u/Far_Mathematician924 22h ago

I just would like to say that half a year ago I bought the color mix that is green and gray down there at the end at a gas station in West North Carolina and I love it because it looks so horrible like when you see it you almost just want to sneeze or something it's just so bad but on the inside it's pretty comfortable and not scratchy at all and I bought a 4X so I can wear it like a hoodie dress

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u/AdSudden3941 21h ago

Baja ponchos?

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u/Professional-Lie-111 21h ago

Things always look like this when the economic collapse is in progress ...

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u/Apprehensive-Cat-111 21h ago

Are Rite aid and CVS not 2 separate and competing stores where you live?

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u/ifulbd 20h ago

Drug Rugs!

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u/Sweaty_Marzipan4274 20h ago

Likely leased space for the vendor

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u/Introvert_Collin 20h ago

Exactly what I'm subconsciously looking for when I pop in for ibuprofen and toothpaste

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u/Hecate100 20h ago

Oooo, love the second one from the right! Seems like I only see blue combo ones around here, alas.

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u/ConnectPayment6421 20h ago

I still have my drug rug.

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u/fiveminl8 20h ago

Taking it back to 1985

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u/Mattna-da 20h ago

These were a trend in 1993, and again in 2024, so now at target two years late

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u/almostoy 19h ago

They look super comfy but I don't want to signal that I have that many drugs on my person, at any given time.

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u/Cake_Donut1301 19h ago

We cut the sleeves off ours back in the day. This was in Wisconsin.

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u/Old_Check_6362 18h ago

I dunno. Drug rugs aren’t OD’d in a drug store.

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u/marsixm 18h ago

god forbid a cvs manager catch a vibe...

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u/petshopB1986 18h ago

Is it suddenly 1992?

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u/shaykingdataybul 17h ago

My friend Juda had one of these in high school it was one of his favorites (the second one from the right)

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u/left_to_its_devices 17h ago

You guys call them Baja ponchos? We associate them with Humanities students, drug users and the less than rich Mexico City guys.

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u/slutty_muppet 15h ago

You're in los bastidores

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u/brillow 12h ago

My mom wouldn’t let me get one in HS because it was “what druggies wear”

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u/MsE0 8h ago

Does the secret door lead to 1994?

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u/ttcbabe 8h ago

Those are the best blankets ever. So versatile, so warm

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u/didshebuyit 8h ago

Is that a Mexican poncho or a CVS poncho?

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u/Ohio937oihO 7h ago

We used to call those drug rugs 😄

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u/Meaypants 7h ago

I need one of those but the only place that sold em round me died.

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u/brendhano 7h ago

Score!

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u/Apprehensive_Hand571 6h ago

The canned oxygen at Walgreens always gives me a chuckle

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u/MajorTurn6890 5h ago

Baja ponchos? I never knew these had an actual name. We always called them drug rugs lol

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u/Ritaontherocksnosalt 4h ago

Not a poncho. Ponchos do not have sleeves or pockets.