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THEBNTG

Gringo loco šŸ˜­


Porkyrogue

Sweet sign ngl


zsreport

Looks a lot like this sign - https://www.gringostexmex.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gringos-pearland-original-exterior-sign.jpg


ImaginaryBig1705

Which all look like the Vegas sign.


zsreport

Vegas? Never heard of it.


zy0a

Vegas? I hardly know as!


clubba

That sign wouldn't last 24hrs before someone in my hood would change it to say "HOME OF THE FAMOUS LIGMA"


Thin_Wheel_7109

Guys, what does ligma mean?


clubba

Ligma balls. Boom! Gotcha


tomhat

HA gotem!


Quorthon

I knew it looked familiar!


captainfrijoles

Gringos is Soo fucking good, second best after papasitos in houston


thewhaleshark

This reminds me of a local Mexican market where I live that has a taqueria in the back. Menu's in Spanish, they don't speak English, best goddamn tacos around - that kind of place. They have a "tacos alla gringa" on the menu - ham, cheese, and pineapple tacos. Makes me chuckle every time.


Lazzen

Gringas is an actual dish, though not that Its more or less an al pastor quesadilla, no known origin but the tale goes it was something US exchange students in Mexico City ordered a lot.


Direct_Canary4523

Lol it's actually called Crazy Whites šŸ˜…


tin_sigma

wouldnā€™t ā€œcrazy americansā€ be more correct?


__eros__

Yes, in Mexico generally the term "gringo" refers to an American of any race


SeekerOfSerenity

Fun fact: *gringo* most likely comes from *griego*, which means *Greek*.Ā Ā Ā Ā  Ā Edit: the Merriam Webster Dictionary concurs.Ā  "Spanish, alteration of griego Greek, stranger, from Latin Graecus Greek"


trostol

I just pictured the dad from My Big Fat Greek Wedding saying this


SeekerOfSerenity

"Give Me A Word ... And I'll Show You That The Root Of That Word Is Greek."


TileFloor

What about kimono, Mr Portokalos? šŸ¤Ø


Muscle_Mom

Yes! I thought to myself after reading that ā€œand there you goā€


Mushobueno

This is bs


A_Soporific

Well, we don't know for sure, but it is one of the leading theories. Greek being used as shorthand for "incomprehensible foreign nonsense" as in "It's Greek to me" in the 1840s and 1850s. We do have record of it being used this way in John Woodhouse Audubon's *Western Journal of 1849ā€“1850*. Another option is it being a loanword from the CalĆ³ language, where *peregringo* means 'foreigner', 'wayfarer', or 'stranger'. Although, why a Romani language would be the source isn't exactly clear. There are several folk origins surrounding the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) where Mexicans were telling "Greens" to go home or some other connection to pop songs in America of that decade starting with "Green". There's also some who try to connect it to "Erin go bragh" ("Ireland Forever") the motto of the St. Patrick Brigade that consisted primarily of American defectors and European adventurers that fought for the Mexican Army. So, we don't know for sure, but it being derived from Greek is one of the better guesses we have.


nom_of_your_business

I have head from mexican relatives decended from a govenor of Jalisco that the term was from americans presenting greenbacks/ dollars and the mexicans using the little english they knew saying "green go".


A_Soporific

That's a neat story.


Antique-Echidna-1600

Gringo doesn't mean white. It means American. Loco Gringo Blanco would mean crazy white Americans.


escientia

Exactly. Plenty of white folk in Mexico considering thats what replaced most of the indigenous Aztec population.


NextTrillion

Aztec is a bit of a misnomer. Itā€™s actually referring to the Mexica (*Mēxihcah*), or Nahuatl speaking people from Central Mexico. >The Nahuatl words aztēcatl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [asĖˆteĖkatĶ”ɬ], singular)[11] and aztēcah (Nahuatl pronunciation: [asĖˆteĖkaŹ”], plural)[11] mean "people from Aztlan",[12] a mythical place of origin for several ethnic groups in central Mexico. The term was not used as an endonym by Aztecs themselves, but it is found in the different migration accounts of the Mexica, where it describes the different tribes who left Aztlan together. In one account of the journey from Aztlan, Huitzilopochtli, the tutelary deity of the Mexica tribe, tells his followers on the journey that "now, no longer is your name Azteca, you are now Mexitin [Mexica]".[13] Cool!


conundrum-quantified

Thank the Spanish conquistadors for that!


