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> Near the cereal aisle, a customer walks up to Hart while recording on his cellphone. >“Hi! Can we get some Snoop Cereal here on the shelf?” asks the man. Ea

> Near the cereal aisle, a customer walks up to Hart while recording on his cellphone. >“Hi! Can we get some Snoop Cereal here on the shelf?” asks the man. Earlier that month the rapper Snoop Dogg sued Walmart, claiming the retailer, along with Post Consumer Brands, had worked to suppress sales of Snoop Cereal. Some fans were recording videos related to the dispute for social media. It's like you think you know America because you see it on TV and film so much, and then you read something that makes it sound so weirdly foreign.

svnt 3y ago
There are few things more American than the passage you just quoted. It is about a fan of an aging stoner/rapper talking to a Wal-Mart employee about the fact that he wants cereal.
- pavlov 3y ago
  Indeed, but it's an example of the kind of real America that doesn't feature in Hollywood scripts very much.
  - zeroonetwothree 3y ago
    It would seem too banal to most Americans
quantumfissure 3y ago
This is not a normal human, less then probably .5% of 340 million Americans are like this. It's called being an attention-whore and hoping to strike it big by filming a non-controversy and making it into one on Tik-Tok. You can thank social media (and regular media) for the profiting off clicks/algorithms/non-controversies and driving this nonsense. This isn't filming a cop making an arrest to keep them accountable, it's filming a store manager hoping to create controversy and rid her of her job because she 'said or did the wrong thing' on film. It's no different then filming a fat/alt-lifestyle/whomever person on the bus without them knowing and then making fun of them to drive clicks to your video.
- olddustytrail 3y ago
  The guy filming is not the weird part. You don't think the fact Snoop Dogg has a cereal and is suing Walmart for not carrying it is strange? Perhaps I missed the evolution of Gansta Rap and that's the main lyrical content these days...
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    I think the evolution happened when Snoop and Martha Stewart started doing shows together.
sandspar 3y ago
Yeah TV America is a different thing. Anime and Japan.

svnt 3y ago

There are few things more American than the passage you just quoted. It is about a fan of an aging stoner/rapper talking to a Wal-Mart employee about the fact that he wants cereal.

pavlov 3y ago
Indeed, but it's an example of the kind of real America that doesn't feature in Hollywood scripts very much.
- zeroonetwothree 3y ago
  It would seem too banal to most Americans

quantumfissure 3y ago

This is not a normal human, less then probably .5% of 340 million Americans are like this. It's called being an attention-whore and hoping to strike it big by filming a non-controversy and making it into one on Tik-Tok. You can thank social media (and regular media) for the profiting off clicks/algorithms/non-controversies and driving this nonsense. This isn't filming a cop making an arrest to keep them accountable, it's filming a store manager hoping to create controversy and rid her of her job because she 'said or did the wrong thing' on film. It's no different then filming a fat/alt-lifestyle/whomever person on the bus without them knowing and then making fun of them to drive clicks to your video.

olddustytrail 3y ago
The guy filming is not the weird part. You don't think the fact Snoop Dogg has a cereal and is suing Walmart for not carrying it is strange? Perhaps I missed the evolution of Gansta Rap and that's the main lyrical content these days...
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  I think the evolution happened when Snoop and Martha Stewart started doing shows together.

sandspar 3y ago

Yeah TV America is a different thing. Anime and Japan.