Costco is a cult

[@julienolke]

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[@HariSeldon913]

I look forward to your coverage of the Costco Business Center. 😺

[@feral_shade]

I think 20 years ago I would've considered Ground News such an incredibly insightful and indispensable innovation (whoops, a lot of "I's" there, lol) ...since that time though, I've just not cared about watching the news---however--- I still gleen the excitement and fear and outrage from others' digestive experience. I mean, how can you not, lol? ...and it just seems really nonsensically tragic what most people consider "newsworthy". There is just so much going on in the world that doesn't really matter at all in the grand scheme of things. Things that'll be forgotten in 100 years. Things that have zero impact on the quality and manner in which we lead our lives RIGHT NOW. I think we're so focused on dramatizing the things outside our purview, that we're losing a grasp on what's going on in our own lives. It's like Plato's Allegory of the Cave....and the News is (are?) the shadows on the wall. _(although, now that I think about it, we could probably say the same about social media too, lol 😂)_

[@ledniknoj]

one moment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX7NmJSXas-Sgqcsi=f-bt2vTefPU5uQs5&t=3

[@ledniknoj]

Fire in the Sky

[@ledniknoj]

A representation of my Family. I am the Middle Child.

[@madcow3417]

I once quit Costco. Shortly after, all of my friends and family died in different mysterious accidents. Costco sent me a "we miss you" email with a 2-for-1 deal on caskets. Costco is always there for me when I need them the most, unlike people who just keep dying. I'll never leave Costco again.

[@gr8dvd]

I’ll be in touch If I ever need a twisted ad consultant. And btw, sorry for your loss(es) 😂

[@MrUndersolo]

Blessed be the Cc!

[@waywardmind]

"You can't have a whole soul without wholesale." If they don't change their slogan, I will boycott

[@trinaq]

I was half expecting Costco to be the sponsor of the video, no joke! 😂

[@ecopennylife]

Was just about to write this comment 😂😂😂

[@ichijofestival2576]

I have literally never seen Costco advertising of any kind (that I'm aware of). It's part of why I love them. Praise be to Costco. This does not count as Costco advertising. ...Shop at Costco today!

[@johnniequinn3215]

@@ichijofestival2576Technically you have; but the magazine, sales flyers, and special promotions are only sent or available if you’re already a member.

[@recoveringsoul755]

I thought canada didn't have Costcos?

[@RedWanheda]

​@@recoveringsoul755we have Costco everywhere

[@oliverfalco7060]

The missed opportunity of calling it Costcult

[@davidletarte214]

cultsco..?

[@oliverfalco7060]

@@davidletarte214 yeah that's also a valid alternative

[@annap7678]

🎉!!!!!!!!🎉🎉!!!!!!!!!🎉

[@veinmetal8671]

mockery is blasphemy. U can't use the name of the SupaerMarket in vain.

[@AndrewCooper69]

Cultco rolls off the tongue, as do the $1.50 hotdogs.

[@InBetweenLife70]

“Better to sample in the eyes of the mighty Kirk than to miss out on the $1.37 savings for the case.” Book of Kirkland, 11.6

[@julienolke]

praise be

[@texaswunderkind]

They kept hassling me to upgrade my membership to Executive. I told them that I tried it, but was unsatisfied. When they asked why, I said: "Because it didn't make me an executive."

[@mikeknowles8017]

I died right there with the purple robe and "the old one was founded...earlier".

[@benoithudson7235]

The book of Price Club has many truths but its revelation is incomplete. And we must never speak of the followers of Sam.

[@FuncleChuck]

It’s not a cult if it’s THE TRUTH and WAY

[@andrewduong2740]

We all pray at the altar of the eternal $1.50 hot dog and drink, all hail the all-time undisputed glizzy god goats

[@largosgaming]

@@andrewduong2740 As Written

[@Lionesse-z41553]

Amen.

[@someguy2135]

Repent! Ikea is the only true path to savings or being saved! Also the hotdogs are better. And vegan!

