New Rule: Make the Mall Great Again | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) 

The one comment the audience didn't laugh at.

Gold..as he sells shirts at his shows

Then this ppl lecture us climate change.

How much carbon is produced to ma u fracture and deliver a shirt that says "think green"

Everytime throwing something away, just smh...

Keeps you working though doesn't it?

Uhm xcuse me boomer but that would require actual effort and minimal social skills I'm way too depressed for that

This NR segment was a rambling mess.

Can Amazon just make stricter return policy guidelines? I hardly ever return anything on Amazon, and I am amazed at how easy it is to return something and get a refund!!!

@Bobs Black I've seen apparel companies in the past limit returns per month or week for that reason.

That’s a blockbuster line. He should give the writer that came up with that a raise.

Best line indeed

Time to do some trust busting

It’s you’re as in “you are” sigh…my most common comment

@@jonathanweiss8955 Oops! Thanks Word Nazi, the correction has been made.

Coldwater creek was the best they had coffee a waterfall and the USA today lol

King of Prussia which is one of the largest malls in the country has really nice seating with phone chargers and plenty of seats.

I agree with you about seating. Another painful issue is young people coming in starting fights which often end in shootings.

Why have seating, when you can have kiosks with creepy men approaching you to sell moisturizers and shoe cleaning products?

@@billdonnelly1134 Damn,Where do you live?

Absolutely

How do you think you guys get your food?

They try it all the time. Each little and big subdivision tries making their own community, but people are transient. And they’re introverted at home. It just doesn’t work anymore. What we need to do is expand homeschooling into smaller community schools, with smaller community intramural teams, and other ways to bring smaller like-minded groups together.

Yeah, malls are far from being the best option. We need multi-use zoning to be legalized across the country, so people can actually walk or bike to a store for their regular everyday needs and not have all this urban sprawl that pushes people miles and miles away from businesses.

we need laws that requires any new building built must have the First floor reserved as retail, not office space not bank space. There is NO reason for any one to walk a block long glass window to a bank or insurance office. Bring retail back to street level

💯

Finally put some transit in our cities too

@@Token_Nerd yes! And biking infrastructure!💖

I go out of my way to support small independent businesses.

@@Manormouse-04 Yes! I used to bike a lot, went through college on my bike. I love it. Unfortunately, now I live in beautiful country but I'd get hit by a car on these roads, and there are no bike lanes that I'm aware of in the state.

Welcome to 2005, and all those other years. Nobody has ever even watched Bill--They were just told what he was, and what to think about him.

@@OutyMan If you say so.

Well he's always been able to bridge that gap which is why I love him. It's just the last 5 years he's had to focus on that former guy and his enablers.

Bottled water should be OUTLAWED. As with anything else that comes in a plastic bottle. Americans complain about inflation, but they don't realize that they are spending more on the packaging for what they buy than for the ingredients inside. The powder or syrup that goes into that water is pennies compared to what it costs to pack and ship and market it.

Not like any of those things can be found in any store

Yup, and now imagine all the many more cars creating many more CO2 emissions driving back and forth to the malls to buy stuff. Imagine how much more of your time you have to spend on buying stuff in a store than online.

@@scribblydoodle2924 if the average American can’t figure out what they’re spending to get water in a bottle, the average American has wasted time spent in school

@@scribblydoodle2924 not everywhere don't forget Flint Michigan they need clean water still..but yes in places like where I live Rochester NY there's nothing wrong w out tap water yet people use filters anyway..I see people like my dad has a filter on his tap water and still buys bottles ...they disgust me but I don't say anything bc he's old and my Dad

so non tradional means no reading, writhing or math. just more useless schitte like gender studies or history of the water bear. you go girl, happy you do you

Losing strip malls is no real tragedy.

True… we built way too many, and what do we do with all those buildings and parking lots now? Should have left the original farms an forests.

Abandoned malls could also be transformed into homeless housing with skill training on site for those that are homeless through no fault of their own, think CV19, and separately as housing and treatment centers for the homeless addictive people. Sadly, few states really care about this growing condition and spend tax dollars on overpaid state and county public servants.

@@barbarahopper3813 You do know that so called overpaid public servants are probably the same people that would likely be the ones training those homeless people and providing other benefits and services to get them back on their feet, right?

And the physical stores often don't even carry the biggest items because of shoplifting. If I need an overpowered electronic device, I have to go online. Everything in store is basic stuff and can't hold up to what I throw at it.

@@blazingfuryoffire1 haha, it's not because of shoplifting. They have insurance. It doesn't cost them anything. It's because they don't have the cashflow to just have one of everything in store. But that is the free market. If you can't compete, then you lose.

This has been going on for a long time now, even predating online shopping's dominance. It been part of any MBA course to learn that you want a minimum of inventory (it ties up money and can be taxed); you don't want to carry niche items or brands that don't appeal to the mass market, etc. I've seem many stores and companies go under because of this as former customers don't go back, but they still consider it canon law.

Many stores are still open to ordering items for you if they don't have the in stock. They may want a small holding fee or prepayment but then you can see it, try it on, and confirm its condition before accepting it. No return needed for defective items. Also, well run stores will adjust inventory based on demand. So if people start asking for purple squishy thing-a-ma-jings, then they will start stocking more.

