Two full months of black friday

Ubbquittious

That's how it seems to have gone now. Last year there were "late black friday" deals the whole way into January almost and they have been harping on about it since halloween.

Any chance we can round up a posse to hunt down the fat ugly moguls, magnates and mongers who started this codology and fill their arses with lead?

dreamers75

Yeah sure.........right after I get the kids xmas presents tho

odyssey06

You are going the wrong way about it OP.

We should be demanding Thanksgiving as a national holiday to boost economic activity as then we can properly avail of Black Friday offers.

tuxy

I think we should just enjoy thanksgiving and forgot all this commercial nonsense!

Shefwedfan

tuxy wrote: »

I think we should just enjoy thanksgiving and forgot all this commercial nonsense!

What’s “thanks giving”?

KungPao

Shefwedfan wrote: »

What’s “thanks giving”?

Something about massacring Native Americans.

BDI

If you don’t pretend to be into it people won’t like your post on instasomething.



Disclaimer: they probably won’t anyway.

tuxy

Shefwedfan wrote: »

What’s “thanks giving”?

It's in between the middle of black Friday and cyber Monday. Pure American nonsense at its worst, good thing we are safe from it here in Ireland.

beejee

Why would I want to follow you around, presumably with a mobile smelting vat, to watch you fill a strangers anal cavity with a transitional metal?

If you remove it afterwards, would you be plumbing a bum?

You have my attention

tuxy

tuxy wrote: »

It's in between the middle of black Friday and cyber Monday. Pure American nonsense at its worst, good thing we are safe from it here in Ireland.

Ah, it's actually the Thursday before black Friday..

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Sounds like something the social justice warriors should be complaining about.

I think we should just start assigning colours to other days too though..

tuxy

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah, it's actually the Thursday before black Friday..

Yeah I don't get these American holidays or why they have three of them this close to Christmas.

The 8th is traditionally the big shopping day in Ireland, can't wait!

odyssey06

tuxy wrote: »

Yeah I don't get these American holidays or why they have three of them at the end of November this close to Christmas.

You cant say the C word just like that.

There is kwanzaa and hanukkah too so it is the holiday season.

Happy holidays!

scamalert

i dont mind it but early deals seems crap, basically what youd get shopping around a bit, and comparing prices.


actual black friday still sucks- most discounts either on stuff that have new version coming out or random deals, that last few hours and are long gone before someone mentions one :pac:

bfa1509

Ubbquittious wrote: »

That's how it seems to have gone now. Last year there were "late black friday" deals the whole way into January almost and they have been harping on about it since halloween.

Any chance we can round up a posse to hunt down the fat ugly moguls, magnates and mongers who started this codology and fill their arses with lead?

Was it not Jesus no?

bfa1509

beejee wrote: »

Why would I want to follow you around, presumably with a mobile smelting vat, to watch you fill a strangers anal cavity with a transitional metal?

If you remove it afterwards, would you be plumbing a bum?

You have my attention

I'd love to read the thread that this was intended for

odyssey06

bfa1509 wrote: »

Was it not Jesus no?

Sol mithras got there first.
Or maybe Saturnalia.

What did the Romans ever do for us, eh?

eyerer

Is it because people are sheep.. Now people talk about Christmas in early November like it's normal. It wasn't like that when I was growing up. The shops and media really do tell us what is ok.. which is whatever makes them the most money.
We weren't allowed to even mention it as kids until December. It's gone mad, I don't want Christmas to last for 2 months. It's **** as an adult anyway :pac:

20Wheel

OP I sympathise.

However, I see some good in this black Friday shyte.

You see the Christmas malarkey has become so obnoxious with its endless commercialism that this same greed has started to seep out over a greater time span.

Black Friday means the ridiculousness is being spread out more evenly over time, it may even take away from the now commonplace Christmas from 1st of November shyte.

If black Friday can take enough of the spotlight off Christmas it may lead to a kind of perpetual sale from early October. Killing off some Christmas hype, in a sense.

If there's a bunch of pointless hyper consumerism days then Christmas becomes just another run of the mill sale.

Increasing the odds that we can get non-shopping related stuff done, and encounter fewer traffic jams in December.

Let there be thanksgiving too, and cyber Monday, and January sales. And halloween sales.

Let it all spread out nice and thin.

maudgonner

tuxy wrote: »

The 8th is traditionally the big shopping day in Ireland, can't wait!

Where are you from? Better not be Dublin.


Dubliners will no longer be allowed to set foot inside a shop on the 8th of December as that would be cultural appropriation of rural shoppers' traditions.

TheRiverman

eyerer wrote: »

Is it because people are sheep.. Now people talk about Christmas in early November like it's normal. It wasn't like that when I was growing up. The shops and media really do tell us what is ok.. which is whatever makes them the most money.
We weren't allowed to even mention it as kids until December. It's gone mad, I don't want Christmas to last for 2 months. It's **** as an adult anyway :pac:

Excellent post.This Black Friday craze is a ridiculous
American pest that has crept into our life.

Basq

Try working for an American online retailer..

.. you know nothing Jon Snow's!

buried

I refuse to watch any TV until at least the 18th December. The constant stream of adverts, the hype of "BUY BUY THE MERCHANDISE NOW" since end of October is just pure total mindf**k.