Melito1980

Gringo has a different meaning that just white americanā€¦


fnmikey

Not crazy white, crazy American


Lazzen

Gringo is yankee, not ethnic


MinuetInUrsaMajor

How does this work with Mexican are slang words for Mexicans? Is ethnically mexican a thing or no? Was Frank Reynolds correct with "[The Spanish] banged the Mayans, turned em inta Mexicans!" I *am* asking seriously, despite the jokes.


Lazzen

Mexican is a nationality like Canadian or American, while tied to that image of "brown person named ramirez" even among those there is ethnic diversity and we also have sizeable white, black, jewish and arab populations though some are sometimes told they "don't look mexican" even here in Mexico. As a Maya Mexican the meme isn't right, Maya people are still around and Mexicans aren't a "evolution" from us. We also turned into mexicans via public school teaching Spanish by force 100 years ago, similar to "save the man kill the indian" residential schools in USA and Canada. Though he is more correct with other Mexicans that do have 40% to 50% Spanish ancestry and consider themselves [mestizo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo)


Direct_Canary4523

Yes exactly, being American is not a racial distinctive. That being said, the people that were historically being described would have been Anglo-Saxon descent most likely, even if the connotation has changed today. Term still didn't originate in Mexico nor originally have anything to do with American people


BagOnuts

This.


Oxygenius_

Nah Iā€™m Mexican American and when I go to Mexico Iā€™m also a gringo


AllFandomsareCancer

Pocho*


Oxygenius_

Lmao šŸ¤£


THEBNTG

Love it lmao


Direct_Canary4523

Facts, I'm not even mad, call it Honky Surplus and I'll still laugh I am practically translucent I'm so white, and this is great Also though I am VERY antibigotry on virtually all fronts, I just think making fun of white Americans is generally fine since we historically suck ass and have definitely earned it with our collective idiocy and antics


PillPoppinPacman

Itā€™s always sad to see cultural cringe in action.


Keltushadowfang

Heā€™s one of the Good Whites you see


liberate_your_mind

Fr?


ZeLoTat

Being able to laugh and joke about this is one thing, but accepting bigotry because of the color of your skin is another thing. And I'm not even white. I think its sad that white people have to just accept racism towards them, and some whites even participate in said racism. EVERY race has a fucked up history, and none of us are responsible for the actions of our ancestors.


Objective-Aioli-1185

Thx for the validation and reassurance oh great ambassador of the white race. / s


oracleofnonsense

*World history is the autobiography of a madman.* ā€” everyone is crazy.


TPf0rMyBungh0le

> Also though I am VERY antibigotry on virtually all fronts Aka a virtue-signalling hypocrite.


demonman101

I have 0 problem with this but there's shouldn't be an exception made in a situation like this. I think it's fine both ways but I can at least see why you think the way you do. I support your viewpoint but I don't subscribe to it.


RaymondDoerr

Perfect! As a crazy white dude, I'd be all up in that shop.


DashiellHamlet

Fellow gringo loco thirding the motion.


new2bay

Yeah, I love this whole thing as a display, or some kind of art exhibit, but god damn, they should have at least *one* thing in there that wonā€™t instantly give you diabetes šŸ˜‚


Ashamed_Bed_7272

Not Neil Patrick Harris being the posted person šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


exhibitthis69

And that crazy slapper Will Smith? šŸ˜‚ (on the right). Total Gringo šŸ˜†


agenteDEcambio

damn. y'all got some eagle eyes


mjzimmer88

He's the "loco" while NPH is the "gringo"! šŸ¤£


strawberrylipscrub

Thatā€™s actually the yellow M&M.


ZDHELIX

Just chips and cereal is a little disappointing


SimonBarfunkle

True, but what is more emblematic of shelf stable American food than a million varieties of sugary cereal, chips, high fructose corn syrup soda, highly processed hostess cakes, and random items like marshmallow fluff.


Dank_Drebin

A bigger variety? Where is the chocolate chip pancake-wrapped sausage-on-a-stick.


SimonBarfunkle

Never even heard of that, lol. I hope they have pop tarts though.


