I specifically said supermarkets, not grocery stores. I acknowledge they're not the same thing, but Walmart absolutely is a supermarket.

And I'll pass on visiting the US why y'all have armed police running around tackling people & disappearing them, and are demanding social media passwords only to refuse entry if you've been critical of Dear Leader. Sort your shit out, then maybe.

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ac29 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Supermarket and grocery store are basically synonyms in the US.

Walmart would be called a superstore or box store.

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Dylan16807 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with your first statement, but I'd point it the other way around. I often call big supermarkets grocery stores even when I shouldn't. And I never use "superstore" or "box store".

I'm fine calling walmart a supermarket.

	▲	umanwizard 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Language is clearly missing something if we don’t have a different word for Walmart, Target, etc. versus Albertsons, Fry’s, etc. I think if the latter set are grocery stores, then the former are clearly something else.

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RajT88 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Walmart absolutely is a supermarket

As I said, even though I'm reluctantly willing to entertain this, it's an incredibly niche talking point. Except for this one corner case which is only kinda-sorta true, people cannot buy guns at grocery stores. That's nonsense, and your talking point is nonsense.

	▲	fukka42 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I never said grocery stores and you already agreed that what I did say is correct: You can buy guns at the supermarket in America.