[@grankmisguided]

I realize it probably transpired that first the script was written and THEN the costumes were purchased... but it would be undeniably awesome if instead, this whole video came about from seeing that full-body hot dog suit from the end and thinking "what sketch can I construct in which this will make enough through-line sense that I could write off this hot dog costume?" 😂

[@alysongreenemay8865]

Hilarious!

[@illtemperedklavier-ir9fy]

They discontinued my favourite kind of bread. But, Costco giveth and Costco taketh away.

[@TonyBullard]

It's not just $1.50 for a hotdog, but for a hotdog AND a drink! READ YOUR SCRIPTURES!

[@paca_bill4863]

But has she actually made the pilgrimage to Kirkland, Washington? It is NOT a mythical place......it's REAL, I say unto you!

[@beardlyinteresting]

This skit exists so Julie can expense that hotdog costume, you can't fool me, I'm on to you.

[@blindleader42]

Not to mention the purple cloak.

[@thatHARVguy]

Not the first time she's done that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSTd2ZtZbyXaMUsi=ILnmYJa82vvY2z_L

[@garyp.7501]

I shopped at the original Kirk's Land Costco (suburb of Seattle). It was a sight that didn't disappoint. In '83 it saved my birthday gift bacon by offering discounted 1/2 caret diamond earrings that my wife desired and I couldn't afford anywhere else. I became a member soon after.

[@MurderMostFowl]

This is skit is great and true and reminds me of the movie “Idiocracy” where 500 years in the future Costco is the only store left in the world and the greeters say “I love you!”

[@michaelbishop.]

Unusual for a cult in discounting what members believe they need.

[@GravityFromAbove]

It should be pointed out that in Scotland kirk means church. Kirkland!

[@richvail7551]

That was perfect. You definitely were committed to the part. May Kirk bless you and keep your family safe with his new insurance policy.

[@Dan-dg9pi]

The next episode is Gina deprogramming Julie and recruiting her to be a TV weather girl.

[@orvilkeimig3528]

But she can't quite shake the power Julie has over her... even her intimate life...

[@singledad1313]

@@orvilkeimig3528 But do not discount HR Gary, with the waterbed.

[@mikeknowles8017]

I hope so. I would like to state for the record that in my opinion (while taking nothing away from Julie) Gina is smouldering hot.

[@robindhood9125]

Can she do the weather clad in totally inappropriate clothing or at least carrying a giant umbrella? Cult following pervs can’t be too choosy.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Yep! She'll be tied to a chair under hot lights. "Why do you insist on shopping only at Costco?!" "Because it's wonderful, pure, and beautiful!" "LIAR!!!!"

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Watch it, executive member here, we’s a watchin’ you. Comin’ awful close to being lost back in the paper towel aisle.

[@Iffy50]

"You can't have a whole soul without wholesale." LOL... comedy gold.

[@dkchef]

“And HE shall bring forth saving on both salmon and hot tubs”. Premium value in the writing, and access to all of this talent with no membership required. (Patreon optional).

[@iodinev]

My mom had me drive her 70 miles to go to Costco because she likes a brand of flax milk they sell 😊

[@sterlingmullett6942]

She might want to find a second source for that product. Costco has a habit of rotating out (discontinuing) products. They sometimes come back but not often.

[@johnniequinn3215]

@@sterlingmullett6942Depends on the in store popularity and distribution availability

[@MattnUska]

@@sterlingmullett6942drives me crazy that I find something I like and then next month it’s gone for good. Costco has so much to teach us about the impermanence of life.

[@MarkCMG]

Thanks for the video! "Free sample? On sale." Hilarious!

[@A_A_K_123]

Shh Shh. The first rule of Costco is that it is *not* a cult. A hot dog for $1.50 is simply one of the certainties of life. That's all, nothing more.

[@madsenbaum]

Fun fact: Costco in the US only accepts Visa and Debit (along with other payment methods) but not Mastercard. Kind of interesting that in Canada, Costco only accepts Mastercard...