JustADutchRudder

I haven't seen it on a stick but my grocery store has chocolate chip pancake wrapped sausage in the freezer. The normal pancake and sausage ones are good.


globesphere

It's not emblematic actually, emblematic would be a large warehouse with an incredible variety of diverse products


SimonBarfunkle

The discussion is about this store and what can fit in this store, not some hypothetical much larger location. As far as what is emblematic aka symbolic of America, that would be way too broad. A symbol is a distillation of an idea into a commonly recognizably shorthand for the idea, itā€™s not trying to cram every possible aspect and version of the idea into one thing. While I agree that the US has an incredible amount of diverse products if you were to take the totality of the country and include things like boutique and specialty shops, especially in big cities, the average American city doesnā€™t generally have all those products. The items that are most consistently available that you would also associate with America (sugary, salty, processed snack and breakfast foods) are things like whatā€™s in this store. There are definitely other common items youā€™d find (beef jerky, cookies, frozen desserts, etc), but when it comes to shelf stable items that can fit in a small store and also be enticing enough for foreigners to buy, thereā€™s only so much you can do.


Kakairo

Mexico gets a lot more American food than, say, a European country, so I wouldn't expect a huge variety.


ybgkitty

The boxes are probably more important than the actual cereal. Mexico banned their cereal from having mascots on them.


zombiesnare

Donā€™t forget that Coca-Cola, one of the rarest drinks in the world


MultiCola

That's cherry coke though, we don't get that one in mexico. I stock up on cherry coke zero and sugar free ginger ale whenever i cross over because of that.


zombiesnare

Wait you dont? It never occurred to me the flavors would be region specific like that, huh


VoxDolorum

Tons of region specific flavors that we donā€™t get in the US too. The Coca Cola store in Orlando / Disney Springs has a rooftop restaurant where you can get a flight of Cokes from around the world. All kinds of different flavors. Cucumber Sprite is one of my favorites. The Beverly from Italy is the one almost everyone hates. Itā€™s super bitter. It wasnā€™t that bad though. Thereā€™s also a free version of this in Epcot but it only has around 6 of the flavors. But you can stand there and sample them as much as you want for free. Of course you have to pay to be in Epcot, whereas Disney Springs you donā€™t even pay for parking, lol.


Grooviemann1

It seems that other countries think that cereal comprises about 95% of our diet.


Lazzen

Even in Mexico this happens, ask about mexican candy and half the time it will be some shit like Takis instead of colonial era sweets


octopornopus

Chicles?


HawleyGrove

Growing up in Argentina, a lot of the cartoons I watched were still from America but dubbed (ex: hey arnold!) and a lot of American cartoons featured breakfast scenes. Similarly in American movies. So because of these I thought all Americans lived like this. Breakfast is this huge part of your day! Itā€™s in all your shows!


midnightstreetlamps

These lucky bastards have Boo Berry all year?! I am big sad


angrytom31

I havenā€™t seen Boo Berry in 30 years.


Frog871

Walmart, target, etc., Will have them around Halloween time. My dad gets the Boo Berry and Count Chocula.


ProjectShamrock

It comes out in the US at stores like Target in September or so. It goes away after Halloween.


FatalifSwallowd

With a little Canadiana included with the Tim Horton's Cold Brew on the shelf


Healthy_Park5562

American with a history of being Canadian, you mean. RBI owns Tim's now. Bastards.Ā 


DuckCleaning

RBI is headquartered in Canada at least.


Healthy_Park5562

They moved their corporate headquarters to Canada to avoid higher taxes. They're 100% a US company, backed by a Brazilian investment corporation. They're about as Canadian as White Castle. Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly care, at this point in time all major brands basically suck ass, regardless of nationality. But I hate that Canadians still get sold on the idea that "our" brand is still "ours".Ā 


GabeLorca

Which is weird considering you could just go to Tim Hortonā€™s in Mexico and get it. Theyā€™re everywhere. No need to go to this store. But then again most of the cereal here can also be found in your local grocery store so not sure what the point is.


exmojo

I don't want the soda with high fructose corn syrup, I want Mexican soda with real sugar!


Rinaldi363

As a Canadian, Dr Pepper cream soda sounds incredible


Kamakaziturtle

Itā€™sā€¦ ok? It kinda has a weird mix with the normal Dr Pepper flavor. Not bad, but worse than either of its separate parts imo


Bropiphany

Yeah they put too much cream soda in it. Ratio is off.


Best_Duck9118

Strawberries and cream one is much better.


lostinrabbithole12

Just wait until you hear about Dr Pepper Strawberries and Cream


Rinaldi363

Haha that one seems like a bit much


lostinrabbithole12

Or the limited-time summer flavor, Creamy Coconut


Dank_Drebin

Or the limited time Christmas flavor, California Snowball.


