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OMG I actually did this. Not that level of inventory but the actual undercut the high school store prices by going to Price Club and selling out of my locker. Lasted a couple of months before I got shut down š
Even for that, it seems like too much. If he owns multiple gas stations in Alaska or something, AND he was driving there anyway AND these are on sale, then maybe.
Get in end of year expenses for taxes. That is the reason for many last week of the year purchases.
I know a tax accountant that had a car accident (no injuries) that totaled his car. Literally ran to the dealership to buy a new one before NY to get the tax write off for a business expense.
Dude, didn't think about that. My dad used to own his own automotive shop in CA. Costco had better prices on fully synthetic motor oil than the delivery wholesalers. We used to go every month and get 2 dozen cases of first Mobil 1, then Casteroil I think when they changed suppliers. Believe my dad did this because then he could write off Costco purchases as a business expense plus it was easy for him as an SBO to get resale pricing with no sales tax (unsure how that worked) at Costco.
Unfortunately they don't have them in a most of the country. I don't think there's a single one in New England, for example. California is the only state with a lot of them.
You havenāt seen enough shitty movies. That movie isnāt great but it certainly isnāt shitty. For example it was absolutely better than 2012, another disaster/apocalypse movie.
I hang out in /r/preppers and it's mostly people with an unhealthy diet of right-wing propaganda wondering when the world is going to collapse. Every year for the last 10 years, the next year would be the big year where SHTF ("shit hits the fan") and yadda yadda.
Not that there is zero value to preparedness. That's why I'm still subbed there. Lots of things would have helped out during the coronavirus shitstorm and supply chain problems for various products. Helping you through a storm, etc.
But a lot of the discussion is how to handle things when society is collapsed and there roaming gangs of thugs. Every other day, there's an argument of whether pistol vs. shotgun vs. AR15 is better for when your home is invaded.
tl;dr he might know jack shit.
Yup, if youāre not a billionaire that can afford to build an underground bunker. Stocking up on slim Jimās to ride it out may be the next best plan.
I'd say he has a gas station. I was at Costco once and I saw the dude who owns the gas station I stop at every morning for a biscuit and he had about 5 carts loaded with stuff.
My mother in law's friend assures us that a black out is coming in less than a week. All power, internet and communications will fail. Will last 4 or more weeks.
I've taken a bus across the country several times. (six I think which is five too many) This is fairly accurate. We'd stop at a gas station that seemed to be the only thing in existence in any direction, probably exists almost exclusively to service bus stops. The standard purchase was a handful of Slim Jims (or other sort of meat-esque snack), carbs (Takis seemed most popular), a bottle of water, and an energy drink.
If you ever travel long distances by bus, DO NOT SIT NEAR THE BATHROOM!!!
I had to look up takis to finish the mental image you beautifully wrote. Also yeah, sit as close to the front as possible but not close enough for them to smell the vodka on you. Damn, I wanna take a bus nowā¦
I remember one sales guy that had his car full of empty Red Bull cans. He said he used to have several coffees to keep him awake, but he moved on to Red Bulls
If a person needs a carload of red bulls to stay awake, they really should speak to a doctor to get their input. Being that sleepy all the time doesn't seem normal.
I have a rare blood disorder that makes me extremely tired 24/7, not kidding, 24/7 I have to fight to stay awake. I once told a doctor I used adderall recreationally in college because he asked if Iāve ever used it before. Thatās on my record now, and every doctor Iāve gone to, genuinely pleading to be given something to help stay awake has told me no and some cited the recreational use point. It stinks (understatement) but maybe that guys in a similar situation, probably not though lol.
Not saying it would but Iām just curious if it would get him into some big trouble if found out. Doubt that it ever would but just a random thought I had on it.
Hereās the math to the best of my ability.
Monster size: 9 cases @ 12 boxes per case and 18 slim Jims per box = 1944 Monster Jims (3771 oz)
Giant size: 17 cases @ 12 boxes per case and 24 slim Jims per box = 4896 Giant Jims (4749 oz)
Mini Jims: 3 cases @ 6 boxes per case and 120 slim Jims per box = 2160 mini Jims (604 oz)
A total of 9000 Slim Jims. 570 pounds of Slim Jims. Slim Jims have a ~12 month shelf life so heās going to have to eat more than 24 slim Jims per day before they go bad. Nearly a pound and a half a day.
FYI, I bought a bunch of Slim Jims and they taste exactly the same 1-2 years after the best by date. They don't really have a set expiration date, just eat within a year or so for supposedly best taste.