[@brianglendenning1632]

Things are always better in Canada

[@deathtobugs]

US Costco didn't switch to Visa until 2016. Prior to that, they also only accepted Mastercard.

[@mikenkk1]

@@deathtobugs I don't remember M/C, but way back when, Costco partnered with American Express.

[@trevorames889]

In Korea, it was cash or American Express until they switched to Hyundai Card in the last 5-10 years.

[@ДмитрийЗеленский-ж7х]

​@@deathtobugs B-but why not both? Like literally everyone?

[@missmayflower]

So true. People shop there religiously, even when their cupboards are already overflowing and even after all those teenagers have left home, and even when you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

[@RichardNikolas]

"You can't have a whole soul without wholesale" got me literally ROLLING, omfg 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cathyhart3946]

“$400 exit fee” got me 😭. I remember the days in the not so distant past when the exit fee was $200.

[@sarahkmoon]

Long ago my exit fee was $150.

[@farmerboybill]

Wtf, why is there an exit fee?? Why not just stop paying the member fee? Never been to cultco and never plan on it

[@abcdeshole]

I’m sorry, what? They charge you for quitting?

[@cathyhart3946]

@@abcdeshole It’s just a clever way of saying what it costs to shop there. I used to be able to get my stuff for around $200 now it’s almost $400.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

My Costco membership card was purchased with the intention that I would one day join this enlightenment.

[@aquamarine99911]

So far I've resisted the siren call of Costco. But their olive oil is such a good deal. Only a just and loving god would price it that low, because he/she wants us to be happy and healthy.

[@AnthonyLopez-di5vv]

Wow ground news was maybe the first sponsor segment of any video I didn’t skip over. Glad to learn about this!

[@54tisfaction]

Members Only is what truly defines you as the Chosen People! Where's the beef?

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Jessica wasn't wholly sold on finding clarity (and consistently priced $1.50 hot dogs) until she mustard up the courage to dawn that epic hot dog costume and immediately relished her new wholesome life as the de facto representative of the Costco empire.

[@zom8680]

Hot dog this is good comment content.

[@thatHARVguy]

Frankly, not the wurst puns I've seen.

[@bcreativecarson5973]

The back of the t-shirt "If you raise...." 😂

[@philn6052]

Who doesn't need a dozen oversized 500 calorie muffins weekly?

[@wolfishpotato6978]

I certainly do! No seriously, those suckers legitimately got me through my first year of college bc I had a roommate who slept several hours later than I did and hated being woken up. So how get breakfast? Have a dozen Costco muffins waiting in my car as soon as I left our apartment.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Don't forget boneless pork chops that are 60 percent water!

[@sjzara]

I’m 64 and I still don’t understand wholesalers.

[@h0rriphic]

Today I learned that Costco in Canada only accepts Mastercard and debit cards. Here in the US they accept Visa and pretty much everything else, I think?

[@brianglendenning1632]

I think they take everything but Amex here in Australia

[@LucasKelleher]

Costco only accepting MasterCard? Ok, this video just outed itself as Canadian.

[@mitchells2003]

Yep. It's Visa only stateside.

[@JerryLursx]

The staff that uses markers to see what your walking out with is so pointless, I know people who does checkout them selfs don’t scan everything purposely cuz they know they can get away with it!

[@agaragar21]

The photo of Jessica as a small child was a riot...it looked exactly like a hard hitting doc

[@k.taylor3526]

Oh oh oh- do Buc-ee’s next!!! 😂😂😂

[@mikeybhoutex]

Nearest Buc-ees is in Colorado or Kentucky, looks like. Sooo... Not sure Julie wants to make a road trip, but hey, that's what a Buc-ees is all about, right? :)

[@cmahar3]

The wife and I, when someone would watch the kids, would sometimes go 'on a date' to Costco, and spend $300 on a cart full of stuff. We also would go there for lunch, calling that "lunch at the club" since we've been members since it was called Price Club.

[@pqrstsma2011]

Canadian Costco charges only 1.50 CAD for their hot dogs? that's cheaper than here in the US

[@colinberryman8020]

As a Costco member since 1994, I can verify that this is 100% true.

