the only part i love about this is that corporations are losing their minds trying to figure out what can crack the algorithm with gen z/a, and then the random grocery bag they made for moms in their 40s suddenly goes viral
Funny because I am over here thinking ain't no way people organically go crazy over these mundane items so there has to be some company plants that manfuacture a hype and then unsuspecting people join in.
@@Vampress09Yep, that's exactly how that works. Marketing firms and large corporations pay "creators" to make hype videos and create false scarcity. Those Stanley cups are a great example, they're essentially valueless now to the point of being thrown out or recycled by thrift stores now that the current generation doesn't care about it anymore. But 2 months ago, people would trade their child for one. Pretty scary to see how shortsighted and easily manipulated the general populous is. Once you start noticing it, everyone trend jumping becomes that much more cringey and gross.
You look very comfortable. Also, I really enjoyed your old video guide to shopping in New York - it would be great if you continued the series elsewhere. For example, I'm in a suburb of London but I'm new to *condup* shopping so I don't know where I'm going or what to buy in my city.
I'm not gonna complain about consumerism because I'm a collector/borderline hoarder and I'd be hypocritical... but why the fuck are people getting excited over the most normal looking bags and cups and shit?
@@janemiettinen5176 at grocery stores in the capital district or central ny, for $1 you can get a reusable grocery bag with a cuter design on it. Heck for $3 you could get one thay has a foil lining for holding temperature, a square bottom and a lid that zips closed, and it holds a ton more stuff... and they're never out of stock. Smh
To be fair as a tote bag fan the bag is cute and very affordable although a little plain for my tastes. The Stanley cups the really don't understand because they're not affordable, actually way overpriced for what they are especially considering there's lead in them, and they don't have any special functions. You can get literally any metal bottle. I got one for $20 in California. I'm very prone to breaking things and I've dropped my bottle so many times and even ran over it at one point and it is completely fine.
Literallyyyyyyy what possessed someone to think that obtaining these little fabric bags would somehow be a major clout boost?? I’m having trouble connecting the dots on that one
gotta hand it to TJ's marketing team, they're doing a great job of distracting people from the fact that they're trying to get rid of the national labor board in the US 🙃
As someone who used to work manufacturing… you can almost definitely order these tote bags without any branding/embroidering / printing from a merch supply or bulk t shirt manufacturer for cheaper etc. I’ve printed many a tote bag in my day and these don’t look like anything new and shocking lolol someone please, factory work mandatory for all able humans bc I swear people do not understand where their shit comes from or how things are made. Hope the diy bootleggers are making bank.
Kinda unrelated but sometimes when I look up items at work for customers, it’ll come up as “dropship X” so yea basically all comes from the same factories just under different names and brands
Fair but you typically can't buy one or two from those factories. I've dabbled in getting stuff from those companies and you typically need to buy in bulk, I'd think for tote bags it'd be 10 at least. I don't see the issue in getting a branded one for $3 if you only want one or two.
True. You can also design them on a merch app and buy (and sell) your own style. Also, this style bags have been around forever. I still have an Old Navy one from like 2001. Idk what's going on anymore.
My mother's company hands these exact bags out for free every so many years, just printed with their own logo lmao people are so ridiculously stupid I don't know how to cope with this timeline.
The best part is that Trader Joe's is touted as an ethics/sustainability-forward store, and people drive to multiple stores and purchase multiple bags for some sort of fashion/clout/trend. I don't think anyone buying them is a bad person or anything.. but man our culture REALLY sucks. I do wonder how long til people move on and all these bags end up in a landfill.
oh god i just made a comment saying basically the same thing and then i scrolled down. i was thinking to myself "boy i really shouldn't make a political comment" but i have low impulse control today. it's nice to see someone shares my sentiment but i wish neither of us had to have these sentiments in the first place.
@@lethaldream50 Nah fuck that, they're union busters in line w/ Starbucks and Amazon trying to dismantle the NLRB. Sucks cause they're one of the cheaper grocery stores in my area, and I do actually like a lot of the groceries that they carry. I guess I'd rather shop there than anything from one owned by Kroger (they use slave labor for produce and they're trying to merge with Albertson's).
I'd be surprised tbh, bags are useful, I got 3 I always keep in my car for use and one is an IKEA bag from 16 years or so ago. It's never unfashionable to carry things.
you know call me crazy, but i feel like suddenly, rabidly idolizing a company's product- a company that has very recently been reported as being **sued by the labor board for union busting charges**- is not the best look. truly.
This situation reminds me of that one We Bare Bears episode where they discover tote bags and over the whole episode consume more and more until their house was so cluttered with them that they were hardly able to step foot into their own home. Was a nice story about over consumption.
So funny because I live in Michigan and my friend lives very close to a Trader Joe’s and I asked her about what the situation was like with the mini bags, and she literally was like “oh there’s tons of them. They’re popular on tik tok? It seemed like no one even cared” and mind you this is a very “hip” area she’s in too, LOL anyways my conclusion is this crazed overconsumption is an issue in places like California Florida and like New York. Influencer central cities. So life hack! Don’t live there
I refuse to believe EVERYONE genuinely likes those bags and isn’t just going to throw it in their closet after a week. It honestly just feels like a tame version of mass hysteria or something
Nah it's not a conspiracy, this is just the dumb stuff people pay attention to instead of things about their local government. If it gets more clicks, it sits (on the front page).
@@-xxMelissaxx- I'm not saying it's a conspiracy. Politicians absolutely push meaningless rage bait stories about themselves to distract from what they're really doing/not doing, and it goes beyond politics. If it sounds crazy, check out the movie Wag the Dog. It's a fictional plot but that's what goes on.