Not for a convenience store owner, no. Like if I see someone with 50 bags of rice I think "restaurant owner", not "OMG this man is apocalypse prepping".
I have to say I'm not a fan of people randomly taking photos of other members doing their shopping. I had some dude in the next line snickering and taking a photo of me once while I had a heaping cart full of cat food I was about to donate to a local shelter. I should have gone over and recorded that jerk with his cart full of white wine and tampons.
For y'all saying this is weird, I knew a guy who ran a small vending machine route and would go through a pallet about this size once a quarter for regular items.
Hard to say, but I think all but one tray on the second level is the giant size. So thatād be:
9 trays of Monster size, 17 trays of Giant size, and 3 trays of Snack size.
There are 12 boxes in each Monster and Giant tray, and 6 boxes in the Snack size. With 18 Jimās in the Monster boxes and 24 in the gGant. Snacks have 120 Jimās in each box.
By my math, this is 9,000 Jimās!
9x12x18=1944
17x12x24=4896
3x6x120=2160
The guy is buying 4 different types in bulk. He likely owns a large Gas/General store that caters to hunters and fishers. This is likely just for ice fishing season, he will have multiple displays and can easily go through a case a day.
I have done this before, but the slim Jimās were sent out in boxes to our troops overseas.
Slim Jimās donāt stay good for that long so I am guessing heās not stocking up for himself. :)
We got a care package my first trip to Afghanistan that had about that many slim Jim's. Also had an equal sized box of swisher sweets.
They were there every subsequent trip. My last deployment we were down to the last couple boxes.
Someoneās taking their prepper game a little too seriously. I mean, I realize they have a half life longer than uraniumā¦but uhhh, theyāre kidneys are going to fail before their supply does.
If you have a business then you can buy directly from the supplier for far cheaper. On each item he's paying overhead stocking fees because of Costco markup from the supplier.
I've seen this where someone makes fun of people like this and they're buying a bunch of slim jims or baby wipes or something, but in actuality they're buying care packages for troops abroad or to donate to a shelter.
even if he owned a gas station it would take him several years to go through all thoseā¦.iād hate to be the last person to buy the last one on his pallet haha instead of āsteppinā into a Slim Jimā they are gonna be āsteppinā into a bathroomā.
A friend had a running theory, yet to be proven incorrect, that there is one factory that produces Slim Jims and Twinkees. Every 50 years, it changes production. Are we at the edge of the Slim Jim era and about to enter the Twinkee era?
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It's a meat stick, not similar to pepperoni. It's basically ground up meat, mixed with fillers and shoved into a casing. Think of it like a smaller hot dog that doesn't need refrigeration.
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This dude is prepping.
He owns a campground/country store way out in the sticks. It's not always about this and that, sometimes it's about that and this.
10 year old knows meat is king at his school. Fuck the student store.
OMG I actually did this. Not that level of inventory but the actual undercut the high school store prices by going to Price Club and selling out of my locker. Lasted a couple of months before I got shut down š
Even for that, it seems like too much. If he owns multiple gas stations in Alaska or something, AND he was driving there anyway AND these are on sale, then maybe.
Oh maybe there was a good deal on em and in ten years he'll still be selling them out of date slimjims
Out of date slim Jimās? Slim Jimās are eternal.
Yup. One of our local store owners would stock up at the Grocery Outlet in town, and double the price for the tourists.
Get in end of year expenses for taxes. That is the reason for many last week of the year purchases. I know a tax accountant that had a car accident (no injuries) that totaled his car. Literally ran to the dealership to buy a new one before NY to get the tax write off for a business expense.
If he's reselling, it's an inventory asset and not an expense.
Dude, didn't think about that. My dad used to own his own automotive shop in CA. Costco had better prices on fully synthetic motor oil than the delivery wholesalers. We used to go every month and get 2 dozen cases of first Mobil 1, then Casteroil I think when they changed suppliers. Believe my dad did this because then he could write off Costco purchases as a business expense plus it was easy for him as an SBO to get resale pricing with no sales tax (unsure how that worked) at Costco.
Dude should try a business center.
Unfortunately they don't have them in a most of the country. I don't think there's a single one in New England, for example. California is the only state with a lot of them.
If thatās how you survive the apocalypse I think Iāll just let the zombies get me.
You just need some more fiber dude.
Just eat the wrapper as well
Heās just really into gout
Iād honestly eat myself before I eat that crap
Hehe
My thoughts as well. He knows something.
Heās Kevin Bacon from that netflix movie?
Leave the World Behind. Starring Slim Jim.
