Call to boycott stores with Black Thursday Sales

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

cp3iverson said:

I just don't understand the outrage i guess. My family loves it. Its fun to watch the chaos and to get the blu rays and CDs you want for 80% off.

If you work in retail it might suck to have to work Thanksgiving night but thats the nature of retail in America. I do prefer it starting on Friday tho. More fun

But many do work retail. And you "Fun" will result in many not spending time at home. Think every person that see's you I their stores hates your guts. Enjoy your consumerism. Fked up.

a bit harsh, don'tcha think?

when I used to work shift work, people would usually be fighting over who got to work the holiday. big money.

And many are forced. And some do feel they need the money so feel pressured to work to make that little bit of money. We need more family time. We need more off time. We need less buying of plastic china crap.

I am bit harsh on this well because I listen to people with the traditional 9-5 talking shit. And those that don't have to work.

you do what you do with the job that you have. when I worked shift, I'd have to work christmas fucking day. did it suck? yep. but hey, I knew that when I got that job it was 24/7/365. I could have gotten a different job. I was uneducated and untrained, so it was the job I could get at the time and I took the responsibility (and enjoyed the extra money) and dealt with it.

all holidays are man-made nonsense anyway. you don't need a faux holiday to spend time with family. that's a shitty excuse to not make family time. and honestly, it's not like ALL the people who get that day off are spending it with family anyway. that's an american utopian falsehood.

Having lived in country where stores closed early on week days. Half day Saturday and closed every Sunday can say it was wonderful.

We in US had two days. Just two days where stores were closed. Yes some still had to work, but many millions, for just this day, spent time with families. Extended families. I was so fortunate to hang with my nephews and nieces last two days. Few are in sales and so glad their stores weren't open or I wouldn't have had this quality time.

Fk this consumerism driven society.

Without these types of days, and without christmas, if we're being honest, the economy as we know it would collapse.

I hate consumerism as much as the next guy, but unfortunately the way our economy is structured, it is a necessary evil.

And just because you think its necessary to spend holiday time with family (and that is your right), does not mean eveyone else does, or even should.

brianlux said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

cp3iverson said:

I just don't understand the outrage i guess. My family loves it. Its fun to watch the chaos and to get the blu rays and CDs you want for 80% off.

If you work in retail it might suck to have to work Thanksgiving night but thats the nature of retail in America. I do prefer it starting on Friday tho. More fun

But many do work retail. And you "Fun" will result in many not spending time at home. Think every person that see's you I their stores hates your guts. Enjoy your consumerism. Fked up.

a bit harsh, don'tcha think?

when I used to work shift work, people would usually be fighting over who got to work the holiday. big money.

And many are forced. And some do feel they need the money so feel pressured to work to make that little bit of money. We need more family time. We need more off time. We need less buying of plastic china crap.

I am bit harsh on this well because I listen to people with the traditional 9-5 talking shit. And those that don't have to work.

you do what you do with the job that you have. when I worked shift, I'd have to work christmas fucking day. did it suck? yep. but hey, I knew that when I got that job it was 24/7/365. I could have gotten a different job. I was uneducated and untrained, so it was the job I could get at the time and I took the responsibility (and enjoyed the extra money) and dealt with it.

all holidays are man-made nonsense anyway. you don't need a faux holiday to spend time with family. that's a shitty excuse to not make family time. and honestly, it's not like ALL the people who get that day off are spending it with family anyway. that's an american utopian falsehood.

Having lived in country where stores closed early on week days. Half day Saturday and closed every Sunday can say it was wonderful.

We in US had two days. Just two days where stores were closed. Yes some still had to work, but many millions, for just this day, spent time with families. Extended families. I was so fortunate to hang with my nephews and nieces last two days. Few are in sales and so glad their stores weren't open or I wouldn't have had this quality time.

Fk this consumerism driven society.

Without these types of days, and without christmas, if we're being honest, the economy as we know it would collapse.

I hate consumerism as much as the next guy, but unfortunately the way our economy is structured, it is a necessary evil.

And just because you think its necessary to spend holiday time with family (and that is your right), does not mean eveyone else does, or even should.

Looking at it strictly from a planetary survival perspective, this might actually be a good thing. Our consumer economy and bloated human population numbers combine to consume all of the resources the planet produces by August of each year. After that, everything we consume comes out of future year's resources. The end result is obvious. We are committing slow mass suicide.

