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[–] 111 points 8 months ago (15 children)

The only reason I stop at Buc-ees when I'm driving past is because they actually clean the bathrooms. Worst part of many road trips is stopping at normal gas stations where the bathroom hasn't been touched by a cleaning product in a very long time.

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  • [–] 43 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Exactly.

    It's always an unknown factor at other places. Some of them you feel like you are taking your life in your own hands.

    But Buc-ees is always a guaranteed a clean experience.

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  • [+] -25 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Oh I get it the culture that smears shit off their asshole with paper is concerned with a certain level of hygienic lol.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I mean... What are they supposed to do, oh wise one?

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  • [+] -8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I dunno' what the problem is. You cannot get syphilis if it's just your piss hitting the toilet and surrounding area.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Pretty sure the whole idea of getting an STD from toilet seats is just people cheating and blaming a random toilet as an excuse.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It was a big scare in the 80s and 90s. People were spreading rumors that you could get HIV from the toilet seat after merely using the toilet after someone with AIDS, no bodily fluid exchange necessary. I was taught that in fifth grade health. We had a guest teacher the first day. The second and third days, we did not have a guest teacher, we had the vice principal. Someone else had also told the administration that bullshit we had been taught and the guest teacher was dismissed.

    So like, I don't know what the rumors were in the 70s, but in the late 80s it was AIDS.

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  • [–] 35 points 8 months ago

    Perusing the comments here makes me glad to be loyal to no corporation. I really have Nestle to thank. Knowing how evil they are from a young age has proven one of the best barometers.

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  • [–] 63 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Arch Aplin, the owner of Buc-ee's, is a huge Republican donor who backs Trump-aligned candidates in Texas, including Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton. Buc-ee's really lost me when they opened one in Bastrop on 71 and planted a billboard over Hruska's, trying to drive away their business, but I would never go there regardless.

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  • [–] 31 points 8 months ago

    I hate Buc-ees but they do have clean bathrooms and they always have working EV chargers

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    The Cult of Buc-ees is only rivaled by the cult of personality of Kim Jong Un.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    I've never been in one, but family brought home some of their "beaver nuggets" and I really couldn't believe how disgustingly delicious they were. Basically they are big crunchy sugary things that taste a lot like plain Capn' Crunch, but they go down by the handful way to easily.

    A friend told me if you want to be really decadent you can eat them in a bowl with some milk like breakfast cereal.

    They also brought me some of the fudge, but I was less impressed with that.

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Don't try to park overnight at Bucees, they'll kick you out and threaten to have you towed if you don't leave fast enough. 

    And notice how they have a bunch of fresh cooked food but no place to sit and eat? All they want is your money and then for you to gtfo quick.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    Like a Walmart, Cracker Barrel, and a truck stop had a 3-way and out popped this abomination. I went once, never again.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    I used to pit stop at the original buccees for the nice bathrooms back in the day. Small place, nice bathrooms, a little kitsch.

    Then they did the new ones. I am from here and they still completely astound me. The jerky is good though so I stop and get a supply about once a year. Then I am shocked when they scream about brisket.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I would stop in for the bathroom.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Here, cheap gas and good wages for the workers. I'm on the other side of the country now, but I miss it. Though apparently wawa is now invading ohio as well

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    This aggression shall not stand. We need a Sheetz in Newark.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    They put one in on 21st street a couple years ago much to the chagrin of the old ladies in the neighborhood. Ohio will not stand for these red aggressors, if you need gas you go to Marathon, BP or Speedway and suffer as God intended

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 27 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    This post just shows how many Americans are on here. Buc-ees is shit. What other country would turn a gas station into a tourist attraction. Its sort of like a church for giant gas-guzzling child-smashing cars. Oh and dont forget to take a shit while you are there, tell your friends!

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    In France there's some really nice gas stations on some of the popular highways. In the summer there's so many tourists going on vacation through these that some of them even set up temporary art exhibitions or special activities like bouldering, bow&arrows, etc. I remember doing my first "dive" in a special water cube on the parking lot of Montélimar's station when I was a kid, good times. Of course none of that is even remotely similar to putting a beaver themed slop-shop and calling it a day, the shops mostly just sell local products and the usual essentials.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In my lifetime the French petrol station toilets went from horrible squat toilets where you needed to bring your own paper to pretty well maintained, mostly really clean experiences.

    There are still some stops without petrol stations that have unmanned toilets. Those can be a bit rough, but generally it's really good.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Yeah these days the standard on the toilets have gone way up (and stayed free, looking at you Belgium/NL), TBH for me even the unmanned ones are okay in case of emergency, it's more that these stops lack a simple row of vending machines imo so I only use them if I really just need a quick bio break, they could be so much better as a more nature/calm alternative to the ones with shops.

    The big stations along "autoroute du soleil" have been huge for a while though, at least since my childhood over 30 years ago. Beaune, Montélimar, etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    French gas stations just make me think of 'The Vanishing'. Such a great film.

    I would be so interested to see what a gas station bouldering popup looks like...

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's a nice obscure reference there, lots of interesting trivia around that film and as a french living in NL, sounds like I should watch this. Looks pretty janky though haha.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Oh then you definitely should watch it! So long as you are okay with disturbing films that will stick with you.

    Speaking of trivia: 'The film was disqualified from the Oscars due to too much French.'

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I mean Rudy's is all right. Best "bad" BBQ you'll ever eat. Started in gas station and is now a chain across Texas and a few other states. Original gas station is still there, only now it's just a restaurant. They make my favorite BBQ sause.

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  • [–] 26 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Actually fuck Buc-ees or whatever that gross Republican beaver is.

    And here on the East Coast we already have Wawa and Sheetz so let's not pretend Beaver Barn is special in literally any way.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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    Admittedly I've never had them, but they look and sound like Corn Pops cereal, which is available everywhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    They're crunchier, more like puffed Cheetos; and crunchier still from the buttery sugar coating. And they're salty. And addictive as fuck.

    I didn't know about the Trumpie associations, and that's sad, 'cause they have one hell of a beef jerky selection.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I never heard of Buccees before but YouTuber Joe Scott hyped it up. But he's Texan so of course he's proud.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Don't forget the ice!

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    The brisket is beaver meat.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Buc-ees is the only good thing about Texas.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    And they say the orcs have no culture

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  • [+] -36 points 8 months ago (21 children)

    Americans are so fucking dumb its embarrassing.

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Clean as fuck bathrooms, pretty decent bbq, affordable snacks, jerky for days, cheapest ice you will find, they pay their employees a fair wage...

    We are dumb, but not because of this.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children)

    You’ve clearly never experienced the jerky counter at Buc-ee’s.

    More seriously: if you happen to be in Texas, and you’re driving somewhere, and you go by one, it’s amusing to check out. And the jerky selection is bonkers, and they make it all, so it’s super fresh and great quality. But yeah, overall, it’s a bit hilariously overblown. The cult following is a bit much.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Jerky... Counter?

    Goddamnit, yet another reason to visit a country right at the time I'd probably get arrested on the way in.

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  • [+] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    How you gonna just ignore Bohemian Garlic like that?!

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  • [–] -3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I have jerked off on a counter yes.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, but not because they have fun gimmicks on gas stations

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  • The gimmick is we have gas stations in 2026. Whoa what if we built a gas station across the street from a gas station. Whoa what if we build a gas station so big you couldn't see the gas station across the street! And there was a walmart inside to sell us slop. And the shitters are clean and the doors provide privacy. Yeah im laughing at you all.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    Kindly go fuck yourself. The idiots are a minority and I'm sure there are plenty of morons from your area as well.

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