This feels so manufactured, like some Trader Joe's exec saw the Stanley Cup thing and went "we'll do the same". I can't believe these people making tiktoks fueling this stuff are even real. Like wtf this is so transparent how do you even fall for this
I mean, they know folks collect their reusable shopping bags that have unique designs for every US state, so this was a safe bet for them to sell out on the mini tote bags.
When I heard mini tote bags, I was imagining tote bags so small you could only fit like one or two gummy bears in them. Imagine one of those just hanging off your rear-view mirror.
And also apparently contacting people about using their products, ghosting them, and selling very similar products under their brand name (trader joes)
"they're so cute" ....? They're just bags, they're normal bags, there is absolutely nothing special about them, the design is not cute it's just generic minimalism I don't get people sometimes, I get having one cuz they're cheap, and overall better than plastic bags, and if this stopped people from using plastic I'd be down But I just know for sure one person's gonna buy 40 of these making it a pollution problem by itself, and then they'll just forget about them as soon as the novelty wearoff and go back to using plastic bags
you said it. i'm all for sustainability and i myself prefer having a few tote bags than having to pay for paper/plastic bags everytime i shop but it defeats the point if people are just "collecting" these for the aesthetic like stanleys-
It's consumerism, following trends, and like the white girl said, it's game-ifyed to see who can collect them all (if they can find any at all cause everyone else is also trying to collect them).
They are cute though, I'd like them better without the logo, but it's got an appealing color scheme and a nice shape. I had pens with similar colors and patterns and I thought they were cute too.
I know trends exist but this level of "gotta have it" is something special. This wouldn't be this popular if not for everyone on the internet saying it is. I honestly don't think the bag is THAT ugly but it's not definitely not "cute" ffs - it's a tan bag with colored straps, it's as basic and boring as you can get (that girl's fruit version is cute tho). There's a million of those bags with the same style, it's Stanley all over again where the name and just the fact there is a craze is the only thing that is important. If this was handled by a marketing team they did a great job because the hive mind mentality sure hits hard. I'm imagining this obsession with infomercials back in the day. People clamoring for latest Magic Bullet, acting if it's all they ever wanted and then never use again a month later.
this is so dystopian, i find those bags really ugly and most people want one (or more) only because tiktok told them they were cool and cute and trendy and its going to last max a month, lowkey scary
Only scary and dystopian if you ignore the rest of history where this has always happened. Unless you also truly believe the Mona lisa is the single greatest painting in all of history, worth the millions in tourist bucks it makes every year.
@@nicklafleur7620 The Louvre Art Museum is Paris is massive and amazing to go to, the least impressive thing is seeing a crowd of people checking out the Mona Lisa in a thick glass case there.
@@nicklafleur7620Yeah the Mona Lisa is only famous because it was stolen for a few years. I saw it in person and it was totally overrated (the art around it was more interesting)
@@randomtinypotatocried the Mona lisa is 9nly famous because at one point, some really talented salesmen got a hold of the painting and convinced the world it was the single most important painting ever, and that it was worth every penny to see in person, because pictures just dont do it justice! It being stolen only boosted its popularity
I love all these innocuous low stakes dramas, genuinely entertaining and no one is horrendously hurt so it doesn’t feel quite as exploitative 👍 Edit I just saw the bags and it’s not really my thing, it looks a bit better when people are using it but it’s the most boring corporate design….
I work at a very busy trader joes and being there when this all happened was so goddamn stupid. we had to put a limit of four on the tote bags. it is so tiring how people go crazy over the stuff we get. please stop. please tell your family members to stop. crew members are so tired
Those aren't even cute, and like I don't want to walk around with a bag with a brand logo on it, and even if I did it wouldn't be for trader Joe's?? Tiktok trends are a mess
THATS WHAT IM SAYING THANK U dude shit feels like its changing so fast in the world its crazy id never imagine the type of shit that goes on now even like a year ago lmao😭🙏
I like the colors, I like the people customising it, I do think it's a kind of cute bag, I do not like that there's a giant trader joe's logo on it, lol. That's not cute at all, but maybe it's that dissonance that made it go viral.
I've literally been looking at wholesale totebag websites because I wanted to get some blanks to press my art onto. When they were saying that they were cute I was just like ????? Those are literally just the most basic blanks with an embroidered logo added? There wasn't even any cute embellishments added, what do you mean cute?
That was my thought, too. The smaller size gives a little "cute" factor maybe, but they're extremely basic and similar to any mass-produced tote bag you can buy in bulk and get a logo customized onto. I wouldn't be surprised if some other company out there has the literal exact same tote.
Some people buy merch from their favorite shows. Other's buy the clearly rejected items the company was gonna give the employees. Literally the only company branded stuff i have were from jobs and i was given jt for free. This 100% looks like something that would've been included in a small "welcome to the staff" goodies collection, along with branded pens and a shirt
Tbh I love promotional badges that are extremely odd - I own an unintentionally ominous McDonalds badge from the UK that says "I GOT IT WRONG" on it and I like to think the clown himself gives it to employees who mess up an order and sends them to purgatory. THAT is when I want a promotional item - I'd kill for one of those "Don't do drugs" pencils for a similar reason
they're cute, i wouldn't pay money for em tho lol. they kinda look like promotional merch they'd give away with like a purchase over 50$ or something. also, 3$ for a tiny tote bag being called modest is insane to me as someone outside of the us. here in korea, you can get a decent sized but still cute and unbranded tote bag at daiso for like 80 cents~2 dollars. mine holds like a week's worth of groceries.