[@adequatebus8280]

When you popped-in wearing the hotdog costume . . . coffee sprayed in the keyboard once again. -C

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

1:35 got me laughing. Its the simple things... LOLOL

[@MrSoloDev]

As a Costco shareholder: Thank you!

[@lastmanstanding2622]

You can say its a cult, a spell or anything else, but something happens to me everytime I go into COSTCO. For example, if I go in to purchse say a case of water, somehow an hour later, I will leave with a receipt for over $100 for buying other things I didn't know I needed. It happens Every Time! 🤔

[@MrTPF1]

$100?? Those are rookie numbers! 😂

[@lastmanstanding2622]

@@MrTPF1 True. I was just being modest. 😄

[@a24396]

I just love the idea of normal people going about their day seeing the purple cape woman in the ciatco parking lot or the woman in a hotdog costume.

[@user-uy8xf9tm5h]

This was a really good sponsor ad, very informative and thoughtful! Its obvious you care about this. 💜 I know you mostly make content for us to giggle over but I appreciate being encouraged to think critically as well. Well done! 😎

[@juliajackson1592]

I feel this and am conflicted. I am a member of both cults. It is like being a Catholic and a Southern Baptist…..and, yes, I am. 😂

[@bradkirbey1560]

So fun!! Love the twist on "religions". such a great comedic mind. Keep up the good work.

[@ProPhile]

I was really hoping that the sponsor was going to be Costco! 🤪

[@WatchThatFirstStep]

Timely video. I just came back from Costco. I picked up their buttered croissants and a wheel of brie. And a bottle of wine. Tonight I'll eat these in luxurious bliss watching my 98" QLED 4K television while reclined in an ergonomic living room chair. Both of which I got from Costco at an amazing deal!

[@2nd-place]

I’ve never been to a Costco. The Waltons have forbid them in this area.

[@The9thDirector]

You always crack me up, but in that first cut to you wearing the hot dog outfit, I seriously lost it. I had to pause the video just to pull myself together. Hilarious. P.S., I so wish that Costco had been your sponsor.

[@pendragon2012]

Finally! Some one with the courage to say it!

[@tallspicy]

If Costco is wrong, I don’t want to be right

[@russelljohnson4527]

Diapers, tires (mounted and balanced), motor oil, jewelry, hearing aids and coffins (Yes, COFFINS!) AND hot dogs for $1.50 in perpetuity. "What a friend we have in COSTCO. All our needs if we just spend..."

[@NFM1337]

I always found the parking pretty smooth. I moved back to Europe and I miss America. I found this healing.

[@JS-cs8gz]

OMG........ I had no idea I was in a cult. Thank you so much for helping me see the truth. That said I will be renewing my cult membership. If for no reason all but..............the hot dog!🤪

[@linedropperable]

The cowl really gives off a nice Sandra Good's Granddaughter vibe!

[@robphoenix1182]

Costco needs to get on this merchandising gravy train!! 😂

[@boesvig2258]

How is this not sponsored by Costco? Sacrilege!

[@TKevinBlanc]

Kirk, of course, means church in some germanic language or another.

[@werdna1969]

Welcome to Costco, I love you ❤

[@toyotaboyhatman]

I like money

[@PrairieDad]

Costco member for 10 years here. Love this video.

[@billhorton2564]

I was lured in to Costco by the cheap slices of pizza...that's how it began. You don't have to have a membership to buy the pie.

[@datalaforge]

Victoria White Linen Marinara vs being trapped in the receipt check line just to exit the store.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I never understood how ads are trying to wow me with how much savings I'll get and the projected savings is more than I already spend outside of Costco.

[@bosshadowrock]

2:13 Love it. I stopped going to CostCo when I started getting very annoyed with those people at the exit doors who always asked for my receipt before allowing me to leave!

[@JustAnotherHo]

I left Toronto for the promise land. A land where the Costco gas station has no lines, and I can get in and out in 20 minutes, but I spend an hour because I wanted to, not because the line is 45 minutes.