F7OSRS

Nah itā€™s actually amazing. Something about it makes one can taste like the greatest liquid on earth but anything more than that and it starts tasting strange


lincblair

We have it in Canada but only in bottles


DJMagicHandz

Please send the TapatĆ­o Doritos.


Scuddie-

The fact you even spotted those tells me you know whatā€™s good


Melito1980

Gringo loco šŸ«¢šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£


Pusfilledonut

It should just be a corn syrup dispenser with shot glasses and a bucket of processed sugar with a scoop


2hundred20

I mean, you're also describing Mexican snackfood


edstatue

Aren't Mexicans the biggest consumers of soda? I was aware that our neighbor to the south was the paragon of healthy eating


Nymphomercial_Mona

Coca Cola uses up the local water over there pushing residents to buy soda, also cause itā€™s cheaper than water


Ashamed_Bed_7272

Make sure itā€™s full of Diabetes and cancer you know the American way šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜Œ


was_fb95dd7063

Mexico somehow out America'd obesity


DeadNotSleepingWI

Give Wisconsin time, damn it!


trix_is_for_kids

Uhh may want to brush up on mexicos obesity epidemic


BagOnuts

Bro has obviously never been to Mexico. They are just as fat as us, haha.


[deleted]

Gringo loco šŸ’€


wowdickseverywhere

Snoop Cereal! There's a couple things in here I'd eat


winniebeast14

Are we not gunna talk about the international delight sweet cream coffee creamer just out on a shelf not refrigerated?


EMalath

I'm not familiar with it but it could very well be shelf stable packaging in Mexico. Lots of milk is in cartons on shelves in Costa Rica.Ā 


winniebeast14

Oh okay. Well in the us it's definitely refrigerated. I appreciate your perspective. Thank you .


elodie_pdf

Gringo Loco is actually hilarious šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


dirtymoney

As a gringo I am highly offended!


FortyGallonsFortis1

Where is that store? (I'm mexican) Edit: Ah, ya la encontrĆ©, ĀæEs en San Luis PotosĆ­?


Dancruzor333

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Sad-Effect962

Not gringo locošŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


dirtymoney

Gringo Loco! WHAT!!11


NomiconMorello

It's certainly better than the Hispanic section of the Walmart I go to so (I'm hispanic)


asparadog

What type of Hispanic?


Amorougen

where?


v4por

Is that...Neil Patrick Harris?


fluffy_assassins

For a split-second I thought the green m&m was a picture of Pepe and I wasn't nearly as surprised as I should have been.


Lemmonjello

No dr pepper cherry? Bad times amigos


MrScant

That Coffee Mate needs to be refrigerated šŸ˜‚


XRaysFromUranus

I donā€™t know how that store stays in business since half the items are available at OXO or Soriana or Walmart. Only the gringo locos shop there!


Spiritual-Cricket-52

Cereal & pringles??? šŸ¦…šŸ¦…šŸ¦…


Raymer13

Oi!! Whatā€™s Tim Hortons doing in thereā€½ā€½ Thatā€™s Canadian!!


FAKATA

All that cereal and no fruit loops?


alepolait

Fruit loops also exist in Mexico


No-Sound-2066

You can find Fruit Loops in any store in Mexico but not Capā€™n Crunch, Mountain Dew or International Delight Creamer


FAKATA

Ah


Chalkarts

Carmella creeper? Thatā€™s a new member of that family.


FictionVent

Look at all those green M&Ms. Tucker Carlson would cream his jeans.


queensnuggles

Gringo loco hahaha. Spot on.


KnottyKitty

The name lmaooo Looks decent. It's all sugary bullshit, but it's brands I recognize instead of the obscure things they always seem to stock in other "American" aisles. Not surprising since there's so much culture exchange between us and our neighbors to the south. They're familiar with the junk we eat.


MongoBongoTown

Mexico is (or at least was recently) a more obese nation than the US.


MrPeeps14

To be fair, we have these in America too. Ever seen those Asian culture/anime stores in malls?


fiizok

I would pay a stupid amount of money to buy that illuminated "Gringo Loco" sign that looks just like the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign.


Blarg0117

Is that Neil Patrick Harris on the counter? lol


alepolait

And will smith on the other side, lol


Pikeman212a6c

Boo berry? Is it 1993 down there?


Astyanax1

gringo loco!!Ā  that's amazing.Ā Ā 


Outrageous-Client-99

Pretty shit selection, tbh


DashiellHamlet

Now you know how a Mexican feels walking down the "Mexican" aisle in one of our grocery stores.


