"Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.…

“Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry” is a popular modern adage. You’re liable to buy more food if you’re hungry. Does a similar rule apply to clothes shopping?

“They say you should never go food-shopping when you’re hungry or clothes-shopping when you’re naked” was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on December 21, 1997. “You know how you shouldn’t go food shopping when you’re hungry? Likewise, don’t go clothes shopping when you’re naked” was posted on Reddit—ShittyLifeProTips on March 31, 2015. “Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry. Also, don’t go clothes shopping when you’re naked” was posted on X/Twitter by Bob Golen on November 19, 2021.

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Dec 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
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They say you should never go food-shopping when you’re hungry or
clothes-shopping when you’re naked.
happy holidays; Michael Hamm; http://pages.nyu.edu/~msh210/

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Eli Thomas
@EliThomas1313
Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry or clothes shopping when you’re naked
3:07 PM · Jul 18, 2012

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Eric H. Sheffield
@mostShefinitely
Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry, and never go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
5:21 PM · Feb 23, 2013

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thucksgiving
@TylerHuckabee
Everybody warns you about grocery shopping when you’re hungry, but it’s also dangerous to go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
8:40 PM · May 20, 2013

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Cybs
@jadeshade
Never go clothes shopping when you’re naked. You end up buying like everything in the store.
4:11 PM · Sep 20, 2014

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Enrique Shockwave
@UNDEADTRESOR
You should never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry and never go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
10:36 PM · Jan 6, 2015

Reddit—ShittyLifeProTips
HonoraryMancunian—March 31, 2015
You know how you shouldn’t go food shopping when you’re hungry? Likewise, don’t go clothes shopping when you’re naked.

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@BobGolen
Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.
Also, don’t go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
8:53 PM · Nov 19, 2021

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kim
@KimmyMonte
if you shouldn’t go food shopping when you’re hungry then you should definitely not go clothes shopping when you’re naked. trust me on this.
2:15 PM · Oct 30, 2023

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Marty Fields
@Martyfields
Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.
Also, don’t go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
6:42 AM · May 19, 2024

Bluesky
Michelle
‪@michelleroy78.bsky.social‬
You should never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry and never go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
Jan 17, 2025, 12:36 PM

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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.
Similarly, don’t go clothes shopping when you’re naked.
7:34 AM · Nov 19, 2025