@@Silence-Dogood Yes, but the problem is that people go to shop in a physical store because they want or need the item right away. If the store has to order out that’s just a less convenient and more expensive way for the consumer to online shop. Even if a fair number of us were willing to put up with it to support the smaller business, that’s not a viable way to get consumers at large to support brick and mortar shopping.

The '90s were the last great decade

With you, Bubber Cakes. I, too,....I, too. Me and my friends miss it.

My dearest friend and I grew up in the last generation to truly walk around malls for fun. A couple of months ago, she was in town and we decided to meet at a burger place- Shake Shack. The only location for that near us is attached to a mall we used to walk around as teens. I suggested we make a day of it and walk around the mall like old times after we had our burgers 🍔 It was honestly wonderful. So nostalgic and simple. I bought an Auntie Anne's Cinnamon Sugar pretzel too! We are normally conscious and reasonably healthy in our eating choices, but that day, we just had the best time eating and walking around like we were super young girls again. It was a pretty perfect day. 🖤

@@AvecPoesie sounds memorable. good.

I miss malls too. I wonder what modern teens do? Where do they go? I guess they stay inside and stare at their phone?

American Malls do that too and still more and more shops close forever. Malls nowadays look like ghost towns.

American Malls have always had that stuff as far as I can remember back in the 80s. But a lot of it has gone out of business because it's not the hot," cool thing" anymore. I've seen high tech Lazer tag, discount movie theater, & arcade all go extinct in the mall here, I worked at that mall for 8 years myself for Hot Topic 1998-2006. Our local roller skating rink was just demolished after being sold. It's heartbreaking. I practiced multiple nights a week formy citiesRoller deeby league & played derby there & i skated there. It was down the road from our mall. I moved here from California in 1994 where the mall had an entire floor that had an arcade, bumper cars, carousel, and an ice skating rink-- to a tiny one story sad excuse for a mall. I just remembered in high school, during promotion of a play I was in, we went to the mall and performed scenes to try and get the community to come to our play performances & had tickets for sale for multiple times matinees & dinner theater. It felt really strange to do!

I hope it keeps your malls alive Finland.

@@7thJen American malls do not do that. Once they lose their anchor store that mall is gone. That anchor store is the corporate equivalent to open air, real time advertisement. People used to go to malls to go to Macy's. They don't anymore. Macy's leave. That mall dies. Malls here in America did not pivot fast enough to survive.

If malls would adapt in the way you suggest people would go there. But the old model of corporate chain stores and restaurants is clearly history.

@Clyde3 Hey Clyde. Finally it's here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQw4w9WgXcQ.html

Hollister 2005-2007 right here

It's just the reality of progress. I didn't realize until a couple months ago that my mom didn't just "go to the store" when she was a kid in the 50's/60's. Apparently there *were no* Safeways or Costcos or Krogers, so produce as "exotic" as broccoli wasn't even an option. Funny how we're trying to get back to that model with the whole "sustainable farm-to-table" thing after decades of abandoning it for being costly and inefficient.

Jeff Bozos is killing us all. He’s the real Pennywise🤡

Pete Finch I appreciate your post, and definitely agree about the socializing, the fun times and memories. But I dont think Amazon is "taking over", amazon is "Taking advantage" Maybe for the area crime has gone up, dirty, downgraded, so people stopped shopping less, went elsewhere or went online. So Amazon sees an opportunity and takes over. Amazon wouldnt be nearly as successful if more people did physically shop instead of online. Kind of a "chicken or the egg conversation" Maybe the real culprit is the internet, which changed everything. Let me ask you - before the internet, how many people do you know were cancelled? How many were fired for something they said 30 years ago when they were teenagers? With increasing technology, a ton of great stuff comes with it, but also opportunities for bad stuff. I focus on at least, thousands of folks who lost their jobs to those stores that closed, hopefully they can work at the Amazon fullfillment center. Better that than to end up like places like Detroit or Camden where stores close, thousands lose their job, and then becomes deserted - nothing coming in to replace what was lost.

If we fight the return of the mall will come. I think we can take out Amazon and return to the mall in the next ten years

At least there was social interaction at the malls, Amazon is just selling crap tier quality items in excessively large boxes. I have purchased from Amazon before but only for items that are horribly expensive in my part of the world or if nobody stocks the item. Fast fashion is a sick joke and buying items just for self gratification is just pathetic. Bill shouldn't be blaming all millennials and Zoomers for all the waste, clearly it's an American problem.

@@firedrapeon6012 The "loneliness" that people are going through is what makes them buy for self-gratification. It makes them feel good to get something in the mail; like someone "cares" about them. It's all psychological. I'm sure Amazon and others already know this. It's not just America; anywhere that has services like Amazon are going through it. The internet has screwed people up more than they want to believe. The "comfort of your own home" gimmick has turned people into sociopaths

@@XenoGuru you are misusing the word "sociopath" there. Hypocritical is more accurate or just being true to a core tenet of humanity, Greed. Stop feeding Amazon, it's already too big and anticompetitive.

@@firedrapeon6012 I was saying sociopath in the metaphorical sense; not medical. But yes hypocritical is another one for sure. I moreover meant that people are just staying in their "little ponds" or to a small circle of people who share their ideaology. Even with dating: it used to be that you found a random person "in person" somewhere; approached them, and talked. Now there's this "speed dating" like thing going on with these dating apps. And many times they're getting "catfished" by people with fake profiles. No one trusts anyone anymore.