0:35 the point about consumerism in general you're making is totally spot on but for non americans here's the difference: Walmart is for anyone and walmart is also for poor people. there's no inherent status symbol that comes with being able to get stuff from walmart. Trader Joes is for rich people, it's basically like Whole Foods only other competitor. you NEED to be over a certain level of income to afford to buy ANYTHING from TJ/WF and i'm not gonna lie i know what food from both of those stores tastes like and it is generally high quality and delicious but shopping there regularly is insanely expensive. people who do regularly shop there incorporate that into their identity and think that because TJ just sells organic groceries and the bags to carry them home in and because it might be more ethically sourced than Walmart products, that this makes them good people. that's the whole brand identity of TJs, a person who can afford to buy Trader Joes has probably never stepped foot in a Walmart. if you think about it it's actually kinda worse than Stanley Cups because there is no "implicit virtue signaling of morality" behind the marketing of a Stanley Cup.
@@FlorSilvestre12 honestly i just had to infodump and was longing for trader joes food samples because i wish i could eat from there again one day, rip. i tried to be at least semi coherent.
TJ’s is extremely cheap. Whole Foods is absurdly overpriced but TJ’s is around the same price point as Aldi. It’s very, very cheap. Cheaper than most Walmarts.
got damn that up charge.. you would thought ppl learned their lesson from the Stanley Cup shit.. when they were all cool for like 2 months then ended up in everyone's local thrift stores/ goodwill's.
stanley's are definitely still popular, at least where in my part of the world. but we never had the insane pink stanley cup walmart situation, people just bought them like normal
The eBay thing wouldn't be a person from another account because they'd pay 28% of that in ebay fees, so even if you sold one legitimately at 1200, you'd end up breaking even. I'd say it's 3 sold at a lower price and then they just edit the listing.
This is so funny to me like,, they aren’t even insulated like some of the large ones😭 if they were, I’d get it because that would be a GREAT lunchbag, but no… and no zipper either?? But hey, better than designer bags imo - I can dig it. The resale and scalping is total absurdity tho wtf
I'd rather get a designer bag, honestly. Or just normal reusable shopping bags. A simple $2 shopping bag or classic designer investment bag aren't trend pieces you'll stop using within a year and throw away. My Louis Vuitton Speedy 35 is a lot bigger than a Trader Joe's mini tote, has a zipper, is waterproof because the canvas is coated, is durable enough I can use it my whole life or sell it to someone else who will, and won't be tossed in the garbage once the trend dies since it'll always be a classic piece. And it cost me a similar price to the mid range of ridiculous resale prices of some of the Trader Joe's bags, lol
It’s LITERALLY simply a tote bag… like could not possibly get any simpler… I feel like I’m missing something here but I really don’t think there’s anything to miss
5:58 did anyone else watch cats versus dogs? And now whenever they hear this little tune, ya imagine the f****** squirrel exploding ? or is this just a me thing
Apparently no one's gives af about them in Burien, WA cause I have a red and 2 yellow bags(separate trips)....I just suck at bringing bags and liked the size. Had no idea they're trendy lol
I like the regular Trader Joe’s tote bag because it’s huge and I can fit everything I need in it, so I was about to defend it, but the mini one? I have no idea, why do they need the small ones?
I don't live in the US but I saw someone with one of these bags yesterday which was the first time I've heard of this whole thing. And the reason I noticed was because its looks like a knock off of a $100+ bag lol. But yeah I'm just amazed at how somehow would've had to pay a scalper + international shipping for a cheap, poorly (and likely unethically) made bag when they couldve spent the same for a higher quality, ethically made bag thats not going to go out of trend or something
Trader Joe's is for 3 types of people. 1.People above the age of 65 2.Divorced or remarried dads 3.Young people who somehow have financial security even though they constantly buy dumb shit that makes their life harder but makes them feel included in a club of equally boring people.
I'm confused by this. I had been shopping at trader joes because it saved me money while still getting me quality. I stopped going just before this bag trend because I kept having negative interactions there with other customers who had broke ass, neurotic energy regardless of how privileged they seemed
My mother and I used to shop there every couple of weeks because we lived in California for 20 years of my life and it was somehow less expensive than the other stores around us.
this is a great video, i love that you're not just shitting on people who want to have a little fun with this and are actually highlighting and praising the creativity that is involved here!
Ive never understood crazy trends or peer pressure. Is it because im autistic 😅? They're cute but you can just buy stuff like that white label and customise it yourself. Those prices are insane, how cheeky!!
I just said the same thing (I’m also autistic.) I don’t understand it AT ALL 😂 I find it fascinating to study the behaviors of the people who fall for it 🤷🏽♀️
Also neurospicy and I agree I don’t fucking understand trends. I have a few hydroflasks but guess why? My dumb ass forgets I put juice or soda in there and ruin them not cuz I need to have 87 of them
theres a whole psychology behind trends but i dont think neurodivergent people are _exempt_ from falling for this kind of thing - some might even end up with a hyperfixation and be even more deeply obsessed than the nts
I carry tote bags since I don't drive (carry a ton of stuff that can't fit into my regular bag). And its always the cute ones. Like with dogs or cats, cute ones by artists or Sanrio character ones. This bag that tiktok is freaking out over is just a normal grocery bag. Makes me glad I'm not on tiktok. All these supposed short lived trends are so foreign to me. 😅
i mean if the bag is small… you’re either going to only be bringing 2 colours at a time 1 hand each (cant show off??) or have red marks on your wrist from double doing each arm :( plus you are only allowed to shop at trader joes
Ngl. I have a very cute tote bag that can hold more from Marshalls. It was 5 dollars and I didnt have to wait on a line but I've gotten so much use out of it
It's an effing BAG. FFS I have several that look just like that but say various hotel names. PRENTEND THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO THESE FANTASTIC PLACES!! Never been used! (I work for the parent company) HMU! dorks. LMAO
Where I live tends to avoid these crazy trends... usually. I hadn't even heard of this mini tote and so I thought we were safe.. Until I saw the video of people waiting for the bags and it's from like the next city over. Though it's a big college town so maybe that's why. My town is mostly retired boomers. But I wouldn't be surprised if they came over here to try to buy us out lol
Seeing how people customized their bags made this trend make sense to me. Definitely wouldn't pay more than the store price for one given that they probably restock often due to many cities implementing plastic bag bans & stuff.
