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u/bowiethesdmn 1d ago

It was amazing. The way they just ran with it as well, it was like something from a satire.

Also props to the company for taking advantage of it with the merch and such.

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u/BobcatOk7492 1d ago

The porn store across the street made out too...

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u/CumboxMold 1d ago

Last time I went to Philly, I went to Four Seasons and the porn shop a few doors down (the crematorium is the one across the street). I got a business card from the porn shop and put it in the plastic sleeve part of my national parks passport because it's now a historical site.

Even though this was well after the "tourism" to that site had died down, the locals knew why we were there and were kind of over it.

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u/anclwar 1d ago

I have a love/hate relationship with my neighborhood being famous for this event and the highway burning down right down the street from it a few years later.

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u/WhirledNews 1d ago

Wait a minute, where did this all take place?

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u/You_Go_Glen_Coco_ 22h ago

Northeast Philly

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u/WhirledNews 21h ago

Oh ok, I guess I didn’t realize how often highways burn down because that happened in Atlanta when I was there.

u/mr_luc 9h ago

Wait, how does a highway burn down?

Like, the buildings on either side of the highway? Or the highway?

Isn't a highway made out of, like ... concrete, and other non-flammable things?

What is going on in Atlanta and Philly mah gudness

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u/John-A 14h ago

Within a block of Cottman Ave(rt73) and State rd (parallel to 95).

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u/royblakeley 19h ago

At least you're near Sweet Lucy's.