@@XenoGuru whether it be metaphorical or medical, sociopath is a word with a definition. You can't bend the definition to your liking the same way the woke crowd claims "words are violence". On your other point, the old way of dating is not necessarily better, speed dating is a joke, sure, but getting to know someone via their dating profile so you don't waste your time trying to get along with someone you just can't, is just much more logical. Relationships with opposing political beliefs are destined to fail. It's not a great idea to have identical beliefs but you need some common ground, some shared interests, eg the same religion or both like dancing, something that you can do together and enjoy it.

The answer is multi-purpose development and better walking/biking/public transit infrastructure. People order online bc they don’t want to drive to the store, but if they can walk a few blocks or bike for 5-10 minutes through protected bike lanes shaded by trees? Or sometimes literally just WALK DOWNSTAIRS??? They won’t order online.

@@TungstenArm You underestimate the laziness of the average American. They choose online because it's the most convenient. No setting foot outside at all, not even just down the block.

@@TungstenArm agree 100%. I used to have that setup when i lived in Holland.

@@TungstenArm Since I would have to drive 1.5 hrs to the closest mall, online shopping is a saving grace for me. I used to love shopping at the malls, but not for social reasons. Downtown in my current town is minimal, at best, mostly antiques shops, a restaurant, a tattoo shop, a photo studio, an expensive shoe store with a very small variety, and a music/pawn shop. We have one tiny strip mall with 2 clothes stores, Verizon, and a Dollar Tree. We have a Walmart and Home Depot, and a few isolated hardware/farm or furniture stores. That's it for shopping. So, while many people are lazy, or became lazy during the pandemic, there are some of us in remote areas that DO need and appreciate online shopping. My boxes go into the compost or under mulch in my garden. I don't buy clothes online. I buy them at the 2 clothing stores or wait until I make that trip to the big cities. Yesterday, I bought a pair of jeans, first clothing I've purchased in 3 years. Not much activity during the pandemic. I know little towns like mine may not be the majority purchasers, but I for one am grateful I can buy organic supplements and gardening supplies online that local stores don't carry.

Online shopping is great, because I can buy things that would never be cost effective for a physical store to offer, such as homemade shirts on Etsy, cards for an old collectible card game, very specific out of print books, etc. on eBay. I’ve found buyers for stuff a pawn shop would never buy from me. Every way of buying has it’s pros/cons.

It was like that in the 70s. Too many choices now leaves you with no choice.

OK, I'll chime in for the 80s as well, lol. We watched the Thursday night lineup on NBC as a family, often with a pizza or takeaway that night, and it was discussed the next day at school or work. Nighttime dramas had cliffhangers and you had to wait all summer to find out what happened. We didn't usually know what actors were departing until we saw the episode live, and we had to go out and about to run errands. But the thing is, I live in Chicago now an dhardly evert leave the house thanks to the insane levels of violence here now, everywhere. Stabbings, shootings, car jacking, in Broad daylight, regardless of neighborhood or witnesses. It's horrible. Today a mall would just become another target for these scum bags. Sad but true. Sometimes, I wish we could build a time machine and go back, knowing what we do now if only to appreciate things as they were even more.

We are becoming a sad society where there is no human contact. All can be bought online. Sad. But sometimes sadly too dangerous to shop in person

Just because something has some drawbacks doesn't cancel it out as progress. People use all these online conveniences for a reason, including the old-timers who get nostalgic about "the good ol' days" or some other outmoded advancement (e.g. video rental stores). Sure, the drawbacks may suck, but the advantages easily outweigh them. Telling me I have to drive all the way to mall when gas is still pricey and then sometimes not even getting what I want is better than me sitting on my phone in my home and looking at an online store in a fraction of the time isn't progress is just idiocy. That is progress, and I can even connect with people on the same phone at the same time I'm doing this.

I totally agree. I’m Gen Z. We think happiness and freedom comes from the ability to do whatever you want and get whatever you want, but really that makes you a slave to your desires. There’s no discipline anymore

When they didn't do it in October and ignore the other holidays. Especially Thanksgiving - something we should have been doing more of.

The malls are still there, its the people who have voluntarily chosen a hermit lifestyle. Lockdowns were accepted by the same people, people who already lived hermit lifestyles and had nothing to lose...

@@ArnoldSig Facts Arttu!!

Now you're hoping you dont get shot coming out the mall parking lot.

@@chickaboomboom2726 or get stabbed by a middleschooler of you live in KCMO

I do miss getting fresh coffee / muffins, then flipping through the latest book releases at B&N.

It’s a lifesaver sometimes, especially for one who lives in a rural community.

@@margo3367 Not many malls in rural communities...so you get a pass. My sister lives on a farm. Online purchasing is essential for rural communities.

Thankfully, I have one very close to where I live, less than 10 minutes away in Tarzana, CA called CD Trader. Going there now to pick-up a new release CD that I special ordered. It has new and used including Vinyl as well, and a large DVD inventory of movies and shows. But I get your point, there are few and far between. I always try and buy from them first before I go on the hunt to Amazon or eBay.

Or CD's

For sure. Loneliness….

Please take care of yourself, Gabe. You spending over 99% of your time alone just broke my heart. You matter. Remember that.

My mother is outright addicted to Amazon. I keep trying to explain this to her, but it only makes her dig her heels in further.

Take a martial arts class

@@rkulla or ANY class... painting, yoga, piano lessons, foreign language, dancing...I took acting classes under the theater curriculum at my local University. It was so much fun. I also took swing dancing and Tai chi. You don't even have to be great at it. Just enjoy yourself.