I got a bag exactly like this over a decade ago as a birthday gift from my aunt 💀 it had my name embroidered and it had purple accents. That was definitely more expensive than the $3, but it’s WAY less than what resellers are selling it for. And you don’t have to have the Trader Joe’s logo on it!
at least with the stanley cups I kinda understood it given that those tumblers had already been popular collectors items for years.. this is just a blank tote with a company logo machine embroidered on the front
the only part i love about this is that corporations are losing their minds trying to figure out what can crack the algorithm with gen z/a, and then the random grocery bag they made for moms in their 40s suddenly goes viral
Funny because I am over here thinking ain't no way people organically go crazy over these mundane items so there has to be some company plants that manfuacture a hype and then unsuspecting people join in.
I mean the brand is important too. This wouldn't be happening if Walmart released mini tote bags.
Stanley went viral with the same demographic...things go viral in different demographics.
@@Vampress09Yep, that's exactly how that works. Marketing firms and large corporations pay "creators" to make hype videos and create false scarcity. Those Stanley cups are a great example, they're essentially valueless now to the point of being thrown out or recycled by thrift stores now that the current generation doesn't care about it anymore. But 2 months ago, people would trade their child for one. Pretty scary to see how shortsighted and easily manipulated the general populous is.
Once you start noticing it, everyone trend jumping becomes that much more cringey and gross.
You look very comfortable. Also, I really enjoyed your old video guide to shopping in New York - it would be great if you continued the series elsewhere. For example, I'm in a suburb of London but I'm new to *condup* shopping so I don't know where I'm going or what to buy in my city.
I'm not gonna complain about consumerism because I'm a collector/borderline hoarder and I'd be hypocritical... but why the fuck are people getting excited over the most normal looking bags and cups and shit?
you can be a collector and not give into consumerism...
Because consumerism,social media culture and low Iq
Im in awe. I wouldnt take this bag for free, but someone is ready to check several stores for it? Ok, proceed as planned, I guess.
@@janemiettinen5176 at grocery stores in the capital district or central ny, for $1 you can get a reusable grocery bag with a cuter design on it. Heck for $3 you could get one thay has a foil lining for holding temperature, a square bottom and a lid that zips closed, and it holds a ton more stuff... and they're never out of stock. Smh
To be fair as a tote bag fan the bag is cute and very affordable although a little plain for my tastes. The Stanley cups the really don't understand because they're not affordable, actually way overpriced for what they are especially considering there's lead in them, and they don't have any special functions. You can get literally any metal bottle. I got one for $20 in California. I'm very prone to breaking things and I've dropped my bottle so many times and even ran over it at one point and it is completely fine.
“Trader Joe’s mega fans” ma’am that’s a grocery store
Never underestimate the ability of humans to be fans of something and collect silly things.
so happy the cardboard background is still there, it’s like a little time capsule of pinely’s recent videos
I charge 50 bucks for sloppy toppy w a twist
@@tochi8061$20, take it or leave it
TH-camrs think we want production value when we want a void or a cardboard box 😂
I seriously click on the videos for the cardboard art. lol
The consistency makes my brain feel like we are all actively working towards something
they have once again took a sustainable item like the stanley and made it into as status symbol, wtf im tired
Everyone’s just gaslighting everyone else into believing they’re special when they really aren’t. I wonder what will be next, a $5 toilet scrubber?😭
@@aiglentinaa$5 poop knife
@@aiglentinaa That's not what gaslighting means.
@@aiglentinaaTHIS 😅
Literallyyyyyyy what possessed someone to think that obtaining these little fabric bags would somehow be a major clout boost?? I’m having trouble connecting the dots on that one
gotta hand it to TJ's marketing team, they're doing a great job of distracting people from the fact that they're trying to get rid of the national labor board in the US 🙃
As someone who used to work manufacturing… you can almost definitely order these tote bags without any branding/embroidering / printing from a merch supply or bulk t shirt manufacturer for cheaper etc.
I’ve printed many a tote bag in my day and these don’t look like anything new and shocking lolol
someone please, factory work mandatory for all able humans bc I swear people do not understand where their shit comes from or how things are made. Hope the diy bootleggers are making bank.
Yeah I'm sure they're just white lable
Kinda unrelated but sometimes when I look up items at work for customers, it’ll come up as “dropship X” so yea basically all comes from the same factories just under different names and brands
Fair but you typically can't buy one or two from those factories. I've dabbled in getting stuff from those companies and you typically need to buy in bulk, I'd think for tote bags it'd be 10 at least. I don't see the issue in getting a branded one for $3 if you only want one or two.
True. You can also design them on a merch app and buy (and sell) your own style. Also, this style bags have been around forever. I still have an Old Navy one from like 2001. Idk what's going on anymore.
My mother's company hands these exact bags out for free every so many years, just printed with their own logo lmao people are so ridiculously stupid I don't know how to cope with this timeline.
