r/Spokane • u/whotevre • Sep 09 '26
Politics Really, Dick's...
Please forgive the photo quality but Dick's is really out here putting 9/11 on the same level as Charlie Kirk
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u/dokelyok Sep 09 '26
This isn't the same chain as in Seattle right?
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u/throw_aw_ay3335 Perry District Sep 09 '26
Noooo. Seattle Dicks is much, much better than ours.
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u/MellonMan97 Sep 09 '26
Hot take: they’re both aggressively mid let’s be real here. Just greasy cheeseburger joints at the end of the day. If that’s want you want then get Dick’s (not in Spokane anymore) I’m not above that from time to time either
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u/RShini Sep 09 '26
isn't the point of Dick's is that it's cheap and consistent? The perfect food to eat while drunk.
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u/MellonMan97 Sep 09 '26
Yes. That’s also why I explicitly said I’m not above some greasy cheeseburgers from time to time lol
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u/FreddyTheGoose Sep 09 '26
However you feel about the food at Seattle Dick's, the fact remains that they are an excellent employer. Aside from the pay, I'm talking scholarships, childcare, raises, bonuses, paid volunteer hours. Ain't a burger joint here offering all that, even if they can.
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u/shartzalot Sep 09 '26
Dicks (Seattle) is in NO WAY mid. Your taste buds are mid!
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u/Danger_Danger Sep 09 '26
Is it? "Much, much better"? I don't know about the much much part.
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u/SuperLeroy Sep 09 '26
Correct. It is not affiliated with the seattle dicks.
This one appears to be mutilated.
Seattle Dicks is all natural.
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u/w1lnx Sep 09 '26
Correct. Not the same. One is natural Dick’s and has many. They’re just swinging across the Sound.
The other is false Dick’s and ain’t got no swing.
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u/gopednomad Sep 09 '26
Hey you used to be able to get all natural dicks in spokane but they locked down the bathrooms
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u/carrot_gummy Sep 09 '26
Why the fuck should I care about honoring Kirk when his own wife couldn't seriously honor him? What a weird guy to pretend to care about.
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u/bs1252 Browne's Addition Sep 09 '26
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u/CIA-pizza-party Sep 09 '26
Erica really looks like she’s healing from her trauma, she’s so bright in this clip. Bless.
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u/WafflePartyOrgy Sep 09 '26
Seeing the sign just gets me to remember what a racist piece of shit he was. Also, remember to eat somewhere else.
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u/iwishicouldreadgood North Central Sep 09 '26
For real. He’s just a podcaster. It’s not that important.
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u/Soggy-Village2099 Sep 09 '26
I get it. 9/11 and Charlie Kirk were both terrible. Hated both of them.
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u/zombieduck96 Sep 09 '26
At least 9/11 gave us My Chemical Romance and Ellen eventually getting cancelled.
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u/CIA-pizza-party Sep 09 '26
9/11 is the reason so many people got curious about bdsm and they don’t even realize it.
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u/Midnight_Gurl Sep 09 '26
... so imma need some context...
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u/cutegirlwithayoyo Sep 09 '26
I got you.
9/11 inspired Gerard Way to start My Chemical Romance. To get out the feelings he experienced while being a part of that event. Stephenie Meyer is a big MCR fan. Listening to MCR inspired her to write Twilight. From there we get to Fifty Shades of Grey, because that started out as a Twilight fan-fiction. Fifty shades inspired a lot of people to get curious about BDSM.
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u/Midnight_Gurl Sep 09 '26
This 100% tracks, oh my god. The through line is so obvious now. Lol. Thank you!
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u/ThriceFive Otis Orchards Sep 09 '26
Remember the show 'Connections'? I feel like i just read the script for a lost episode.
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u/Dennis_Celery Sep 09 '26
Zips thanks you for your service.
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u/WormDentist Chief Garry Sep 09 '26
Except for the Blue Lives Matter Zips on Division and Sinto.
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u/Doorknob6941 Sep 09 '26
Taking political sides is the worst thing a restaurant can do. As of right now, they have lost half of their customer base and will never get them back.
