Eh, I see it as a phenomenon that has to be analyzed on a larger scale than the individual level. Individual greed and stupidity might explain why a couple people will stab each other over a discount blender, but it doesn't really explain the phenomenon as a whole. I see it as having more to do with economics than anything else.
Brick and mortar retail has been dying slowly for decades, with the rate of profit falling pretty dramatically and most are one recession away from disaster. They stave off the falling rate of profit and get rid of surplus goods through Black Friday...for which they bombard us with advertisements up to two weeks in advance. Still, there used to be something of a truce between Thanksgiving and Black Friday, with retailer mostly sticking their allotted day. Then the Great Recession and Amazon hit and people stopped shopping. The retail chains that weren't killed outright started encroaching more and more on the actual Thanksgiving holiday and becoming more sensational with their advertisements. Now we have Black Friday deals starting at noon on Thursday and many families with at least one member who has to spend the day pulling a notoriously miserable shift instead of being with their family. Even worse in they're a manager and don't get overtime.
tl;dr: Black Friday has a lot to do with capitalism because the whole grotesque spectacle was manufactured by big business to protect themselves from the falling rate of profit and periodic crises that are inherent to capitalism.
I'd also go after George Gilder's platitude but that's neither here or there and I've already made this a big ol' wall of text.
I would argue it more as people's own sense of materialism and consumerism more than it being a problem with capitalism. Now the argument ca… moren be made that capitalism thrives on using these human desires to its advantage (and that's usually what capitalism comes down to, it's success/failure ultimately relies on the worst parts of humanity to benefit society, while socialism's success/failure relies more on the best parts of humanity to benefit society), however, it's ultimately the individual at fault, not necessarily the system. With capitalism, we voluntarily decide to engage in these actions, and it persists year after year because of the high demand. There's a quote I love by a man called George Gilder that goes, "The genius of capitalism, and only capitalism, is that it channels self-interest intro altruism." So is capitalism partly to blame, sure as it encourages behavior such as this, but I feel the blame lies more with the people than… [view original content]
I finally watched wonder woman. It's a great movie indeed and gadot was awesome but the villain was so lame. If you include the god of war in your movie, please don't have him have a damn moustache.
Yeah, it's pretty much truth in television, lol. I've worked Black Friday and it's truly surreal.
I'm not usually a "muh tradition" kinda guy and like you I don't even care that much about thanksgiving, but something about it swallowing up the whole holiday just rustles my jimmies something fierce.
To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of Thanksgiving, so that's not the part about Black Friday that bothers me. The reason I hate it is… more because of exactly what we see in the videos I posted above, people attacking others trying to get the best deals on a bunch of consumer shit. I get it, you want to save money and buy some expensive shit, but is it really worth broken bones and bodily injury for a new TV or game console. South Park made 3 episodes completely mocking Black Friday and the fervor behind it, at first, it looks like a huge exaggeration, every year though, it looks more and more like a realistic interpretation.
I finally watched wonder woman. It's a great movie indeed and gadot was awesome but the villain was so lame. If you include the god of war in your movie, please don't have him have a damn moustache.
There's a friend of mine who can be quite the dick sometimes and really got under my skin tonight. Basically, I was joking around with him and he took it too seriously and ragged on something very important to me. I'm not usually the one to take things so heavy but he didn't even apologize for it. He deleted the message, but I still believe he believes what he said, and what he said was a straight up lie.
Yeah, it's pretty much truth in television, lol. I've worked Black Friday and it's truly surreal.
I'm not usually a "muh tradition" kind… morea guy and like you I don't even care that much about thanksgiving, but something about it swallowing up the whole holiday just rustles my jimmies something fierce.
Now just something strange came into my mind. Both Uncharted The Lost Legacy and Life is Strange Before The Storm share very similar details… more:
* Both are spin-offs
* Both protagonists are named Chloe and both are fan-favourites
* Both games are going to be released in August
Coincidence?
Thankfully that hasn't caught on over here. Even during Boxing Day right after Christmas, I've never heard of anyone getting in brawls.
B… morey the way, why call it Black Friday? Whenever Australians talk about 'Black' anything they're talking about a bushfire. Just seems like an odd name.
I don't really tell this much to anyone because it'll make me look weird to some, but recently when I watch children's cartoons with my younger sibling (ex. Yo Gabba Gabba), I for some reason experience a feeling of being upset and or sad. Maybe because the cartoon is too happy and it just depresses me. Like how children basically live a lie believing the world is like the cartoon's they watch and its not.