I just bought 2 tshirts from spencers and I now hate myself

@@MrKongatthegates Did you at least buy them in-store and not online?

Habit for Humanity. It's like Goodwill, but it's not evil.

Lol fell for the scam huh

@@TheInverseable what scam? Are you talking about goodwill or the 50 dollars for a tee-shirt? I haven’t spent 50 dollars on a tee-shirt.

Agreed. I make almost all of my clothing purchases in thrift stores, from Hanes online, or sew it myself. Fortunately I am a capable home sewing aficionado.

I only owe 2 pairs of pants and 2 pairs of shoes. and about 20 t-shirts. and I don't buy shoes again until I get holes in the ones I'm wearing.

Agreed. I find a lot of good used clothes, sometimes designer from Value Village and Dots. A lot of those clothes are nice dresses I can wear on nights out. If those ever don't fit me anymore, I can always donate them back to Value Village and someone else can enjoy them.

"actually"

Thrift stores are the only place I can find pants that fit me since everything new in Merican clothing stores is only available in "walrus+" size. Less expensive as well.

I’m there. I couldn’t agree more. And thanks for pointing out the craziness of “moralism” and so-called “woke” cancel culture. And that it’s dangerous. To EVERYONE! Woke as originally defined (awareness of racism) is a very good thing, but the far-left turned it into something else and screwed it up. Thanks Bill Maher for explaining that the far-right is the most dangerous, the far-left is also terrible and that we just need to chill and use common sense!

excellent comment and analysis and conclusion, ATS. I mean, what you said needed to be said. Loook, Maher is indeed stating the obvious and simple with great facts and BITING IRONY JOKES that punch yet make us laugh. ALL THAT POLLUTION, ALL THAT extra business infrastructure JUST TO SUPPORT the industry of goods that we order VIA PHONE OR INTERNET. it didn't exist before, Why? BECAUSE OF SHOPPING MALLS. We don't know how good we had it, at THE MALLS. It solved a lot of problems. Malls are gone BECAUSE of online shopping.

Bill takes multiple private jets a week

Don't shop online. Done. But I bet you do, right?

Bigot

Destroying the planet to control wealth and keep the masses downtrodden so you can eventually present yourself as a god doesn't sound petty, more like evil. They're the ones making and molding others do it for petty reasons so the biggest perpetrators can wave the finger at them, they already have a mascot that's been made a false idol.

Are you part of the problem or nah?

@@b.b.6542 Are you the person the OP is describing or nah?

@B. B do you know what UPS is? It’s not Amazon, honey.

👏👏 Have a good one man, from Brighton England

Amen

Excellent point that the demise of Great Malls is also the erosion of our social skills and connection with “others”. Little wonder why we have become more intolerant of diversity. We are around it less & less.

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia once said that progress is not always for the better. I agree with him, and I am not sure why people assume otherwise.

1. What do you expect when a new technology is far superior to an old one? We can sit there and get nostalgic about our younger days when the malls were a fun place to go and more people went to them, but that's just being stupid. We don't go to malls as much because it's FUNNER to shop online, not to mention cheaper. I certainly don't miss all the times I went to the mall and couldn't find what I was looking for and left empty handed, especially when I knew I would have to go back and try again later. 2. Not sure what kinds of clothes you're talking about, but most clothes do not stay in fashion for longer than a few years. Some shirt back in 2010 is not going to look all that great now. I don't know why you'd want a t-shirt you paid $15 for to last 10 years. On the other hand, I also don't know what you'd do to wear as shirt out that quickly. I have workout clothes that I bought in the mid-00's that are only recently starting to get holes.

malls were great for window shopping--as a broke college student I enjoyed Rennovator's Supply stores and so on. But we've shifted to instant gratification. My friend just figured out after cutting up her credit cards that ApplePay works off her phone, and even she knows that's a bad thing without impulse control (her ex hubby always said, give her $5 or $500 and she'd return with the same amount of change back). as for clothes lasting longer, its why we point and scoff when someone on the dole shows up wearing brand name clothes. they didn't buy them off the rack, they went to the consignment store since its cheaper than MallWart where the clothing is cheaply made. Brand names last long enough to hit Goodwill and still be worth buying.

My Grandparents house is a Sears kit home brought in by rail and built in 1890. And as a boy in the late 50's and early 60's I remember the Sears Catalogue was the preferred reading that doubled as T.P. in the outhouse in back of that home! So, Haley, you're not so very old after all! lol.

Shopping lists? You mean you don't use a phablet to do a two-way VIDEO (NOT audio-only) call to your spouse, showing them video of what the supermarket has? Ugh, how retro and uncool!

@@jimtrela7588 I know you're being sarcastic, but I have neither a tablet or a spouse. I have to do my own grocery shopping.

@Clyde Hey Clyde. Finally it's here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQw4w9WgXcQ.html

Yes, We are humans, socializing is one important connection. Most of these ankle bitters are incredibly bright. With their subject of choice. We have forgotten how to take a breath and act civil. But I am exposed to younger adults whose compassion and acceptance is startling. We are all gonna be alright.

But local is also more expensive most of the time, so your dollar doesn't stretch as far.

Not only that, but it's like a direct line to China with no middleman: the crappy thing goes from China to you, and your dollars went from your wallet directly to the Chinese who made the crappy thing.

Keep buying amazon, and that'll be the only jobs left.

