And then she brings my playing hockey in for comparison when the comparison really is pretty terrible to begin with.
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I feel that way about buffet restaurants.
(I'm sorry if makare likes buffets)
Black Friday makes me sick
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(I'm sorry if makare likes buffets)
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makare
Well I didn't realize that the only people who were allowed to post in this thread with impunity were the ones who have an inexplicable loathing for shopping at Christmas time. My point about the frame was I am happy I got something I've been looking for for a reasonable price so yay and the hockey comparison was that not everything people do for enjoyment makes sense to everyone else. Sorry that wasn't clear.
Makare: I get you're happy about your frame. Last year, I was happy to get some deals on Amazon for my little cousins.
But you can't really defend these people who are hitting, shoving, acting like animals over video games, toys, and bullshit. I mean, I know legally you'd have to act like someone is an angel if they end up being your client, but outside of work, as real people, you know this shit is wrong.
And I don't think you can ignore that a lot of people blow money they don't have just because they can blow a little less of that money at a point. If I have $300 in the bank, and the $500 TV is on sale for $250, maybe one would think they're smart for saving $250, but they're still spending $250 and leaving themselves only a little bit in the bank for the shit that's actually important. That's stupid behavior. It's also stupid when people spend money, assuming nothing's going to go wrong in the next month or so--because no one ever knows what's going to happen, and suddenly that money you no longer have could be really important because of a sudden medical bill, employment change, etc. (and I can say that from immediate experience).
yeah post in and read a thread titled 'black friday makes me sick' saying how much you love shopping expecting no contest
youre an idiot
i always have resentment when makare opens her flap; going back to ignoring her.
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makare
When I think of shopping absurdity I always think of this
Maybe we can agree that while there are idiots out there who over spend themselves to get stuff they don't need not everyone, including myself, does that? Not every shopping mall turns into a riot over a cheap vacuum sometimes people are just shopping and enjoying themselves?
The shopping time I tend to over extend myself is when bath and body has their big sale around February. Their 25 dollar stuff is like 5 bucks and I buy that shit out. So I am guilty of it to at times, I think most people are, but not always at christmas and not everyone.
Maybe we can agree that while there are idiots out there who over spend themselves to get stuff they don't need not everyone, including myself, does that? Not every shopping mall turns into a riot over a cheap vacuum sometimes people are just shopping and enjoying themselves?
The shopping time I tend to over extend myself is when bath and body has their big sale around February. Their 25 dollar stuff is like 5 bucks and I buy that shit out. So I am guilty of it to at times, I think most people are, but not always at christmas and not everyone.
ElJuski
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I mean honestly it just seemed like she was saying that there are some people who actually enjoy the thrill of that stuff. I don't agree with her, and I doubt she agrees with people being violent mob animals, but I can see where she's coming from.
I also just stay away from the stores on Black Friday, because I know that'd piss me off. And whoodathunkit, I didn't think about it one bit until this thread on Small Business Saturday.
I also just stay away from the stores on Black Friday, because I know that'd piss me off. And whoodathunkit, I didn't think about it one bit until this thread on Small Business Saturday.
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makare
I just had a thought, how many of you love shopping to begin with? Because if you hate shopping you are definitely going to hate shopping at Christmas even more.
Y'all so crazy.
Crazy for deals you mean.
That doesn't mean they can't criticize, but yeah--I hate shopping. I hate spending.
I. HATE. CHRISTMAS. RAAARRRRR!
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makare
damn pagan christmas haters
(that was a joke just to be clear)
(that was a joke just to be clear)
figmentPez
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Shopping deals are not worth this:
Report: Shoppers unfazed as man dies at Target
"Family and friends were stunned by the loss of a West Virginia man who died while shopping on Black Friday as fellow bargain hunters reportedly walked around — and even over — the man’s body."
But, at least I haven't read any stories of people trampled to death this year (or stabbed, or shot) like previous years.
There's a reason why I avoid these sales like the plague that they are.
Report: Shoppers unfazed as man dies at Target
"Family and friends were stunned by the loss of a West Virginia man who died while shopping on Black Friday as fellow bargain hunters reportedly walked around — and even over — the man’s body."
But, at least I haven't read any stories of people trampled to death this year (or stabbed, or shot) like previous years.
There's a reason why I avoid these sales like the plague that they are.
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makare
that would have been amazing if it had been actual waffles. I am a little let down now....
It's cool, some people probably saved some money.
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makare
saving money is awesome!