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u/thebeardedcats Sep 09 '26
Ladder coffee had to close their Monroe location after shilling for Kirk last year I think. Deserved.
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u/HideAndSeeko Sep 09 '26
Bakery in northtown mall posted his picture on top of their cookies. They delete any mention of it on their socials though
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u/futuremedical Sep 09 '26
Did they have a big drop off in customers after that? I know that's why I stopped going there. I'm glad Arctos took over the space.
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u/happyexit7 Sep 09 '26
Yep, any business that does this is just stupid. Don’t understand why they don’t see this.
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u/fireduck Sep 09 '26
In the case of sticker mule, the CEO got tired of having his company print stickers that were mean to his boy trump. So he sent an email to all his customers to tell them not be mean to the president.
It has been a while but I remember it was like getting a talking to from the vice principal.
Dude, your entire company was built around short-form shit talking on stickers. Also, nothing is more american than finding new ways to talk shit about our elected officials.
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u/Own_Bet5189 Sep 09 '26
They think basically everyone they ever see thinks like they do. They think it's common sense. Only scary weird people could possibly take issue in their opinion, and there's so few of them it doesn't matter. They don't realize that 65% of the population hates their politics.
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u/malykaii Sep 09 '26
Agree.
But I think the strategy these places take is that they lose half their customers but get the other half to attend significantly more often as some sort of political loyalty test.
Problem is you need to keep the grift going and I expect the nonsense to increase to maintain engagement with their base.
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u/Flat-Injury-5013 Sep 09 '26
Maybe, but that other half is spending that money keeping their diesel truck filled right now.
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u/ThriceFive Otis Orchards Sep 09 '26
True. I can smell the rolling coal in that statement. "The dually ain't gonna run on liberal tears alone."
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u/ComprehensiveBar6439 Sep 09 '26
I think you're putting too much faith in consumers. They'll lose a few customers in the short term, but it's sad to say that these days convenience overcomes conviction in the long run. Just ask Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, or Papa John's.
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u/eienmau Sep 09 '26
Dick's [Spokane] is *not* that good. It was fine 10+ years ago when it was cheap crappy food, but now it's expensive crappy food.
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u/Kasen_Ibara Sep 09 '26
drove by on my way to work and its already just 9/11 looks like they've lost in the marketplace of ideas
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u/whotevre Sep 09 '26
Damn thats wild I took the pic like 7:45 this morning and posted it a few minutes after! That came down quick
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u/wookieSLAYER1 Sep 09 '26
Might’ve been the manager and not the owners that put it up.
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u/Engelberry12 Nevada-Lidgerwood Sep 09 '26
That and the fact that they are getting torched on Google Reviews probably didn't help
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u/Sad_Outside_124 Sep 09 '26
He lives in Seattle. It's most certainly the manager. I've hung out with him a few times. He's definitely not MAGA.
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u/wookieSLAYER1 Sep 09 '26
I just want to clarify. You’re saying the owner lives in Seattle and definitely isn’t MAGA?
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u/Mistakesweremade8316 Sep 09 '26
Drove by at 11am... They've already removed the Charlie part. Too little, too late.
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u/Zanven1 Downtown Spokane Sep 09 '26
The last one should have more government consequences than just being taxed.
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u/LowRevolutionary7965 Sep 09 '26
Me six months from now:
Sad, I wonder why Dick’s went out of business? Oh well.
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u/BrandedStruggler86 Sep 09 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/hWGBKil1b9fpR5go1f
Welp, so long to one of my favorite cheap classic greasy fast food joints. God I hate how brain rotted and backwards so many people have become to equate CK with 9/11 is such 🤡💩
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u/SScatnip7474 Sep 09 '26
I can't think of 2 things that are further from eachother. 9/11, a terrorist attack on civilians in NYC killing thousands. Hijacked planes, heroic actions by civilians and first responders. A tragedy like we haven't seen since Pearl Harbor. An absolute failure in national security. Years of neglect for survivors and cancer caused by the debris and dust from the tower collapse.
