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Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by qq4 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:19PM (#29322014)
> deeply unsettling

Care to elaborate? What about the logo makes you feel this way?

Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by ruined on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:22PM (#29322064)
it's those beady little °s
Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by ineedasername on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @03:05PM (#29322641)
That's just keyboard elitism. You wouldn't be so bothered by them if they had a proper shift-key/fn-key press. Maybe you should step outside of your ASCII bubble an realize there's a whole world of Unicode to explore that can't be encompassed by a double key-stroke.
Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by jandrese on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @03:50PM (#29323308)
For the longest time I thought it was a winter coat store. It wasn't until I saw beach balls out front one day that I gave them a second look.
Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by benatkin on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:46PM (#29322395)
The degree symbol is what drew me to the brand in the first place. It made it sound clever and novel. They might not need it anymore but I think it helped them become popular.
Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by kergonath on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @03:52PM (#29323328)
To me, it’s more that lower-case f.
Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard by 0des on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:24PM (#29322083)
Bingo.