The best part is that Trader Joe's is touted as an ethics/sustainability-forward store, and people drive to multiple stores and purchase multiple bags for some sort of fashion/clout/trend. I don't think anyone buying them is a bad person or anything.. but man our culture REALLY sucks. I do wonder how long til people move on and all these bags end up in a landfill.
The people buying these religiously might not be bad people, they are however completely brain dead
oh god i just made a comment saying basically the same thing and then i scrolled down. i was thinking to myself "boy i really shouldn't make a political comment" but i have low impulse control today. it's nice to see someone shares my sentiment but i wish neither of us had to have these sentiments in the first place.
@@lethaldream50 Nah fuck that, they're union busters in line w/ Starbucks and Amazon trying to dismantle the NLRB. Sucks cause they're one of the cheaper grocery stores in my area, and I do actually like a lot of the groceries that they carry. I guess I'd rather shop there than anything from one owned by Kroger (they use slave labor for produce and they're trying to merge with Albertson's).
I'd be surprised tbh, bags are useful, I got 3 I always keep in my car for use and one is an IKEA bag from 16 years or so ago. It's never unfashionable to carry things.
Same with Stanleys! How eco friendly are you being when you’re buying every shade on the planet?
you know call me crazy, but i feel like suddenly, rabidly idolizing a company's product- a company that has very recently been reported as being **sued by the labor board for union busting charges**- is not the best look. truly.
Thank you for bringing this up!
This situation reminds me of that one We Bare Bears episode where they discover tote bags and over the whole episode consume more and more until their house was so cluttered with them that they were hardly able to step foot into their own home. Was a nice story about over consumption.
TOTE LIFE
So funny because I live in Michigan and my friend lives very close to a Trader Joe’s and I asked her about what the situation was like with the mini bags, and she literally was like “oh there’s tons of them. They’re popular on tik tok? It seemed like no one even cared” and mind you this is a very “hip” area she’s in too, LOL
anyways my conclusion is this crazed overconsumption is an issue in places like California Florida and like New York. Influencer central cities. So life hack! Don’t live there
I refuse to believe EVERYONE genuinely likes those bags and isn’t just going to throw it in their closet after a week. It honestly just feels like a tame version of mass hysteria or something
But a few of them and list them online for like $4 to undercut the scalpards lmao
Same thing with prime. Where I’m at when prime was having those CRAZY lines and shit, there was like full stock everywhere that sold them around me
also from michigan and can confirm I have never once seen these consumerist trends irl
this is the stuff they report on so you don't educate yourself about your local government representatives lol
Nah it's not a conspiracy, this is just the dumb stuff people pay attention to instead of things about their local government. If it gets more clicks, it sits (on the front page).
@@-xxMelissaxx- I'm not saying it's a conspiracy. Politicians absolutely push meaningless rage bait stories about themselves to distract from what they're really doing/not doing, and it goes beyond politics. If it sounds crazy, check out the movie Wag the Dog. It's a fictional plot but that's what goes on.
This feels so manufactured, like some Trader Joe's exec saw the Stanley Cup thing and went "we'll do the same". I can't believe these people making tiktoks fueling this stuff are even real. Like wtf this is so transparent how do you even fall for this
I mean, they know folks collect their reusable shopping bags that have unique designs for every US state, so this was a safe bet for them to sell out on the mini tote bags.
Brain damage griftonomics
FOMO
People can’t think for themselves nowadays
Trader Joe's already had a cult following tbh. Even after it's been shown they just slap their brand on cheap products and inflat the cost
7:01 this is gorgeous! She did a great job customizing this bag!
I live in the UK and I saw one of these bags, we don't even have Trader Joe's here
And tote bag is not even the term in the UK
@@Alex-cw3rzIt is where I live in the midlands
@@Alex-cw3rzas a brit who does refer to them as tote bags- what do you call it?
@@Alex-cw3rzI definitely called them tote bags my whole life as a northerner lol what do you call them
People used to call them canvas bags but tote bag has definitely become as, if not more common now
When I heard mini tote bags, I was imagining tote bags so small you could only fit like one or two gummy bears in them. Imagine one of those just hanging off your rear-view mirror.
Well that'd be a teeny tiny tote bag.
That would be cooler
They did actually have that size in the last year or so. Honestly I thought people were getting excited about those
Like the tiny IKEA bags!!! I love mine to death
Ringke makes a mini tote bag!! And mini fanny packs
3:35 "Trader Blows" was *right there* , man.
Friendly reminder that trader joes has a history of union busting and firing employees for trying to unionize
And also apparently contacting people about using their products, ghosting them, and selling very similar products under their brand name (trader joes)
"they're so cute" ....? They're just bags, they're normal bags, there is absolutely nothing special about them, the design is not cute it's just generic minimalism I don't get people sometimes, I get having one cuz they're cheap, and overall better than plastic bags, and if this stopped people from using plastic I'd be down
But I just know for sure one person's gonna buy 40 of these making it a pollution problem by itself, and then they'll just forget about them as soon as the novelty wearoff and go back to using plastic bags
People just want what’s viral in the moment ugh
you said it.
i'm all for sustainability and i myself prefer having a few tote bags than having to pay for paper/plastic bags everytime i shop but it defeats the point if people are just "collecting" these for the aesthetic like stanleys-
It's consumerism, following trends, and like the white girl said, it's game-ifyed to see who can collect them all (if they can find any at all cause everyone else is also trying to collect them).