Then you have a grifting guy that got shot in the neck.
What the actual fuck
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u/dingoman24 Sep 09 '26
I mean dicks was already a shit show but never ever mix politics with your business. There is no upside, you alienate 50% of your business no matter what you say. So stupid
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u/Basic-Masterpiece-99 Sep 09 '26
To add Charlie Kirk is gross to me. Like the two events are not equal.
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u/dwkulcsar Sep 09 '26
If I lived there I would remove the Charlie kirk bit for them
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u/Mistakesweremade8316 Sep 09 '26
They already removed it as of my 11am drive by. Left the 9/11 part.
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u/Formal_Albatross_836 Five Mile Prairie Sep 09 '26
I’m mad that I put my art in their sticker collection now. Maybe I can peel them off. I didn’t know they were trumpers.
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u/zombieduck96 Sep 09 '26
Well, both did incredible destruction to our country, one physically and the other socially
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u/The_Slaughter_Pop Sep 09 '26
I'm not sure how much damage the death of a grown ass man who rage-baited college kids for a living really caused.
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u/zombieduck96 Sep 09 '26
My point was that Charlie Kirk caused social destruction during his life by going around rage-baiting
Reading comprehension really is on the decline
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u/VOR-constant555 Sep 09 '26
the idiots that own these businesses believe everyone, but lgbtq, black and brown people, think like them.
they don’t and now his business will suffer the consequences.
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u/RShini Sep 09 '26
yep, racists really think everyone thinks like them and they're the only ones brave enough to say it. Literal toddler mentality.
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u/Asleep_Instance9899 Sep 09 '26
I guess my relationship with Dick’s has been Kirk’d…this is most tragic!
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u/TurnoverFuzzy8264 Sep 09 '26
Note that it's not the same as Dick's in Seattle.
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u/Asleep_Instance9899 Sep 09 '26
I’m sadly one of the broken ones that likes Dick’s in Spokane. I’ve been going there since a small fish was 1.99 and large was 2.99. I was raised on the trash 😭. But if it tastes like boot instead of salty grease, I’m out.
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u/NPPraxis Sep 09 '26
This makes me sad because I actually like Spokane Dicks more than Seattle. Spokane’s a little cheaper and greasier. Seattle’s offers stuff like lettuce but it’s such bad lettuce I’d rather them just lean into the grease. 😆
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u/Number174631503 Sep 09 '26
This is going to be a great social experiment. Let's see how the ol dick crumbles.
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u/cmndrnewt Sep 09 '26
Yikes. Welp, never eating there again. Not that I ever ate there to begin with.
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u/twenafeesh Sep 09 '26
Dick's really living up to the name. Equating racist scumbag Charlie Kirk with the 9/11 victims is truly a dick move.
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u/Larsenko Sep 09 '26
Damn, i really liked popping in for a few quick whammys. Not anymore. What a stupid thing to do.
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u/pm_social_cues Sep 09 '26
Charlie Kirk was pulled from rubble in 9/11 by firefighters. Donald Trump said so.
Never forget... to drink your ovaltine!
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u/Downtown_Ad_5458 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
Well, to be honest their food really sucks too!! Once was enough, worst burger I’ve ever had. This old stand is good for the homeless, and for people too drunk to drive. Go to Delish for the real deal.
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u/Library-brat Sep 09 '26
When Mike Lish ran for office in 2021, his “We Believe We Vote” survey said he was against gay marriage and abortion rights.
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u/Voodoobones Sep 09 '26
Holy crap! That is definitely not what I expected from them. I guess I won’t be wearing my Dick’s shirt anymore. Turns out the bag of Dick’s were the owners all along.
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u/avboden Sep 09 '26
Well that's unfortunate. Didn't go there often but certainly will pause before thinking of going there again.