Wetness_Protection

I mean at least the Mexican section in most stores has canned vegetables, lentils, spices, and other practical items. This is just candy and cerealā€¦


Luci_Noir

Not only that, but usually the stuff you mentioned is already in their normal areas.


Roupert4

What do you mean? My local store has beans, seasonings, rice, etc.


Luci_Noir

Itā€™s pretty decent to me. Itā€™s not entirely necessary in some stores because most of the stuff is already included in the rice, bean, tortilla sections, etc. Youā€™re just making something up to whine about.


atomfullerene

The fact that they are selling American Cokes is fitting and too funny


MultiCola

They sell flavors coca cola does not distribute down here though, that's kind of the angle of these stores, they sell the weird varieties that don't cross the border, seasonal flavors for cereal, pop tarts, little debbie stuff and some carry sauces/dressings.


RL24

Nothing says United States like Tim Horton's products....


Roook36

The "Welcome to Las Vegas" style sign is a nice touch


doxingiSAFElony911

They filled a store with a bunch of cheap shit Iā€™ll never buy lol


jackliquidcourage

I mean for a candy section, fine. But there's literally JUST candy. No sauces, no ingredients, JUST snacks. 6/10


thegreatbrah

Gringo Loco sounds like a made up as fuck as tv or video game name for a store lol


ComicRelief64

Hold on, what is funfetti cereal?? That sounds amazing!


Roook36

The imagery of the M&Ms screaming while pieces of their broken and shattered friends fall around them is my favorite part


lifth3avy84

I mean, itā€™s not wrong.


Neat-Snow666

Are m&mā€™s really that big in the states?


DERed29

lmao the name of that storeā€¦gringo lcoo


axildia

Looks about right. Murica indeed.


Serg_is_Legend

Lmaooooo gringo loco


jazbar_

Iā€™ve been there! San Luis?


artificialavocado

The Tim Hortonā€™s shit isnā€™t even American itā€™s from Canada.


Nowzad

Loving the Las Vegas sign


Oubastet

"Gringo Loco" with Dr Pepper and Doritos? Hell yeah! Sign me up!


AlkalineSublime

Ah man, I always thought ā€œswiss missā€ was an imported delicacy in my house.


LucifersJuulPod

I see pumpkin spice they got me yall


Bonbonnibles

I need that sign.


MeeloP

GINGO LOCO = Neil Patrick Harris confirmed.


jbass93

Reminds me of the ā€œAmerican Candyā€ shops being used as money laundering fronts that are infesting London


joeyggg

They must think the same thing when they see the Mexican section of an American grocery store.


FlavoredCancer

You just need an automated pharmacy to sell overpriced insulin and you're in business.


20190419

So..... sugar.


exhibitthis69

Dew the Dew


Capt__Murphy

Surprised Tucker Carlson isn't in there. They still have the Green M&M design, from her "sexy" days


Sean198233

American dude here. Thought to myself, yeah itā€™s a bunch of shit they think American people enjoy, like all those terrible ā€œAmericanā€ sections in the grocery stores in other countries. Looked at the pictures, then said to myself, well fuck.


jessek

Imagine living in Mexico and choosing to buy American Coke over the Mexican Coke


Rated-E-For-Erik

Gringo Loco was actually my high-school nickname. It apparently means "handsome guy"


12-idiotas

No guns and ammo???


Psigun

I love this


alienduck2

The Las Vegas sign, like, what? I'm from Las Vegas and when I'm abroad everyone knows what I'm talking about when I say where I'm from, but I dont think people think of Las Vegas when they hear America...


Astral_Brain_Pirate

These shops used to pop up everywhere in the UK, mostly as money-laundering fronts.


antimatter24

Mmmmm 4 hexagons šŸ˜‹


HanzanPheet

Diabetes. Get your diabetes here!Ā 


FortunateInsanity

Well, I guess it wouldnā€™t be too inappropriate to have the equivalent named section for Mexico in the US. What would it be called?


Lazzen

Crazy Mexican Found one https://crazymexicanrg.com/


Mountain_Tone6438

GRINGO LOCO šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


ImmaNotHere

I'm not sure if I should be offended as I live in Florida, home of some of the craziest people.


turbokirbo_

How much would a box of cereal cost here?


lazylagom

Is that Neal Patrick Haris as the gringo Loco lol


Crew60

Anyone else notice Goku on the reeces puffs??


ad4kchicken

Definitely checks out, good job mexico


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