Every year on Black Friday...

[Different Drummer]

I'm reminded of the tragic incident that occurred at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, NY on Black Friday in 2008 in which a store employee was trampled to death by shoppers when he opened the store. Link to an article about the incident below.

https://nypost.com/2008/11/28/worker-killed-in-wal-mart-stampede/

[Think. Again.]

1. I really liked this Black Friday merch-sales pitch...

A Message from Lucien Greaves

Veterans of Black Fridays' past would bravely sacrifice their safety and dignity in those distant pre-covid years of brick-and-mortar retail supremacy. They risked life and limb. We take it for granted now, shopping from the safety of our laptops, but our forebearers would assemble in the bitter prdawn cold. They would gather into mobs to stampede over children and the elderly, elbowing, clawing, and prying away discounted items from the arms of the infirm or in the way. Black Friday was the opening battle in a seasonal war. The war wasn't on Christmas. The war was Christmas. Gifts celebrating peace on earth and good will were purchased at a discount price in an orgy of screaming, chaotic violence.

Ordering online, we can never reclaim the glory of those years. The cracked limbs and the desperate screams of those fallen underfoot were drowned out by looping carols, jingling bells, and demands to speak to the manager. The feeling of victory, knowing that gifts you acquired were gifts denied to others, wrested from their desperate hands and into yours. But as holiday shopping has moved online, so too has the war of Christmas.

This year, tell them publicly on social media so that the world may hear:

"I did my holiday shopping at thesatanictemple.com"...

and you will find that the true spirit of holiday outrage and savagery is still very much alive and well.

Let The Seasonal Savagery Commence...

[BOSSHOG]

2. About 25 years ago

I decided to check out this Black Friday phenomena. Real or hype. I headed out early before sunrise. Got to the packed full parking lot. Parked down the street at a drug store. Walked to Walmart. The mass of shoppers waiting to get in scared the hell out of me. I left. Never again.

[ItsjustMe]

3. I do all of my Black Friday shopping on slick deals.

https://slickdeals.net/

[irisblue]

5. Interesting site. Thx

[Deuxcents]

4. I've never participated in Black Friday and don't intend to. What I've seen on tv scares me

When people act like bark raving idiots over a manufactured sales frenzy event. No thanks.