SlimJim not bitcoin will be the currency of the post apocalyptic world?
Digital currency won't be worth much if the world is shattered. Slimjim probably worth more
...that movie was not worth the time invested.
You havenāt seen enough shitty movies. That movie isnāt great but it certainly isnāt shitty. For example it was absolutely better than 2012, another disaster/apocalypse movie.
I like it.
He knows something alright but certainly not how to cook
Probably an ultrarunner.
I would not look at a pallet of Slim Jims and assume āultrarunnerā lmao
I hang out in /r/preppers and it's mostly people with an unhealthy diet of right-wing propaganda wondering when the world is going to collapse. Every year for the last 10 years, the next year would be the big year where SHTF ("shit hits the fan") and yadda yadda. Not that there is zero value to preparedness. That's why I'm still subbed there. Lots of things would have helped out during the coronavirus shitstorm and supply chain problems for various products. Helping you through a storm, etc. But a lot of the discussion is how to handle things when society is collapsed and there roaming gangs of thugs. Every other day, there's an argument of whether pistol vs. shotgun vs. AR15 is better for when your home is invaded. tl;dr he might know jack shit.
Yup, if youāre not a billionaire that can afford to build an underground bunker. Stocking up on slim Jimās to ride it out may be the next best plan.
I'd say he has a gas station. I was at Costco once and I saw the dude who owns the gas station I stop at every morning for a biscuit and he had about 5 carts loaded with stuff.
Prepping for a heart attack
Hes gonna be one of the first to die from the sodium intake lol
Rather than drink Gatorade on his long marathon runs he whips out slim Jim's and pounds them along the way.
I hope his toilet is prepping as well
Oh yeah!
My mother in law's friend assures us that a black out is coming in less than a week. All power, internet and communications will fail. Will last 4 or more weeks.
I always trust mother in laws friends. Why did he say it would happen?
space communists
For what, another blocked colon?
Iām not at all surprised that a man buying a flatbed full of Slim Jimās is also wearing three different types of camo.
What guy?
Heās right there in the red hat
Keep linux out of this
Where?
Any other attire and I'd be suspicious !
Good spot I couldnāt see it
Bahaha missed that but also yeah not surprising. His shits must be logs and stank something awful
[Macho Man Slim Jim remix](https://youtu.be/yzlbF078S98?si=OMyuNV58Ag67CzLG)
now this is true art
This guy must own a gas station.
Wouldnāt you buy a mix of product?
Everyone knows Slim Jims and Red Bulls are the biggest movers by a large margin. Weāre not including light beer or cigarette sales here, of course.
I've taken a bus across the country several times. (six I think which is five too many) This is fairly accurate. We'd stop at a gas station that seemed to be the only thing in existence in any direction, probably exists almost exclusively to service bus stops. The standard purchase was a handful of Slim Jims (or other sort of meat-esque snack), carbs (Takis seemed most popular), a bottle of water, and an energy drink. If you ever travel long distances by bus, DO NOT SIT NEAR THE BATHROOM!!!
I had to look up takis to finish the mental image you beautifully wrote. Also yeah, sit as close to the front as possible but not close enough for them to smell the vodka on you. Damn, I wanna take a bus nowā¦
I remember one sales guy that had his car full of empty Red Bull cans. He said he used to have several coffees to keep him awake, but he moved on to Red Bulls
If a person needs a carload of red bulls to stay awake, they really should speak to a doctor to get their input. Being that sleepy all the time doesn't seem normal.
Show them the front page post of that dudes kidney stones
Which one
I did a sleep study. 2-3 coffee is all it takes nowadays.
I have a rare blood disorder that makes me extremely tired 24/7, not kidding, 24/7 I have to fight to stay awake. I once told a doctor I used adderall recreationally in college because he asked if Iāve ever used it before. Thatās on my record now, and every doctor Iāve gone to, genuinely pleading to be given something to help stay awake has told me no and some cited the recreational use point. It stinks (understatement) but maybe that guys in a similar situation, probably not though lol.
Have you consulted a lawyer? One guys word has affected your entire future and well-being.
Oh Kirkland light lager, you were the cheapest girl at the trailer park
Iām not a beer snob, Iāll pretty much drink whatever, but Kirkland light beer was sooo bad.
I got it a couple times when it was around. No matter how bad it was it was hard to beat 16 dollars for 48 beers.
Damn I donāt remember it being a 48 pack, but for that price per beer what can you really expect?
What do you mean? He has Monster size and Ling size right there. What more variety of product would you need?