@Clyde ah yes!! You would be the one who would take a great commentary about how online shopping is destroying the social fabric of society and plug your own website for making money. Congratulations.

You’ve been reported.

They are not wearing clothing they are wearing fashion. Most of it is cheap junk at best and very uncomfortable to wear.

I've recently bought a pair of shoes that will complement the only pair I had in the past four/five years, and whilst going back home I said to myself: "Ok, now I won't have to worry about shoes for the next five years". In the meantime, I have friends that have an entire closet full of them.

Nice thing is, as fast as fashion changes, whatever you have will always come back in style someday! I’m Gen-X, and when people ask me where I bought my clothes, I answer, “The 90s”. 🤣

That's crazy. I keep my clothes for years

@@r.r.6741 It's really true. I'm a boomer and I'm almost 60. Recent fashions that have come out are stuff that I wore when I was a kid.

Armored Saint is so underrated 🤘

Because you were never taught by anyone in your family .... or you weren't taught by any of your teachers in school, _say from 2nd grade through high school?_ Or because you never paid attention to those and "went your own way" in behavior skills?

90s kid here: I can't tell you how much I miss the mall

@@penboyasgod6103 maybe high functioning autism. Might not have had parents. Might have had abusive parents. May have been relentlessly bullied at school..there can be so many reasons.

@@Viking_Luchador Did they all close down?

Just another hypocrisy by the "look at me, pay attention to me" generation.

While I agree with you for the most part, Amazon does have over 1 million employees. I know a few drivers that seem to love driving for Amazon since many get to create their own schedules. It seems flexible for say semi retired people and college students. They also offer IVF benefits which most American employers don't offer (I work for a nonprofit and don't get them).

Ok

depends on location. California has tons of open air malls, doesn't work as well in Michigan or Minnesota.

He makes a good point, but sadly I am house bound ,I no longer am able to drive because of old age and failing health. So I am forced to shop on line and catalogs. I miss my shopping trips to the mall.

​@@anythingoriginal Nebraska had open air malls at one time but began to enclose them because no one would go to them during the winter, due to frigid temps.

@@arlenemulqueeney5464 Sending hugs from Italy. Online shopping can be useful, it's just overused by most people in my generation, but it's good to have it when you really need it. I hope you get well enough for a trip to the mall soon!

Lol you should see the waste retailers like Walmart make They don't donate old or returned clothes either

Bezos is completely evil and has no sense of morals!

But the waste here is Amazon not online shopping. It can be done ecologically, it's just under capitalism we decide that evil Bozos gets to make all those decisions.

You do know retail has been doing the exact same thing for decades right? I worked a retail store in the 1980's and about 80% of the returns were tossed in the dumpster after being "certified" by the store as destroyed. It was cheaper to destroy them than to store them and then ship them back. I later learned a shit ton of retail did this...and STILL do. When comparing apples against oranges make sure you look at BOTH fruits instead of letting someone with an agenda present to you only one side....or else you be screaming at the kids to get off your lawn, just like Bill "I don't like thinking about anything new" Maher.

No he's not. Gen Z and Millenials? It is his generation. Old man Maher at it again. But he seems to remember a world that belongs to 4 or 5 companies. Did he forget about the bullshit model where we have to have acres of parking for this crap? I'm old enough to remember town squares hopping with activity, from the town drunk to the drunk mayor. Malls are bullshit, and are the first step in keeping us apart. Local, neighborhood shops are the way to go. Don't have any? Raise some hell at your council meetings, this stuff doesn't occur in a vacuum. Giant ass parking lots aren't what we need, what we need is engagement. If you think it is too hard, get out of the way, because there are people that don't think it's too hard and are willing to make the effort.

Thanks for marrying a vietanamese sister of mine, we love go to America and have American fun!

Have you seen Burnsville Center lately? Not doing well at all.

Yeah, it's a great place to get shot or robbed. Bonus points if you take the light rail, that's when the fun really kicks up a notch.

I love malls but they've become overrun with punks and gangs which seem to be above the law.

Strange as the malls in my area are mostly dying. Shootings, online shopping and general Laziness have pretty much killed them. The last two malls in my city I’d say only have 40% of its stores open. It’s strange to see ad I don’t ever see them making a comeback

"wreaking" havoc not reeking

@@fjsioewiox you are correct

But I have 2,300 friends already on Facebook. If you agree with this comment, click the like button. Thanks.

@@fjsioewiox We get the meaning th though.

I wonder just how much fuel Amazon goes through a day. Between all of the cardboard etc plus the returns.

The most efficient way is by boat, but since a lot of rivers are running dry nowadays, that's really not an option anymore. Also rail has friction. It just has minimal rolling resistance.

Also big here in Australia 🇦🇺

So true. In the Philippines, malls are getting bigger.

I've been an expat for 6 years in Africa and Europe. Malls are crowded but I don't know if people are actually buying anything. People definitely use malls/shopping centers as social outlets. I will say Food Courts in Europe, Spain in particular, are incredible. No McDo or Chick fila but seriously good meals with beer, wine and cocktails. In the UK the shopping centers were dying. You could go to the movies but the restaurants might or might not be open afterwards. The shops, including the Tesco, shut down by 6pm even during the Christmas season.

Same in hawaii.

Calm down, Jim. It wasn't a personal attack on you. Bill understands that people who actually live in rural areas don't have many options other than online shopping.