They are cute though, I'd like them better without the logo, but it's got an appealing color scheme and a nice shape. I had pens with similar colors and patterns and I thought they were cute too.
i mean come on you gotta admit its a pretty cute lil tote bag, and its simplicity lends itself to creative customization
Hamster dance accapella went so hard, you've earned this like! 👍
I know trends exist but this level of "gotta have it" is something special. This wouldn't be this popular if not for everyone on the internet saying it is. I honestly don't think the bag is THAT ugly but it's not definitely not "cute" ffs - it's a tan bag with colored straps, it's as basic and boring as you can get (that girl's fruit version is cute tho). There's a million of those bags with the same style, it's Stanley all over again where the name and just the fact there is a craze is the only thing that is important. If this was handled by a marketing team they did a great job because the hive mind mentality sure hits hard.
I'm imagining this obsession with infomercials back in the day. People clamoring for latest Magic Bullet, acting if it's all they ever wanted and then never use again a month later.
Yeah, if she was selling the fruit version and I genuinely needed a bag, I'd get it. But otherwise? Bland. Uninspired.
this is so dystopian, i find those bags really ugly and most people want one (or more) only because tiktok told them they were cool and cute and trendy and its going to last max a month, lowkey scary
Only scary and dystopian if you ignore the rest of history where this has always happened.
Unless you also truly believe the Mona lisa is the single greatest painting in all of history, worth the millions in tourist bucks it makes every year.
@@nicklafleur7620 The Louvre Art Museum is Paris is massive and amazing to go to, the least impressive thing is seeing a crowd of people checking out the Mona Lisa in a thick glass case there.
supreme brick
@@nicklafleur7620Yeah the Mona Lisa is only famous because it was stolen for a few years. I saw it in person and it was totally overrated (the art around it was more interesting)
@@randomtinypotatocried the Mona lisa is 9nly famous because at one point, some really talented salesmen got a hold of the painting and convinced the world it was the single most important painting ever, and that it was worth every penny to see in person, because pictures just dont do it justice!
It being stolen only boosted its popularity
I love all these innocuous low stakes dramas, genuinely entertaining and no one is horrendously hurt so it doesn’t feel quite as exploitative 👍
Edit I just saw the bags and it’s not really my thing, it looks a bit better when people are using it but it’s the most boring corporate design….
I get that taste in fashion is subjective. But like. Look at them. Seriously. What the actual
I work at a very busy trader joes and being there when this all happened was so goddamn stupid. we had to put a limit of four on the tote bags. it is so tiring how people go crazy over the stuff we get. please stop. please tell your family members to stop. crew members are so tired
Now we know Evil Pinely is scared from both spiders and MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT PENCILS LIKE HE PROMISED
love that the song that immediately comes to evil pinely's mind when he realises the audio may be copyrighted is the hamster dance
i can’t begin to explain how happy i was when he burst out with the hamster dance song bro
Those aren't even cute, and like I don't want to walk around with a bag with a brand logo on it, and even if I did it wouldn't be for trader Joe's??
Tiktok trends are a mess
RIGHT?? like this is like the marc jacobs tote but cheaper. i dont understand the point of glamorizing tote bags
THATS WHAT IM SAYING THANK U dude shit feels like its changing so fast in the world its crazy id never imagine the type of shit that goes on now even like a year ago lmao😭🙏
omg yes the indignity of having a logo on my items... truly terrible
I like the colors, I like the people customising it, I do think it's a kind of cute bag, I do not like that there's a giant trader joe's logo on it, lol.
That's not cute at all, but maybe it's that dissonance that made it go viral.
@@confusedradish the trader hoe's modification was peak
Taking the phrase 'bagholder' to a whole new level.
I did a little county count and mr evil pinely says "bag" 56 times in this video. and each time, he says it so aggressively
you have a problem
I've literally been looking at wholesale totebag websites because I wanted to get some blanks to press my art onto.
When they were saying that they were cute I was just like ?????
Those are literally just the most basic blanks with an embroidered logo added? There wasn't even any cute embellishments added, what do you mean cute?
That was my thought, too. The smaller size gives a little "cute" factor maybe, but they're extremely basic and similar to any mass-produced tote bag you can buy in bulk and get a logo customized onto. I wouldn't be surprised if some other company out there has the literal exact same tote.
satisfying gamified event for super-fans
I like the idea of this being used to describe the Paris Commune or the Battle of Gettysburg.
There’s something so cute about Pinely’s reaction to the bag with painted fruit on it
The progression of the cardboard drawings is my favorite part of this channel
Some people buy merch from their favorite shows. Other's buy the clearly rejected items the company was gonna give the employees.
Literally the only company branded stuff i have were from jobs and i was given jt for free. This 100% looks like something that would've been included in a small "welcome to the staff" goodies collection, along with branded pens and a shirt
Tbh I love promotional badges that are extremely odd - I own an unintentionally ominous McDonalds badge from the UK that says "I GOT IT WRONG" on it and I like to think the clown himself gives it to employees who mess up an order and sends them to purgatory. THAT is when I want a promotional item - I'd kill for one of those "Don't do drugs" pencils for a similar reason
I like the bag and it's a good price, but i wouldn't go feral for one lol
The internet can make literally anything mundane into a craze...
they're cute, i wouldn't pay money for em tho lol. they kinda look like promotional merch they'd give away with like a purchase over 50$ or something. also, 3$ for a tiny tote bag being called modest is insane to me as someone outside of the us. here in korea, you can get a decent sized but still cute and unbranded tote bag at daiso for like 80 cents~2 dollars. mine holds like a week's worth of groceries.
You should make a mini tote bag that has all of your doodles from your cardboard background on it🤘😎
That'd be so cute actually
That would go so hard
if it was $3 i’d get it. most totes are like 15-$20 bc of the brand
man if i'm going to trader joes its not for any goddamn bag!! its for cookie butter and cookies made out of cookie butter!!!