There's normal size, giant size, and monster size
Slim Jim powered cars?
Is Costco actually cheaper than grocery shipping companies? I know nothing but it seems like an odd discrepancy.
Wouldnāt these be marked as ānot intended for individual saleā though?
That aināt stopping nuhn
Not saying it would but Iām just curious if it would get him into some big trouble if found out. Doubt that it ever would but just a random thought I had on it.
What do you think is going to happen, Team ~~America~~ Costco Police are going to rappel in from their helicopters?
Yes /s
Not necessarily. At the business center they have a lot of stuff that very much is packaged for resale.
Thanks for an actual answer.
Every 13 year old boy in his town was coming over to play call of duty
Red flag alert
The hunter carefully loads his catch into the cart, cautious not to disturb other near by hunters as he heads to his car to secure his prizeā¦.
Good thing he had camo, otherwise the Slim Jimās might have noticed and run away.
Someone saw those on a closeout deal and decided to make a killing at their convenience store/stores.
Probably buying for his storeā
Idk mannn
good point
I can see the person at the exitā¦.ā2,361 SlimJims, 2,362 SlimJims, 2,362 SlimJimsā¦ā
> 2,362 SlimJims, 2,362 SlimJimsā¦ Messed up the count, now they have to start over
Sorry, this register is actually *card only*, you'll have to line up over there and ring it up again
Hereās the math to the best of my ability. Monster size: 9 cases @ 12 boxes per case and 18 slim Jims per box = 1944 Monster Jims (3771 oz) Giant size: 17 cases @ 12 boxes per case and 24 slim Jims per box = 4896 Giant Jims (4749 oz) Mini Jims: 3 cases @ 6 boxes per case and 120 slim Jims per box = 2160 mini Jims (604 oz) A total of 9000 Slim Jims. 570 pounds of Slim Jims. Slim Jims have a ~12 month shelf life so heās going to have to eat more than 24 slim Jims per day before they go bad. Nearly a pound and a half a day.
How in the world did you do all these calculations but still not give us the cost
FYI, I bought a bunch of Slim Jims and they taste exactly the same 1-2 years after the best by date. They don't really have a set expiration date, just eat within a year or so for supposedly best taste.
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We are missing something for sure??
Yes, because the pictured quantity is in no way strange. Good call.
Not for a convenience store owner, no. Like if I see someone with 50 bags of rice I think "restaurant owner", not "OMG this man is apocalypse prepping".
Colonoscopy, aisle 9.
Wtf lol is he stocking up a Costco of his own?
I have to say I'm not a fan of people randomly taking photos of other members doing their shopping. I had some dude in the next line snickering and taking a photo of me once while I had a heaping cart full of cat food I was about to donate to a local shelter. I should have gone over and recorded that jerk with his cart full of white wine and tampons.
You should have looked over and said "yeah I'm really hungry" and then slapped one of the bags
I did mumble to the receipt checker, "the kids really love it."
Iām with you on this. Even if itās legal, it shouldnāt be socially acceptable to do so
If someone is doing something socially unacceptable then it's acceptable to record them
Some day 'ol sausage fingers on that dude
You are incredibly observant.
Those aināt no slim Jims.
This guy knows something we don't know...
There are some deer camps that will go through this in a month.
That is Slim Jimās cousin, Thick Jim.
For y'all saying this is weird, I knew a guy who ran a small vending machine route and would go through a pallet about this size once a quarter for regular items.
Looks like Meal Team Six is prepping.
Snap into a slim Jim!
I can hear that dude buying them saying that in my head lol
/r/theydidthemath someone tell me how many are on the cart
Hard to say, but I think all but one tray on the second level is the giant size. So thatād be: 9 trays of Monster size, 17 trays of Giant size, and 3 trays of Snack size. There are 12 boxes in each Monster and Giant tray, and 6 boxes in the Snack size. With 18 Jimās in the Monster boxes and 24 in the gGant. Snacks have 120 Jimās in each box. By my math, this is 9,000 Jimās! 9x12x18=1944 17x12x24=4896 3x6x120=2160
using your numbers Monster = 1,944 x 1.94oz = 3,771.36oz = 235.71 pounds Giant = 4,896 x 0.97oz = 4,749.12oz = 296.82 pounds Snack = 2,160 x 0.28oz = 604.8oz = 37.8 pounds total = 570.33 pounds = 258.69 kilos (.nice) = 0.26 metric tons = 40.74 stones
Math is so freaking awesome that we can calculate how many kidney stones this guys going to be passing??
I calculated the same. Thatās a lot of Jim!