Considering he takes a private jet all the time probably more like a 1000 times.

Nonsense! You're just getting fatter and you're afraid someone may antagonize or fat shame.

@@OutsideLookingInSports I'm not really talking about purchasing sex toys or super small condoms. I'm more referring to predatory big tech companies watching, collecting, profiling, selling, targeting, and influencing people based on their *every purchase* that they openly made online. Theoretically, if I were going to buy adult diapers at CVS, I would rather awkwardly try to hide them from my coworker than let every oligarch and silicon valley yacht twat know they need to add incontinence to my profile, and target me forever after.

@@OutsideLookingInSports Very true. But you don't *have* to use the club card though. It's possible to use cash, buy whatever you want, and leave without big tech knowing what you bought. (Except that they track your phone location, so they'd know what store you were in.) With your info they can figure out how you'll buy in the future, how much money you have, how you're living, which social media posts to show you, tax information, how you'll vote.... it can get seriously intrusive and manipulative really fast.

@@OutsideLookingInSports The person was talking about online, electronic privacy.

umm the stores near me dont sell any more toys now than every before... only thing thats grown is the manga section.

Online shopping is way more environmentally friendly than everybody individually getting into their car and driving to the mall. As usual Bill is just talking out of his ass.

@Clyde3 Hey Clyde. Finally it's here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQw4w9WgXcQ.html

USB to 9-pin adapter lol loving the example 😂🤜🤛❤️

So true just was there tonight and was shocked by the massive amount of toys and games, even board games.

That destruction came mostly from horrible gas mileage/inefficient engines and leaded gas. Families still had to drive downtown to get to the department store if they didn't live in the city and wanted to shop. The Mall just directed that experience more locally.

People are free to drive if they want. It is sad to see people worrying about other people's lives so much.

@@bighands69 I don’t care what other people do. People can drive if they want. I just want the freedom to choose not to drive (mostly via public transit), which isn’t an option in most American cities or towns. I’m exclusively arguing for more freedom, not less. But keep telling yourself that you’re living a life of freedom the next time you find yourself forced to sit through hours of bumper to bumper traffic.

@@spacemanspiff2137 If you live in the suburbs, there is no hours or even an hour of bumper to bumper traffic.

@@spacemanspiff2137 You said it was sad driving to American shopping mall implying that Americans should not be doing that. Go on just admit it you do not want Americans driving cars

Me and my friends used to hang out at the mall every weekend, good times. During the early 2000's, growing up, it used to be packed with people. It's not like that these days. Every time I walk around inside, it's not as crowded as before.

Agreed. InstaMart and medicine delivery are helpful when you’re sick. I feel that more as I am sick rn. 😢

"There are times when online shopping or food delivery has its benefits" Could you please expand on your statement that online shopping is beneficial?

@@donmiller2908 it’s beneficial when: you can’t find your size in the store; you know exactly what you want and don’t need to go in / drive/ park etc to get it; definitely I always do online shopping for toys (which I know my daughter will outgrow in a month)

Yes of course it is a great tool for people that can’t leave their home. Bill is targeting the young lazies and brain washed to shop at home, stay at home, and do absolutely nothing .

Amen. Everything has value where it is kept in balance and I'm grateful for the independence that online shopping gives to people with actual disabilities as it allows a freedom that did not previously exist.

@@claudiocorleone7856 indeed he is and that's why I agree with him

Same. I now even have my perishable groceries delivered to my door via our local grocery's delivery service. Without online, I would be dependent on someone to do all of my shopping. My disability puts me at high risk from COVID so on line shopping keeps me out of harm's way. So, there are up sides also.

I still write out my purchase lists. I'm getting older, can't remember what I'm supposed to get without one. And, being retired, I no longer need fancy dress shirts, heels and panty hose. I no longer have to compete by buying whatever what most people thought were the latest and greatest. I've also reacquainted myself with places I wouldn't have dreamed of going to when I was in the grind. Thrift stores, and goodwill work fine for me. I'm destroying most of my jeans and clothing because I'm an artist now, and forever getting paint on them. Young people actually comment on my paint splatters, and think I did them on purpose, or ask where I bought them. I can be hip, and I don't have to tell them I'm recycling bell bottoms I never threw away from the 1970s. Works for me, and I love the new common sense Bill Mayer.

Really? I've never had a social interaction that I wanted in a mall. They provide a measure of anonymity that I suppose is useful, but they're clearly intended to help you spend money, not socialise.

That's never happened ONCE in a fuckin mall🤣🤣

It's now funny to remember Bill Hicks expressing utter disgust at malls in the early 90s.

@@Rockownz5150 malls have always been a waste of time, what the fuck is bill bitching about! Money should be spent on creating beautiful town plazas, European style, where people gather, walk around and talk w eachother.

Nobody interacts with people in their environs these days. They talk in their phones or they have their noses in their phones.

apartments next to a nightclub, that'll be awesome when you have work in the morning.

@Clyde3 Hey Clyde. Finally it's here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQw4w9WgXcQ.html

@@CraigJS91 I lived over a bar frequented by university students. After a while you just sleep through the occasional smashing bottle and loud patrons. Also having mixed zoning doesn't necessarily mean that you allow clubs in residential areas. Just that offices and stores are allowed. Every other country does it that way, to keep travel short. Only the US has such ass backwards zoning laws, that prevent mixed use.