I know what you mean, I used to be that way but I sorta conditioned myself to associate cartoons with happy times. I never really watched cartoons when I was little so I always felt sad watching them because I would think about my lack of childhood.
It's nice to pretend that life really is like in those shows.
I don't really tell this much to anyone because it'll make me look weird to some, but recently when I watch children's cartoons with my youn… moreger sibling (ex. Yo Gabba Gabba), I for some reason experience a feeling of being upset and or sad. Maybe because the cartoon is too happy and it just depresses me. Like how children basically live a lie believing the world is like the cartoon's they watch and its not.
edit: Alright, I can post comments here, but why the hell this happened: "Your comment will appear after it has been approved by a moderator." Are we under the mind police?
just testing something, don't mind me
edit: Alright, I can post comments here, but why the hell this happened: "Your comment will appear after it has been approved by a moderator." Are we under the mind police?
just testing something, don't mind me
edit: Alright, I can post comments here, but why the hell this happened: "Your comment will appear after it has been approved by a moderator." Are we under the mind police?
Un-fucking-believable. Playstation Plus is getting better over and over. I don't care for this games but since they're free, I'll definitely give them a try.
It's based on the idea of "being in the black" which means to be profitable, as opposed to "being in the red" which would mean you're losing money. Black Friday is the day that otherwise struggling companies can break even and make a profit, hence the name.
Thankfully that hasn't caught on over here. Even during Boxing Day right after Christmas, I've never heard of anyone getting in brawls.
B… morey the way, why call it Black Friday? Whenever Australians talk about 'Black' anything they're talking about a bushfire. Just seems like an odd name.
Un-fucking-believable. Playstation Plus is getting better over and over. I don't care for this games but since they're free, I'll definitely give them a try.
I think you could do it. The pastry is the hardest part of this but it's not that difficult. You can buy it alternatively.
I can translate you the recipe if you want
Basically, I was joking around with him and he took it too seriously
Its not really a joke if its going to hurt someones feelings. It sounds less like a joke and more of a "just a joke, brah" type thing.
You clearly said something that hurt his feelings and he wanted to hurt you back its only a joke if you can all laugh, and I think judging by your wording it was more piss taking than anything else.
There's a friend of mine who can be quite the dick sometimes and really got under my skin tonight. Basically, I was joking around with him a… morend he took it too seriously and ragged on something very important to me. I'm not usually the one to take things so heavy but he didn't even apologize for it. He deleted the message, but I still believe he believes what he said, and what he said was a straight up lie.
I don't really tell this much to anyone because it'll make me look weird to some, but recently when I watch children's cartoons with my youn… moreger sibling (ex. Yo Gabba Gabba), I for some reason experience a feeling of being upset and or sad. Maybe because the cartoon is too happy and it just depresses me. Like how children basically live a lie believing the world is like the cartoon's they watch and its not.
Well I can understand if you feel that way about Yo Gabba Gabba. That show is frikkin' weird!!
When I was a little kid, I used to think that cartoons were real but from another world/universe/reality and people couldn't go there but they could film it. That was a loooong time ago and I learnt pretty quick that that was not the case...
I don't really tell this much to anyone because it'll make me look weird to some, but recently when I watch children's cartoons with my youn… moreger sibling (ex. Yo Gabba Gabba), I for some reason experience a feeling of being upset and or sad. Maybe because the cartoon is too happy and it just depresses me. Like how children basically live a lie believing the world is like the cartoon's they watch and its not.
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Eh, I see it as a phenomenon that has to be analyzed on a larger scale than the individual level. Individual greed and stupidity might explain why a couple people will stab each other over a discount blender, but it doesn't really explain the phenomenon as a whole. I see it as having more to do with economics than anything else.
Brick and mortar retail has been dying slowly for decades, with the rate of profit falling pretty dramatically and most are one recession away from disaster. They stave off the falling rate of profit and get rid of surplus goods through Black Friday...for which they bombard us with advertisements up to two weeks in advance. Still, there used to be something of a truce between Thanksgiving and Black Friday, with retailer mostly sticking their allotted day. Then the Great Recession and Amazon hit and people stopped shopping. The retail chains that weren't killed outright started encroaching more and more on the actual Thanksgiving holiday and becoming more sensational with their advertisements. Now we have Black Friday deals starting at noon on Thursday and many families with at least one member who has to spend the day pulling a notoriously miserable shift instead of being with their family. Even worse in they're a manager and don't get overtime.
tl;dr: Black Friday has a lot to do with capitalism because the whole grotesque spectacle was manufactured by big business to protect themselves from the falling rate of profit and periodic crises that are inherent to capitalism.