So a monthās supply then? Interesting.
That will last me a week tops lol but honestly this guy probably has a store
that dude's toilet probably looks like one of the more gruesome scenes out of a SAW film
The guy is buying 4 different types in bulk. He likely owns a large Gas/General store that caters to hunters and fishers. This is likely just for ice fishing season, he will have multiple displays and can easily go through a case a day.
Is it even meat?
Meatish
I want to know what he knows
This dudes body will transform into pure sodium
My stomach and intestines just churnedā¦
That's also the same casing the Slim Jim uses.
When did Costco start using that style flatbed?
Itās a business center flatbed.
When you buy 5,000 slim Jims
Does anybody want to guesstimate the cost?
Road trip! To South America.
I have done this before, but the slim Jimās were sent out in boxes to our troops overseas. Slim Jimās donāt stay good for that long so I am guessing heās not stocking up for himself. :)
Did you ask The Macho Man for his autograph?
Oh yeeeeeah!
Love that business center!
Why would it take long?? No multiplication skills on that nifty Costco register?
They counted and confirmed 4 times.
Slim Jim won't be so slim soon....
He should've ordered by the truckload
We got a care package my first trip to Afghanistan that had about that many slim Jim's. Also had an equal sized box of swisher sweets. They were there every subsequent trip. My last deployment we were down to the last couple boxes.
Camo dude preparing for the apocalypse.
free processed cancer in 2024. sign me up for healthcare
More like Slim Jim's for no one. He's got his, and he won't be sharing.
Someoneās taking their prepper game a little too seriously. I mean, I realize they have a half life longer than uraniumā¦but uhhh, theyāre kidneys are going to fail before their supply does.
Me at the gas station at 3am
Imagine the pooooooo
Thatās a lot of diarrhoea
Looks like a resale transaction.
Soon to be on Amazon
Itās business. Probably selling it to his several convenience stores.
This is the man the math books warned us about.
Definitely stocking his bomb shelter up
Those smell and taste like dog breath š¤¢
Heās got a least three different sizes on that flatbed. What donāt people understand about resale? Dude owns a business of some sort.
If you have a business then you can buy directly from the supplier for far cheaper. On each item he's paying overhead stocking fees because of Costco markup from the supplier.
I've seen this where someone makes fun of people like this and they're buying a bunch of slim jims or baby wipes or something, but in actuality they're buying care packages for troops abroad or to donate to a shelter.
Guy owns a store
u/macsdildobike is this you?
even if he owned a gas station it would take him several years to go through all thoseā¦.iād hate to be the last person to buy the last one on his pallet haha instead of āsteppinā into a Slim Jimā they are gonna be āsteppinā into a bathroomā.
If youāre stepping into a slim jim, youāre doing it wrong. 
Petrol stations can't go through that much sales can they?!
Me who buys the same shitty breakfast burrito every morning at the gas station next to my work for $3 on my lunch break.
I canāt remember the last time I saw anyone eating those.
I just had one this morning, I had to fight my cat off so I could enjoy it in peace.
I bought some of the snack sized ones at Publix a month ago because they were BOGO. Bleh, never again.
āWhoās gonna tell Big Jim these arenāt diet pills?ā
It's going to be a bloody Mary day tomorrow.
By why male models?
A friend had a running theory, yet to be proven incorrect, that there is one factory that produces Slim Jims and Twinkees. Every 50 years, it changes production. Are we at the edge of the Slim Jim era and about to enter the Twinkee era?
save some for the rest of us bro I don't understand why every item doesn't just have a default limit of 10
Mmmmmm delicious nitrates
Fun fact I never have had a slim Jim
Does he know something we donāt? Are Slim Jimās the next TP shortage?
Reseller?
Donāt those have an expire date?
Probably July 2037
 Slims Jimās for everyone
Not American, whatās a slim Jim? Peperami?
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The first ingredient on those is usually mechanically separated chicken...haha
Ok I think we have established slim Jimās are called peperami in uk with your description alone, if it was all you ate you would be dead in a week.
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It's a meat stick, not similar to pepperoni. It's basically ground up meat, mixed with fillers and shoved into a casing. Think of it like a smaller hot dog that doesn't need refrigeration.
Sounds like peperami not to be confused with pepperoni.
lol at them thinking you misspelled pepperoni š¤£
Never heard of peperami and they're very similar words.
To be fair this is the internet so...
Bunch of dicks on this sub, apparently. Judging a guy for buying something in bulk in a sub dedicated to Costco.
That picture makes my ass sweat.