PJ_Soul said:

brianlux said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

cp3iverson said:

I just don't understand the outrage i guess. My family loves it. Its fun to watch the chaos and to get the blu rays and CDs you want for 80% off.

If you work in retail it might suck to have to work Thanksgiving night but thats the nature of retail in America. I do prefer it starting on Friday tho. More fun

But many do work retail. And you "Fun" will result in many not spending time at home. Think every person that see's you I their stores hates your guts. Enjoy your consumerism. Fked up.

a bit harsh, don'tcha think?

when I used to work shift work, people would usually be fighting over who got to work the holiday. big money.

And many are forced. And some do feel they need the money so feel pressured to work to make that little bit of money. We need more family time. We need more off time. We need less buying of plastic china crap.

I am bit harsh on this well because I listen to people with the traditional 9-5 talking shit. And those that don't have to work.

you do what you do with the job that you have. when I worked shift, I'd have to work christmas fucking day. did it suck? yep. but hey, I knew that when I got that job it was 24/7/365. I could have gotten a different job. I was uneducated and untrained, so it was the job I could get at the time and I took the responsibility (and enjoyed the extra money) and dealt with it.

all holidays are man-made nonsense anyway. you don't need a faux holiday to spend time with family. that's a shitty excuse to not make family time. and honestly, it's not like ALL the people who get that day off are spending it with family anyway. that's an american utopian falsehood.

Having lived in country where stores closed early on week days. Half day Saturday and closed every Sunday can say it was wonderful.

We in US had two days. Just two days where stores were closed. Yes some still had to work, but many millions, for just this day, spent time with families. Extended families. I was so fortunate to hang with my nephews and nieces last two days. Few are in sales and so glad their stores weren't open or I wouldn't have had this quality time.

Fk this consumerism driven society.

Without these types of days, and without christmas, if we're being honest, the economy as we know it would collapse.

I hate consumerism as much as the next guy, but unfortunately the way our economy is structured, it is a necessary evil.

And just because you think its necessary to spend holiday time with family (and that is your right), does not mean eveyone else does, or even should.

Looking at it strictly from a planetary survival perspective, this might actually be a good thing. Our consumer economy and bloated human population numbers combine to consume all of the resources the planet produces by August of each year. After that, everything we consume comes out of future year's resources. The end result is obvious. We are committing slow mass suicide.

Plus, Christmas and black Friday or no Christmas or black Friday... The US economy is going to collapse. It's a matter of when, not if. The current system isn't indefinitely sustainable, and all empires collapse eventually. All one can do is hope it doesn't happen within their own lifetime (and just hope for the best for their kids and theirs and theirs and so on).

HesCalledDyer said:

^I don't know what that's supposed to mean? Who is that? A Black Friday shopper in prison for killing someone over shit? Wouldn't surprise me. Or are you trying to suggest that as an avatar for me because of my post?
The videos in this thread are all I need to justify the fact that people care more about material possessions than having dinner with their family and waiting 12 hours to shop. It's really fucking disgusting, honestly.

PJ_Soul said:

I find the behaviour of the shoppers disgusting - the fights, the trampling, the grabbing, etc. But I think it's going way overboard to call them disgusting just because they choose to shop rather than spend time with their families. Not everyone is blessed with a family who is worth spending time with. Judging people JUST because they want to shop rather than have dinner with their family is REALLY judgmental IMO, especially when you don't know these people's family situations or family traditions. I personally judge them for wanting to be involved in that crazy, violent shopping madness. Going out of your way to contribute to public chaos and endangerment definitely seems like a more clear thing to evaluate and judge.

callen said:

Screw people that want to shop. It's about the poor saps that have to work.

HughFreakingDillon said:

callen said:

Screw people that want to shop. It's about the poor saps that have to work.

ok, so why is thanksgiving the only day these people can choose to get together with family? it's a bullshit "holiday". just like all of them. it used to be a celebration of a successful harvest that year. most of us don't harvest anything anymore. except big screen tv's.

screw people that want to shop? I say screw the brats who complain about the privelege of having a job. if they wish to go out and harvest, and then take a day off to celebrate it, go right ahead. otherwise, get your ass to work.