@@4203105 The US does it that way because most people don't want to live next to all that noise and foot/vehicle traffic which I totally get. I guess if the apartments in said mall/shopping center/nightclub/residential area are super affordable, maybe that would help broke college kids or the less fortunate or whatever.. Won't find my ass living in a mall though lol, I'll stay out in the suburbs.

@@CraigJS91 the US does it that way because "fuck you got mine", with people in the cities subsidizing the suburbs with an extraordinary amount of money and all the driving killing the planet. Living in a mixed use area is very convenient. You don't waste hours of your day, years of your life, driving to work or the store. I don't know what kind of level of noise you imagine. But unless you live directly over a bar, like I did, there is barely any. Unless you live next to a major road, but there the problem is cars, not foot traffic.

Nothing like the bad smells, the homeless on benches, and the elderly bumping into you.

Working in the mall as a teenager was EVEN BETTER!!!

The Mall Ratz day's are gone. . . 😢

Truth. I feel so bad for these kids in their rooms all day. Spoiled or suffering?

not to mention you would have to send a letter requesting the item with a check or cash to buy the item, get a letter back along with the money saying that you forgot to include the amount for tax, send another letter with correct money and THEN get your item in the mail or you could just go to the mall which likely had a sears, it was the quicker and easier option, now amazon is the quicker and easier option.

Who the hell still uses Sears?!!!

@@KingRandor82 Last I checked, the only people still using sears were some predatory corporate consolidation managers gutting the brand for profit and using its equity to dump their debts onto so they can bankrupt it all away.

@@Rykojames you mean the same bankers who have Bil Maher on payroll, then? ;)

@@KingRandor82 donno, not much equity here if Bills podcast is any indication of his value.

Yes, the country went absolutely mall crazy in the early 80's.

Spot on. Bill seems to pick on Amazon....and I'm not an Amazon fan...only buy something off there once or twice a year, but there only 50% of the problem (if breaking it down equally). The other 50% is the malls fault. They got greedy and refuse to give an inch. My 2 cities malls are both dead...one has only a Claires, Bath and Body Works and Von Maur...the other is a Foot Locker, Claires, Bath & Body, and a Spencers....and a couple local shops. Back in the 90's, and probably from the beginning, MALLS TAKE A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PROFITS ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT. I had 2 friends that had businesses...so they were local...one was a sporting goods store.....the worked hard and 11 months of the year they made enough to make a little to keep afloat and DIDN'T meet the malls quota/bench mark. Then came X-Mas....that's when they made the year's profits. But then the mall would take it's share of the profit. Cutting into it. Then comes rent, or rent increases, dues for maintenance & security, etc, and then they have to follow the rules of the mall. So it adds up. It's easier and cheaper for business build or rent a building/strip mall, that let's them run their business how and when they want to. Example: My town has 2 GameStop's, one in a shopping mall, the other is in a strip mall next to a Target. On GameStop's new releases days(after 12am, the strip mall one stays open until like 1 am to let people come in and get their game and there's giveaways, and it's an event and it's always swamped (when my nephew actually purchased physical copies). The one in the mall is closed....no business. Which one would your rather be in....since society seems hell bent on ordering online....like groceries. Don't get me started on that topic.

The many returns are incinerated.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸malls have become shooting galleries for crazy rightwingnuts. I don't feel safe going there anymore.

@@cscotet4202 That would because Amazon is new and is change, things Bill has become extremely afraid of as he gets older.

@Clyde2😂

They get out an iPad, ask for your information, and start typing it in slower than you would, and with mistakes. Easier to go home and order it yourself.

Yeah, you are right. There is infinitely more available online than at the mall. Sad but true.

It’s like Wikipedia vs. Britannica. Have you looked at one of the old encyclopedias? It’s just shocking, how short the articles are, and furthermore just how much isn’t in there- at all.

How about just learn to be happy with what's available?

There is a trend towards "Try on" stores where you find the product online, they send it to the store and you try it on there. It saves a ton on reverse logistics.

Do you often invent imaginary hypocrites so you can feel superior?

@@Nathan-gd7xq Somebody feels offended? Nat, wake up and watch the World. No need to invent imaginary people when the World gives you enough exemples of hypocrisies.

@@arminxvs3372 just questioning your logic. You have no evidence that anyone who applauded went home and purchased something online. You're getting angry over imaginary wrongdoings.

It's like when liberals say they like black people, but when asked why they don't live in a black area they're like "oh, it's because the schools are bad." LOL!

@@Nathan-gd7xq Wrong. It's a numbers game. Look how many people buy online, ask who in your social circle buys online and what they about it and use deduction on what the % is that those people do it as well since it is so widely spread.

You're a very special unicorn if you can still fit into your high school clothes. Wow! Good for you!

Hey proud of you D.A.L. Keep up the good work 👍🏿

@@Christie_Love he is not the only one. You would be surprised…

@@EN-ku3cd I just have yet to meet anyone from high school who hasn't gained at least a little weight. But to those who haven't, good on you.

@@Christie_Love I'm almost 40 and all my high school clothes are way too big now. So same problem other way around.

Same, quit asking me for my information and extra crap. Ruins the in person shopping experience. Another reason why I prefer mom and pop shops. I'll pay more for a genuine experience.

Sad but they HAVE to do it. The store makes more money from the CC than from selling stuff to you. They are becoming timeshares. They give you something so you come and get their useless but money-making main product. The credit card in this case.

You still can. I bullshit with 90% of the people I interact with in this manner.