Facts
0:35 the point about consumerism in general you're making is totally spot on but for non americans here's the difference: Walmart is for anyone and walmart is also for poor people. there's no inherent status symbol that comes with being able to get stuff from walmart. Trader Joes is for rich people, it's basically like Whole Foods only other competitor. you NEED to be over a certain level of income to afford to buy ANYTHING from TJ/WF and i'm not gonna lie i know what food from both of those stores tastes like and it is generally high quality and delicious but shopping there regularly is insanely expensive. people who do regularly shop there incorporate that into their identity and think that because TJ just sells organic groceries and the bags to carry them home in and because it might be more ethically sourced than Walmart products, that this makes them good people. that's the whole brand identity of TJs, a person who can afford to buy Trader Joes has probably never stepped foot in a Walmart.
if you think about it it's actually kinda worse than Stanley Cups because there is no "implicit virtue signaling of morality" behind the marketing of a Stanley Cup.
Thank you for explaining this. I'm from the U.S. but too poor to know where the brand loyalty for a fucking grocery store was coming from lol.
@@FlorSilvestre12 honestly i just had to infodump and was longing for trader joes food samples because i wish i could eat from there again one day, rip. i tried to be at least semi coherent.
TJ’s is extremely cheap. Whole Foods is absurdly overpriced but TJ’s is around the same price point as Aldi. It’s very, very cheap. Cheaper than most Walmarts.
I love the positivity Pinely bringing today
Not evil enough tho
got damn that up charge.. you would thought ppl learned their lesson from the Stanley Cup shit.. when they were all cool for like 2 months then ended up in everyone's local thrift stores/ goodwill's.
stanley's are definitely still popular, at least where in my part of the world. but we never had the insane pink stanley cup walmart situation, people just bought them like normal
@@tallemajasright? here in Argentina if you have a stanley it means you got the big bucks and it’s actually laughable hahaha
tiktok is the final boss of overconsumption
The eBay thing wouldn't be a person from another account because they'd pay 28% of that in ebay fees, so even if you sold one legitimately at 1200, you'd end up breaking even. I'd say it's 3 sold at a lower price and then they just edit the listing.
This is so funny to me like,, they aren’t even insulated like some of the large ones😭 if they were, I’d get it because that would be a GREAT lunchbag, but no… and no zipper either?? But hey, better than designer bags imo - I can dig it. The resale and scalping is total absurdity tho wtf
I'd rather get a designer bag, honestly. Or just normal reusable shopping bags. A simple $2 shopping bag or classic designer investment bag aren't trend pieces you'll stop using within a year and throw away.
My Louis Vuitton Speedy 35 is a lot bigger than a Trader Joe's mini tote, has a zipper, is waterproof because the canvas is coated, is durable enough I can use it my whole life or sell it to someone else who will, and won't be tossed in the garbage once the trend dies since it'll always be a classic piece. And it cost me a similar price to the mid range of ridiculous resale prices of some of the Trader Joe's bags, lol
Never get rid of the cardboard box, it’s a part of you now.
That'd be pretty evil if he did get rid of the cardboard box. 😈
@@biteofdog NO. 😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭🙏😭🙏😭🙏😭🙏
*it’s a part of US now
@@brettboswell19 ur right my bad 😰😰
how is consumerism getting even DUMBER
I should’ve told my mom about these. She goes to Trader Joe’s every day. She’s super into Trader Joes. They have good stuff.
Dang!!! I should've gone and got 5 and sold it as a limited edition full color pack for $500 😂😂
6:16 as a dust mite allergy haver, I relate to this moment too much.
Real
its not cute, its just a bag there is no design its just a bag that says the company name on it
edit: they're so fun with peoples designs on them
I would absolutely buy one of the decorated ones!
I want to buy the generic blanks and customize them if I can find them cheap
Pinely singing the hamster dance is hilarious
“They’re so cute!!!!!!!” they’re literally just a tote bag
It’s LITERALLY simply a tote bag… like could not possibly get any simpler… I feel like I’m missing something here but I really don’t think there’s anything to miss
5:58 did anyone else watch cats versus dogs? And now whenever they hear this little tune, ya imagine the f****** squirrel exploding ? or is this just a me thing
SOMEONE ELSE WATCHED THIS MOVIE I'M NOT ALONE.
I watched that movie but I do NOT remember this, please send help
@@demetriam2408 haha so sorry, cats and dogs TWO *** it's in the second one, you can look up cats and dogs squirrel and find the scene :)
Apparently no one's gives af about them in Burien, WA cause I have a red and 2 yellow bags(separate trips)....I just suck at bringing bags and liked the size. Had no idea they're trendy lol
Bruh theyre just tote bags. Idk how these and stanley cups blew tf up with the most uninteresting designs.
I think the bags are pretty cute
I like the regular Trader Joe’s tote bag because it’s huge and I can fit everything I need in it, so I was about to defend it, but the mini one? I have no idea, why do they need the small ones?
i watched the video on 2x speed so I could finish it before everyone else
That really is a great bag drawing. Love the asymmetry. You nailed it, Orr. Great job!
idk what the video is about yet but I'm just happy to be here
It’s about Trader Joe’s mini bags homie
I don't live in the US but I saw someone with one of these bags yesterday which was the first time I've heard of this whole thing. And the reason I noticed was because its looks like a knock off of a $100+ bag lol. But yeah I'm just amazed at how somehow would've had to pay a scalper + international shipping for a cheap, poorly (and likely unethically) made bag when they couldve spent the same for a higher quality, ethically made bag thats not going to go out of trend or something
Trader Joe's is for 3 types of people.