Here you go, some Black Friday savings!
http://www.ranker.com/list/13-most-brutal-black-friday-injuries-and-deaths/john-barryman
Yes, that says deaths.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/25/business/money-black-friday-incidents/index.html
http://www.ranker.com/list/13-most-brutal-black-friday-injuries-and-deaths/john-barryman
Yes, that says deaths.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/25/business/money-black-friday-incidents/index.html
Cain't be wrong, can it? I'm sure she got the idea from watching
--Patrick
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makare
Poor Poe losing his mass identity.
Mo money mo problems.
Mo money mo problems.
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SeraRelm
I worked on Black Friday and honestly, the only really rude people we got were on the phone.As a note, it is a video game store, so we -were- swamped, but if all you're going to show is people going crazy at Walmart style stores...
If they're already committed to busting down the doors and killing each other, why bother paying? Why not just rush in and loot the fucking Wal-mart like the scum they are?
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makare
That sounded so super villainy....
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makare
Oh my god poe... that's hysterical XD
Oh noes did I hurts her feewings?
The gist is this: Either you act like an adult and talk to people without calling them names or being a jerk or the thread gets closed. This is the last post I'm going to make about it. If you feel the need to get snarky about it then the thread gets closed and I give you an infraction. Thats how it works. Now cut it out.
doomdragon6
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ITT: Mathias complains about morons then doesn't understand why being vitriolic and immature is frowned upon.
I came to this thread assuming it was about how Black Friday always ends up in hundreds of injuries and a death or two here and there. And that DOES make me sick, that people can be so inhuman as to not realize they're trampling and killing a Wal-Mart employee. You know goddamn well those people don't fucking want to work on Black Friday. Then they die. Buh.
I wasn't expecting "Poor people like to save money."
Also, your argument isn't even completely valid. Black Friday and Electronics Monday (or whatever it's called) are THE days to buy things. Regardless of "mark-up", any study you look at shows that the percentage off of the average cost is greater than on any other day. Your $15 picture frame that went down to $4 is NOT going to drop back to $2 after Christmas. The only way that might happen is if it's a purely Christmas themed item.
Just like with candy for Halloween and chocolates for Valentine's Day, Christmas shit will be more expensive before Christmas, and dirt-ass cheap the days following. But regular shit will stay roughly the same.
Also, not everyone is a goddamn Rocket Scientist. Most people can't work a Friday and pull in 5 g's. Even most well-educated people with good jobs would have a hard time pulling that.
And calling them the 99%? We're all the 99% here. Every last one of us, including you. The 1% refers to the people that control the billions of dollars in the world. Even referring to that here is asinine.
The absolute poorest of the poor do not shop on Black Friday. They do not shop, because they can't. They don't even have credit cards. Or cars to get to the fucking store. Those people don't go out.
These are average joes, ranging from lower-to-upper middle class, just like everyone else here.
I came to this thread assuming it was about how Black Friday always ends up in hundreds of injuries and a death or two here and there. And that DOES make me sick, that people can be so inhuman as to not realize they're trampling and killing a Wal-Mart employee. You know goddamn well those people don't fucking want to work on Black Friday. Then they die. Buh.
I wasn't expecting "Poor people like to save money."
Also, your argument isn't even completely valid. Black Friday and Electronics Monday (or whatever it's called) are THE days to buy things. Regardless of "mark-up", any study you look at shows that the percentage off of the average cost is greater than on any other day. Your $15 picture frame that went down to $4 is NOT going to drop back to $2 after Christmas. The only way that might happen is if it's a purely Christmas themed item.
Just like with candy for Halloween and chocolates for Valentine's Day, Christmas shit will be more expensive before Christmas, and dirt-ass cheap the days following. But regular shit will stay roughly the same.
Also, not everyone is a goddamn Rocket Scientist. Most people can't work a Friday and pull in 5 g's. Even most well-educated people with good jobs would have a hard time pulling that.
And calling them the 99%? We're all the 99% here. Every last one of us, including you. The 1% refers to the people that control the billions of dollars in the world. Even referring to that here is asinine.
The absolute poorest of the poor do not shop on Black Friday. They do not shop, because they can't. They don't even have credit cards. Or cars to get to the fucking store. Those people don't go out.
These are average joes, ranging from lower-to-upper middle class, just like everyone else here.
I can't possibly like Doomdragon's post enough. As someone who grew up well below the poverty line and is working his ass off to get through college and into a good doctoral program, I pretty much find Mathias's characterization of poor people at the very least offensive, at the most, classist bullcrap.
Doom I have 19 bucks in my bank account do I count?
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