The LOUD music.....

When I worked at a department store, I received $3 cash for each credit card application that was filled out. Not $3 that I was then taxed on and later deposited with my paycheck, but $3 immediately in cash. This system was so ridiculous because I received the money before the application was processed to determine if the applicant even qualified. I've seen stores where the salesperson processes the application then and there at the register, but the store I worked at allowed us sales people to turn in credit card applications anytime and instantly get paid in cash - no tax. Yes, because it was such a bogus system, one could make up some bullshit and put that on the application and still get paid with no repercussions. Smh.

Hey Einstein, did you know those reusable bags release as much carbon as the equivalent of 10,000 disposable plastic bags? You really going to use that thing more than you would 10,000 plastic bags? Lol think again

@@villagemagician1320 please cite you resource for that number. 10,000 sounds like it came out of you know where

@@dft1 kurgsegadt video on can you fix climate change. Look it up

Americans dont like walking. I dont like walking. If I had to walk to the mall I'd go even less.

Eh getting shit delivered unless it's literally a 2 minute walk is always easier so I'll have to disagree

Dem cities in America are boarded up disgusting dangerous s’holes. F them! America is ready to exterminate the liberals in cities who have destroyed our country. Fake hoaxes, riots, crime etc. If you are a liberal in America buckle up! We are coming for you!

@@jesdadotcom You, and most Americans, were born into an infrastructure that promotes driving. In many cases, demands driving. It's something various industries worked to create and maintain since the 1910s. You say "Americans don't like walking." I think more accurately it's "Industries and government have habituated Americans to perfunctorily drive."

@@jesdadotcom no wonder Americans are huge and die early.

Wow, with complexes I've lived at, there is a mail room and/or locker for people to pick up there boxes, and trash shoots on each floor for residents, and even the expectation of bigger boxes people having to take downstairs. That's pretty inefficient...

@@QuadAA it keeps piling up and there's only so much room.

Can't help but wonder how many of these supremely oversized boxes being used are a form of employee retaliation for the horrible treatment they're getting. Like, "I'm shipping a pack of AA batteries to some douche who won't get off his\her ass for a company that wants me to run three marathons a day. Fuck it, I'm using the LARGE box for this!"

EVs are just as environmental friendly as the electricity production is. Fossil electricity is dirty -- clean electricity is clean.

@@SuperLeica1 just imagine all the fossil fuels needed to power an entire country of EVs.

@@SuperLeica1 Yes, but it's still overall cleaner than using petroleum even considering using a coal fueled power plant.

I work in an Amazon warehouse, and it’s the opposite. A screen tells me the box to use and it’s right probably 97% of the time. About 1% of the time it works but it’s a tight fit, About 2% of the time it won’t work, such as telling me to put 2 shirts in a M2 envelope. We tell the system it’s wrong and put it in a larger box. It’s harder to deal with larger boxes because you have to put in more packing material, apply longer strips of tape, and the big boxes are harder to slide onto the conveyor belt, so I don’t think anyone is doing it for retaliation.

I agree, but I can live without the expletives.

@clyde1 Hey Clyde. Finally it's here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQw4w9WgXcQ.html

this is why it's extremely important for everyone to read the comments on videos. I get to learn a lot.

Yes, but extremely rural is an ever-shrinking fraction of the population.

@@bradhicks4057 May be, but it DOES exist. Are you doubting that? Do you have high-speed internet? Do you 'presume' everyone does? It 'appears'' you do not understand those who do not live in metropolitan areas. There are some who still use dial up for internet access.. Seems impossible, right? Those that have access to everything seem unable to comprehend the life of those who do not. Congrats if you have access to stores nearby and access to high speed internet and all metro accroutouments. And yes, I chose this rural life. I share my life with Black Bear, red and gray fox deer, wild turkeys and many more. I am willing to give up some amenities. I am just saying that those not in metropolitan areas need to be considered too. Respectfully!

@@marilynduncan9837 I didn't fully say it, but I was more pointing toward his talk applies to the larger majority who do not face those limitations. People in situations such as yours are not who he is referring to. Bill is describing those having options who are indulgent, not those coping reasonably with circumstances.

​@@bradhicks4057 Thank you for clarifying your comments. And, I'd like to clarify mine as well. I tend to be very factual and direct which can at times come across as severe or judgemental. My comments to you were not intended in that way. Please accept my apology. Have a Wonderful Wednesday. I'm good/we're good. Respectfully.....

maybe what you need, is more like what you want?

Never mind if the stores just don't sell what you are looking for.

The Internet has definitely allowed me to find people that I have things in common with who I wouldn’t have found offline and to organize events on the Meetup website and made real friendships that have endured. I haven’t ever made a friend while shopping.

People have gotten so used to life being easy in so many other ways that they treat socializing the same way: Wear it once, throw it away the moment it changes in a way you don't like, or presents a "bad" side. They want connection and intimacy on a silver platter with no cost to themselves and no requirements they must meet. Building relationships with any depth takes effort, not just chemistry. People are flawed, and they are lovable even with those flaws. Relationships are complicated because people aren't convenient.... if they were, they wouldn't be people. You either want it enough to put effort into building/maintaining it, or the simple fact is that the comforts of being solitary (AKA lonely, for some people) are more what you're deserving of.

My mom had a sewing machine, not a popup hotdog cooking machine. Very "Mindful" 😁

You mean appliances? Sears guy wasn't delivering ear buds.