1.People above the age of 65
2.Divorced or remarried dads
3.Young people who somehow have financial security even though they constantly buy dumb shit that makes their life harder but makes them feel included in a club of equally boring people.
Makes me think of how thrift stores were full of rich TikTokers for a bit.
bitterness isn’t a good look, george. it’s just a supermarket.
I'm confused by this. I had been shopping at trader joes because it saved me money while still getting me quality. I stopped going just before this bag trend because I kept having negative interactions there with other customers who had broke ass, neurotic energy regardless of how privileged they seemed
My mother and I used to shop there every couple of weeks because we lived in California for 20 years of my life and it was somehow less expensive than the other stores around us.
@@GogiRegion thrift stores full of rich tiktok furniture flippers taking all the wooden stuff to ruin them with crappy paint jobs
Bro i was sneezing at the same time as pinely. It sacred the shit out of me
this is a great video, i love that you're not just shitting on people who want to have a little fun with this and are actually highlighting and praising the creativity that is involved here!
Ive never understood crazy trends or peer pressure. Is it because im autistic 😅?
They're cute but you can just buy stuff like that white label and customise it yourself. Those prices are insane, how cheeky!!
I just said the same thing (I’m also autistic.) I don’t understand it AT ALL 😂 I find it fascinating to study the behaviors of the people who fall for it 🤷🏽♀️
I have ADHD and I agree!
Also neurospicy and I agree I don’t fucking understand trends. I have a few hydroflasks but guess why? My dumb ass forgets I put juice or soda in there and ruin them not cuz I need to have 87 of them
theres a whole psychology behind trends but i dont think neurodivergent people are _exempt_ from falling for this kind of thing - some might even end up with a hyperfixation and be even more deeply obsessed than the nts
no, it’s not mental illness, it’s capitalism
Bags, they're like boxes that you can carry. Pinelys take notes
A store in my area used to sell boxes with long plastic handles. It was like a box/tote hybrid.
I hope you feel better soon! Thank you for all of your videos, they make life more tolerable ❤
OMG I LOVE CONSUMERISM!! I WOULD DIE FOR TRADER JOES MINI TOTE BAG!!
PLEASE PUT THE CARDBOARD MURAL ON A TSHIRT
Rodger Lloyd Bags, a story similar to Thomas Ladder
Evil Pinely is like an alien reporting on the human species and every action we collectively take is just fascinating
why are people saying its cute and adorable I feel like I'm getting punked
It's the same people that decorate houses beige and white with faceless animal statues with no features
it’s cute because it’s a mini version of the regular one. like that’s what people find cute about it
@@mr.bingusthecat oh that makes sense lol thank you
i love consumerism! bagsumerism!
It's insane how people don't feel insane while editing and posting these videos of themselves talking about THIS. Incredible
I was like uh that’s ridiculous and then I heard the word “mini” but then I found out they werent really miniature and now I’m back
All the suburban moms got bored of Stanley cups. This one's for the dads too. Ayo!
I carry tote bags since I don't drive (carry a ton of stuff that can't fit into my regular bag). And its always the cute ones. Like with dogs or cats, cute ones by artists or Sanrio character ones. This bag that tiktok is freaking out over is just a normal grocery bag. Makes me glad I'm not on tiktok. All these supposed short lived trends are so foreign to me. 😅
this is a cheap bag. Like even the design is cheap. I actually do not understand people
i mean if the bag is small… you’re either going to only be bringing 2 colours at a time 1 hand each (cant show off??) or have red marks on your wrist from double doing each arm :( plus you are only allowed to shop at trader joes
Ngl. I have a very cute tote bag that can hold more from Marshalls. It was 5 dollars and I didnt have to wait on a line but I've gotten so much use out of it
Probably a different item or a different price that was actually sold 3 (then they edited the listing)
Consumerism at it's finest.
thank god im having lunch and there wasn't anything to watch. finally, i can eat
Yayyy, hope it was yummy~~
It's an effing BAG. FFS I have several that look just like that but say various hotel names. PRENTEND THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO THESE FANTASTIC PLACES!! Never been used! (I work for the parent company) HMU! dorks. LMAO
It's the bag of all time.
that cardboard is withering away with each vid
Where I live tends to avoid these crazy trends... usually. I hadn't even heard of this mini tote and so I thought we were safe.. Until I saw the video of people waiting for the bags and it's from like the next city over. Though it's a big college town so maybe that's why. My town is mostly retired boomers. But I wouldn't be surprised if they came over here to try to buy us out lol
Seeing how people customized their bags made this trend make sense to me. Definitely wouldn't pay more than the store price for one given that they probably restock often due to many cities implementing plastic bag bans & stuff.
came for the totes, stayed for the sneeze break
I swear people go crazy over the most generic and boring stuff nowadays 😂😅.
7:43 I will admit I am a fan of the diy flips tho 😂
I can see all those ppls other tote bags at home, being ignored.
4:27 a grocery store having “mega fans” - only in America
"4 colors, limit of 5 bags" 🙄😑
The comedic timing of the cardboard falling down was amazing
As a tjs worker, seeing this vid pop up makes me giggle hehe
Also my store was not crazy when it came to customers wanting the mini bags and i work at a chicago location
I got a bag exactly like this over a decade ago as a birthday gift from my aunt 💀 it had my name embroidered and it had purple accents. That was definitely more expensive than the $3, but it’s WAY less than what resellers are selling it for. And you don’t have to have the Trader Joe’s logo on it!
at least with the stanley cups I kinda understood it given that those tumblers had already been popular collectors items for years.. this is just a blank tote with a company logo machine embroidered on the front