I'd also go after George Gilder's platitude but that's neither here or there and I've already made this a big ol' wall of text.
I finally watched wonder woman. It's a great movie indeed and gadot was awesome but the villain was so lame. If you include the god of war in your movie, please don't have him have a damn moustache.
Yeah, it's pretty much truth in television, lol. I've worked Black Friday and it's truly surreal.
I'm not usually a "muh tradition" kinda guy and like you I don't even care that much about thanksgiving, but something about it swallowing up the whole holiday just rustles my jimmies something fierce.
Only the God of Love gets a moustache.
There's a friend of mine who can be quite the dick sometimes and really got under my skin tonight. Basically, I was joking around with him and he took it too seriously and ragged on something very important to me. I'm not usually the one to take things so heavy but he didn't even apologize for it. He deleted the message, but I still believe he believes what he said, and what he said was a straight up lie.
Thankfully that hasn't caught on over here. Even during Boxing Day right after Christmas, I've never heard of anyone getting in brawls.
By the way, why call it Black Friday? Whenever Australians talk about 'Black' anything they're talking about a bushfire. Just seems like an odd name.
yes
Okay then. I never planned on seeing/reading it or anything anyway.
Because it is a dark day where you see what people are really capable of...
I don't really tell this much to anyone because it'll make me look weird to some, but recently when I watch children's cartoons with my younger sibling (ex. Yo Gabba Gabba), I for some reason experience a feeling of being upset and or sad. Maybe because the cartoon is too happy and it just depresses me. Like how children basically live a lie believing the world is like the cartoon's they watch and its not.
I know what you mean, I used to be that way but I sorta conditioned myself to associate cartoons with happy times. I never really watched cartoons when I was little so I always felt sad watching them because I would think about my lack of childhood.
It's nice to pretend that life really is like in those shows.
just testing something, don't mind me
edit: Alright, I can post comments here, but why the hell this happened: "Your comment will appear after it has been approved by a moderator." Are we under the mind police?
Long live the King!
Oh what did you do, @fallandir, to get the moderators up your butt?
People where spamming the Bonnie ice meme too often so it got filtered, i approved your comment.
It's probably because of my face, i'm alarmingly handsome.
...Meme police always on duty? Thanks for the answer, I thought some serious shit was going down.
Un-fucking-believable. Playstation Plus is getting better over and over. I don't care for this games but since they're free, I'll definitely give them a try.
It's based on the idea of "being in the black" which means to be profitable, as opposed to "being in the red" which would mean you're losing money. Black Friday is the day that otherwise struggling companies can break even and make a profit, hence the name.
I think NOT!!!!
Is this for real? Uuuuugggghhh and I bought just cause 3.
Too bad.
I had Key Lime Pie, so joke's on you lol
Thanks all of you!
I think you could do it. The pastry is the hardest part of this but it's not that difficult. You can buy it alternatively.
I can translate you the recipe if you want
That would be great! If that's not a problem of course.
Lol Nice
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Fuck waiting for you to get it own your own, he delivered to ya.
All I want to say to you is na na na na unspeakable.
Shoot, hope you're okay.
G'day mate! (Is this a monthly thing?)
Before I go to bed I just need you all to know this exists.
Its not really a joke if its going to hurt someones feelings. It sounds less like a joke and more of a "just a joke, brah" type thing.
You clearly said something that hurt his feelings and he wanted to hurt you back its only a joke if you can all laugh, and I think judging by your wording it was more piss taking than anything else.
Jesus Christ is the biggest MC in the game.
Its because you'll never get to tame foofa's strange
Has Youtube gone too far?
Well I can understand if you feel that way about Yo Gabba Gabba. That show is frikkin' weird!!
When I was a little kid, I used to think that cartoons were real but from another world/universe/reality and people couldn't go there but they could film it. That was a loooong time ago and I learnt pretty quick that that was not the case...
Watch as the mods delete this comment because the song has the word n**ga.