TIL about Shopping cart theory.

Quoting Know Your Meme:

The Shopping Cart Theory refers to a social theory that states whether a person returns a shopping cart or not after using it serves as an ultimate indicator of whether they are a "good" or "bad" member of society.

Quoting Wikipedia:

The shopping cart theory is an internet meme which judges a person's ethics by whether they return a shopping cart to its designated cart corral or deposit area. The concept became viral online after a 2020 Internet meme which posits that shopping carts present a litmus test for a person's capability of self-control and governance, as well as a way to judge one's moral character.

The Shopping Cart Theory | Know Your Meme

The Shopping Cart Theory refers to a social theory that states whether a person returns a shopping cart or not after using it serves as an ultimate indicat

Know Your Meme

@floppy Met someone once who was actively opposed to us returning the shopping cart while we were out there. Otherwise we’d be taking a job away from the person they had dedicated to collecting and returning carts from the parking lot.

Yes this was Texas.

@bunch_of_dergs Good grief. If one looks long enough for a reason, they find one.