Then, the minute January 1st hits you get that constant TV advert stream of a woman drowning in her kitchen over money debts with its "WHY DID YOU SPEND SO MUCH MONEY?" message.

Ubbquittious

beejee wrote: »

Why would I want to follow you around, presumably with a mobile smelting vat, to watch you fill a strangers anal cavity with a transitional metal?

If you remove it afterwards, would you be plumbing a bum?

You have my attention

I was going to use the solid stuff but if you want to "go the whole hog" and use the molten thats even better. I won't be the fella removing it anyway

odyssey06

buried wrote: »

I refuse to watch any TV until at least the 18th December. The constant stream of adverts, the hype of "BUY BUY THE MERCHANDISE NOW" since end of October is just pure total mindf**k

Sounds like you need a new tv?

Vita nova

tuxy wrote: »

Yeah I don't get these American holidays or why they have three of them this close to Christmas.

The 8th is traditionally the big shopping day in Ireland, can't wait!

That used to be the case but the school holiday is gone, there are no longer any major sales and it's usually on a weekday. In terms of shopping footfall in Dublin city centre in December, it's not even in the top 10 days.

Capt'n Midnight

Two full months of black friday ?


Wait till the OP finds about the DFS sale.

Shefwedfan

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Two full months of black friday ?


Wait till the OP finds about the DFS sale.

Power City in Blanchardstown is having a Sale now going on 20 years at this stage......they have a huge sign outside advertising it since they opened it

JohnnyFlash

Don’t see how the whole save the world thing can be a comfortable bedfellow of the buy more shît you don’t need thing.

lab man

what is DFS

buried

lab man wrote: »

what is DFS

Do the F**king Shopping

odyssey06

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Don’t see how the whole save the world thing can be a comfortable bedfellow of the buy more shît you don’t need thing.

Well once upon a time you might have picked up a durable appliance half price in a black friday sale and gotten a decade out of it...
But the concept of durability has been replaced by planned obsolescence and inability to repair small faults. Alas.

NIMAN

Retailers ruin everything.

Agree about BF. they can't even hold their water til the day, instead have the same prices 2 weeks early.

I saw Xmas stuff out for sale with the Halloween stuff this year. Can't wait for an extra fecking day!

Shefwedfan

You think Black Friday is bad

Wait till Cyber Monday s**t starts!

Bobblehats

You think the bogeyman was scary? Meet the cybermen!

andekwarhola

By the same token, it's also extended the period within which you have to listen to excruciating student chestnuts about 'commercialism' by an extra month.

Andreas77

where can i see a list of deals on this site

Bobblehats

Rumour has it that it’s the same sticky tar-like substance that oozes from the entrails that that they use to fuel their spacecraft

Andreas77

Did you also see those videos about the black goop?

Bobblehats

Andreas77 wrote: »

Did you also see those videos about the black goop?

Just a peak if you watch it too long your eyes fill with the odious substance and guess what. They can’t be unglooped!

RobbingBandit

Anyone else find the ironing delicious that virgin mobile call it Red Friday

Ha ha ha ha ha haha

Andreas77

ah, and I found the discussion by Harald Kautz Vella on the black goo very interesting, you saw that one?

Andreas77

The lecture is called intelligent black goo by Harald Kautz-Vella, it is very special.

Bobblehats

I’ve only skimmed the surface but it poses an interesting question.

Are we bio robots?

cj maxx

buried wrote: »

I refuse to watch any TV until at least the 18th December. The constant stream of adverts, the hype of "BUY BUY THE MERCHANDISE NOW" since end of October is just pure total mindf**k.

Then, the minute January 1st hits you get that constant TV advert stream of a woman drowning in her kitchen over money debts with its "WHY DID YOU SPEND SO MUCH MONEY?" message.

Yeah. Short of money ? Get a pay day loan for 3000% apr

Always Tired

tuxy wrote: »

It's in between the middle of black Friday and cyber Monday. Pure American nonsense at its worst, good thing we are safe from it here in Ireland.

While the roots of the holiday are dubious, in practice the traditions are probably the nicest of any holiday, due to their simplicity.

Just eating a big meal with your family. That's it. Not sure why you think it's 'American nonsense at its worst' or find it threatening, but I suspect it's just the typical 'chip on my shoulder against the Yanks' stuff you often get from those who have never left Ballyboggerwhatever.

Andreas77

I thought I would post a link to this video, it is very special. I met Harald more than six years ago, before I knew who he was. very deep man.

whisky_galore

People are proper fücking eegits if all this advertising talk sends them into a tailspin buying sh1t and moreso borrowing to buy aforementioned sh1t.

JohnnyFlash

Lot of folks buying Fitbits and Amazon Echos and stuff like that. Paying money for a device that hoovers up your personal data and sells it to advertisers? Humans can be fierce stupid.

topper75

maudgonner wrote: »

Where are you from? Better not be Dublin.


Dubliners will no longer be allowed to set foot inside a shop on the 8th of December as that would be cultural appropriation of rural shoppers' traditions.

I know you jest - but its not based on any reality. Dubs also headed out on the 8th. It was notable that many country folk shopped in Dublin on that day sure. But the thing it was based on was a religious feast whereby kids ALL across Ireland had the day off and could be dragged along to 'help'. Old history now. I'm old and the day off was gone by my day in the 70s/80s.