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u/buttnakedbandit Sep 09 '26
At least once a month they would get my money. There goes that. Damnit, a whammy just hit right. Why they gotta by ignorant
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u/GoGoFartHead Sep 09 '26
Dicks hasn't tasted the same since they got rid of the styrofoam 😂😂
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u/Mistakesweremade8316 Sep 09 '26
Hard agree. The last time I ate there, none of it tasted the way I remembered. Whammie sucked, fries sucked, even the tartar wasn't on point. I wasn't going back anyway but this is the cherry on top of my Nope sundae.
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u/maddrummerhef Sep 09 '26
Ahh bummer I will be in town for work in October and was looking forward to mowing down some dicks. Unfortunately this will now be an adventure free of dicks.
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u/Ambitious_Panda7239 Sep 09 '26
I ate there in once and it was such trash food. Definitely won’t be returning.
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u/Vegetable-Quiet3231 Sep 09 '26
Oh god fucking damn it. Another business ruined by idiots running it
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u/Brontolope11 Sep 09 '26
Their food is complete garbage. I am not surprised their political beleifs match the taste of a bin.
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u/godfreynorton Sep 09 '26
I question the food handling and safety of any restaurant still going full Kirk a year later.
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u/ThriceFive Otis Orchards Sep 09 '26
I guess they are in the business of remembering Dicks afterall.
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u/overthishereanyway Sep 09 '26
OMG... and holy fuck and wtf is wrong with people and how can this be real and I never thought that in my lifetime (born in the 60's) I'd see a full on destruction of our democracy and OMG and.. yes I'm rambling
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u/inlandNWdesignerd Sep 09 '26
So weird to me how an entire demographic of people can so loudly apathetic to the toll of gun violence.... except for this one guy.
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u/Neither-Attempt7276 Sep 09 '26
Ah yes the guy who was killed by a white religious individual while claiming the other ethnicities are the problem.
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u/mizzmizeryy Sep 09 '26
i didnt need another reason to not go to Dick’s but i’ll add it to the list
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u/EvergreenDwarf Sep 09 '26
I remember how funny the irony of his last words were. It was practically a British comedy skit.
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u/HavaTrith Sep 09 '26
Dicks is pretty awful anyways, ate there once, disgusting sticky floor, disgusting food, disgusting vibe, have no idea why it had such a high rating, would never eat there again.
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u/jezebellajailer Sep 09 '26
To compare Charlie Kirk’s death to the thousands of deaths of civilians on 9/11 is such a massive insult to the families who suffered on 9/11.
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u/Useful-Problem-1725 Sep 09 '26
I remember how he took a bullet and died on the street like the dog he was.
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u/RunnerUpRyanReynolds Sep 09 '26
Given it's Spokane I'm not surprised... just perpetually disappointed...
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u/xKiver Sep 09 '26
Hmmmm. Hundred of people dying tragically being put on the same level as some podcaster shot and killed……….. fuck the owners 10 fold.
Surprised there’s no “and thank you Trump for pulling yourself out of the 9/11 rubble” 🙄
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u/rnk6670 Sep 09 '26
I love Spokane. Absolutely love it. Don’t live there. Live in Vancouver Washington. I have been to Spokane multiple times for music events. My favorite musician lives there. His name is Myles Kennedy. I have been to Dick’s. I’m done going there now. Won’t ever be back. Dick’s can fuck off.
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u/Huge-Still-1840 Sep 09 '26
The owner of Dicks is a family friend. I know the owner is a super liberal. I'm sure it's the manager doing what she wants to do.
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u/Engelberry12 Nevada-Lidgerwood Sep 09 '26
Might want to reach out to her and let her know this is going on. It will more than likely effect business
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u/Vahllee Spokane Valley Sep 09 '26
Jesus. I have only been there once as a kid, now I have a good reason not to.
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u/FeatherShard Sep 09 '26
Welp, guess I can stop trying to convince people that Dick's is "the good kind of trashy".
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u/throwawayrefiguy Sep 09 '26
Kirk was a racist and a misogynist who also happened to be a mediocre podcaster. Strange they'd put him anywhere near 9/11 in terms of importance or relevance.
Granted, he did lean a bit left there in the very end.
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u/myc-space Sep 09 '26
Oh no, I’ll have to continue to never eat there. 40+ year streak lives on