Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos
#AlexFromTarget Internet Sensation Begs The Question: What Has Our World Come To?!
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5:58Now Playing"In light of 60-plus serious news articles, a million tweets, and at least one piece of uncomfortable fan fiction, you may be tempted to question just who is “Alex from Target” — and how did he clamber his way to Internet-wide fame?
But avoid the urge. It will get you nowhere. Such questions aren’t only unsatisfying — they’re also besides the point. Alex from Target is precisely who his name would imply: A young man named Alex, employed as a cashier at the mega-retailer Target. And his claim to international Internet stardom is essentially the same: He was bagging a customer’s purchases, just as tens of thousands of other Target cashiers around the country do daily.” *
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