[@joseville]

2:49 you were getting through to me more when you had mustard on your face

[@selardohr7697]

Here's a kitty meow meow bean

[@petervancaeseele9832]

I just wish they would open a "1000 item or less" checkout line.

[@captainpoppleton]

There should be male & female checkout lines at supermarkets.

[@robertwayne1884]

Thank you for freeing me to put Ketchup on a hot dog.

[@glenndespres5317]

“The only certainty we have, is that a Costco hotdog remains… a buck fifty.” But lest we forget, the rotisserie chicken for a five spot is something to be remembered… and celebrated,to keep it Wholesale.

[@ArchonLicht]

"One cannot have a whole soul without a whole sale" ROFL!

[@michaelnewton5873]

Change to Sam's Club and it's The American Midwest.

[@time2livelife]

So disappointing that Costco didn’t sponsor this video 😂

[@goodlight4113]

For the first time, I'm dispointed the sponsor wasn't ...you know...costco. Also, watching this video, I'm not sure if I should feel attacked, or just request memship to this church.

[@RhombonianKnight]

A Costco cult? Not my thing. A Target cult however. 🤔

[@discardingsabot5898]

Le Targe`

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

1:40 You had me with the Wonder Woman spin.

[@MattnUska]

I used to be a Costco cult member until they stopped carrying my favorite dried apples. Then I started questioning everything. If you open your eyes you can see that every moth they rearrange everything constantly. I walked around aimlessly looking for where they put the diapers this month until I walked right out of the store. I will never look back.

[@petersilva037]

Kirk is scottish/west germanic for church... Kirkland... it all makes sense...

[@arthurmarcil6787]

What a inspiring story! Her determination her devotion

[@kilroy987]

1:02 The look of confused listening.

[@donovanmedieval]

Not the "Sweet Drunk Girl from Winnepeg?"

[@elisedalton9]

It’s wild that our Costco opened yesterday

[@johnniequinn3215]

Congratulations! To a new cult member I offer this wisdom: If you are hungry when you arrive, go to the food court first and get an inexpensive snack (Hot dog or Pizza slice) first (with optional drink). Eat enough to sate your hunger first before shopping to avoid impulse buying, from the temptation of free samples. You can wrap up what you don’t eat to carry with you as you shop for a snack later, and get a quick refill on your drink on the way out after your purchase.

[@lrussom]

Wow. long ad. Just an observation. Totally love your work because you have nailed it for a while now. Good luck going forward. I'd be sad if there was a problem. Super odd to see something this long in ad-ville but I'm sure it's fine and very worth it. Thanks for what you do because you are meaningful and we have noticed. Thank you so much for your content. So proud of you, truely!!

[@frontierfishingwithRyanMacD]

I know far too many people who love COSTCO and buy everything from there! These are also the same people who are in massive debt - geez, I wonder why?!?

[@lego4virgo]

Must..renew..my..membership! FORGIVE ME FOR FORGETTING, XANUUUUUU--FOOORGIIIIVE MEEEEEEEEE!

[@dougwalker257]

Y’know Kirk means church. And Church means house of Worship. So doesn’t that make Kirkland...The Holy Land.

[@MarceloSeravalli]

It is written

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Counterproductively complicated.🙄 _Kirkland = Church-land_ and that's all you need.

[@writerbill1]

Perfection! Everything about this... especially the outfits! Hot dog Julie is 🔥 😂

[@ivartheboneless1456]

“ you can’t have a whole soul without wholesale” 😂😂

[@garyK.45ACP]

The hot dog costume...🤣 I think we should dispatch a SOCOM mission to Canada to extradite Julie to the USA. We need comedy! She already speaks English (pretty well)

[@kevinjones5560]

I don’t know how you kept a straight face. Must have been many takes…

[@fournierman]

I tried investigating this cult but was stopped at the front gate.

[@mgguygardening]

OK I literally LOL'd at the hot dog outfit!!!!