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Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Quick question (and this is the best place to ask it as I'm currently not in Ireland) - bit I'm told Black Friday is catching on in Ireland - is it?

Seems bit hypocritical to denounce Americans as ignorant, hyper-capitalists and then to camp outside an electrical store for a cheap TV in Blacnh or Liffe Valley!

All I can hope is that guns are still banned back there...

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Duckworth_Luas

smurgen wrote: »

Can't stand Americanized culture

:pac:

anncoates

smurgen wrote: »

Can't stand Americanized culture

Hmmm.

wonderboy76

smurgen wrote: »

Can't stand Americanized culture .

I see what you did there.

fryup

Agricola wrote: »

Yeah its spread across the water. The UK retail sites are all over it, the high streets here are doing Black Friday deals, it was even on the Six One.
Not sure if we'll see brawls and shootings though. We can only hope.

maybe we will

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1122/661695-doll/

Kevhog1988

Lads in work were in the tesco in Salford last night. All builders who would be able to look after themselves and they said they were almost scared at the viciousness of people. The lady working for tesco was trampled by the crowds.

lazybones32

I find the name offensive...it's just another negative connotation by whitey, to associate unruly behaviour with black people.

whisky_galore

I'll wait for January, thank you very much. Stuff this Yankee crap.

BoJack Horseman

whisky_galore wrote: »

I'll wait for January, thank you very much. Stuff this Yankee crap.

So, you will only consider the purchase of a bargain based on an odd xenophobic hostility?

What if I told you that January sales were also an american creation?

whisky_galore

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

So, you will only consider the purchase of a bargain based on an odd xenophobic hostility?

What if I told you that January sales were also an american creation?

It's not 'xenophobic', just why do the uk and Irl have to copy everything they do?

NotCominBack

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Imagine gunning down a man in broad daylight and spending the rest of your life in prison for a television. It would be some way to end up eh?

Watching Cops...... Bad boys, bad boys, watchya gonna do, watchya gonna do when they come for you....

BoJack Horseman

whisky_galore wrote: »

It's not 'xenophobic', just why do the uk and Irl have to copy everything they do?

Because of free will.
If people want to spend, let them on.

Not sure why it requires hostility to a nation.

As I said, seasonal discounts at any time of year is an imported concept.
I assume your hostile toward all their originating countries?

deadybai

Hachiko wrote: »

*queues up with a sleeping bag outside a major retailer for a 59" 4k tv for £40

WHERE???

Oasis1974

Its to get good deals on stuff before Christmas i think its great. Its more a novelty here but still good to get the odd bargain. People who say its Americanized Culture then turn off your TV stop listening to music etc. Those Yanks also kicked off the internet your using now? Takes me back to my primary school days the teacher would hand us empty jacks rolls and some cotton wool for a beard and hey presto off home with a ****ty Santa(pun not intended) to show the parents for the Christmas hols. Its 2014 now:rolleyes:

whisky_galore

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Because of free will.
If people want to spend, let them on.

Not sure why it requires hostility to a nation.

As I said, seasonal discounts at any time of year is an imported concept.
I assume your hostile toward all their originating countries?

:rolleyes:

BoJack Horseman

whisky_galore wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Succinct.

whisky_galore

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Succinct.

Just because I won't buy into an American concept it follows in your tiny brain I hate all Americans. Would ya fcuk off.

NotCominBack

Oasis1974 wrote: »

Its to get good deals on stuff before Christmas i think its great. Its more a novelty here but still good to get the odd bargain. People who say its Americanized Culture then turn off your TV stop listening to music etc. Those Yanks also kicked off the internet your using now? Takes me back to my primary school days the teacher would hand us empty jacks rolls and some cotton wool for a beard and hey presto off home with a ****ty Santa(pun not intended) to show the parents for the Christmas hols. Its 2014 now:rolleyes:

Tom Berners Lee will be turning in his grave

Pinch Flat

As if Christmas wasn't chaotic enough we bring in more consumerist crap

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/chaotic-scenes-in-irish-supermarket-as-black-friday-bargainhunters-battle-it-out-30781757.html

Some classy scenes in the videos on the indo this morning. No thank you.

Oasis1974

NotCominBack wrote: »

Tom Berners Lee will be turning in his grave

Ok just embarrass me why don't you bastard

Oasis1974

He just did URL thingies and such not the internet per-say. I'll investigate be a few mind.

dan1895

Pinch Flat wrote: »

As if Christmas wasn't chaotic enough we bring in more consumerist crap

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/chaotic-scenes-in-irish-supermarket-as-black-friday-bargainhunters-battle-it-out-30781757.html

Some classy scenes in the videos on the indo this morning. No thank you.

Animals!

BoJack Horseman

whisky_galore wrote: »

Just because I won't buy into an American concept it follows in your tiny brain I hate all Americans. Would ya fcuk off.

Didn't say that.
You jumped to that conclusion.

You didn't answer though, what is it about the imported concept of a '1st of Jan' sale that is OK, but the imported concept of a 'last Fri of November' sale that's not?

Flesh it out without being abusive
(If you can summon the wit).

NotCominBack

Oasis1974 wrote: »

Ok just embarrass me why don't you bastard

Well technically you are correct, TBL is given credit for WWW which can be considered separate from the internet

Do some research dude, I can't continue correcting my own posts, doesn't look good on me...

robinph

People are funny in the news reports about it:
"It was mayhem in there once they opened the doors."
"Can't believe people were acting like that."
"What deal did I get?...erm...I just picked up this Dyson 'cos all the tellys were gone... don't think I want it though."
"Everyone else was crazy just picking up stuff they didn't really want... but not me, I was sensible and picked up this thing that I don't really want or even know what it is."

diomed

So how was Thanksgiving for you?

In Lonesome Dove

Is anybody finding much deals with Black Friday?

I did a Google search for black Friday Ireland and the mirror had a piece yesterday giving a list of Irish shops doing deals like Smyths, Argos, Tesco, Boots.

Would anyone know whether the black Friday deals with tesco apply to the tesco online grocery shop with home delivery?

wretcheddomain

Can't wait until Yellow Tuesday catches on, those Chinese folks get some great deals.

Zombienosh

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Can't wait until Yellow Tuesday catches on, those Chinese folks get some great deals.

I much prefer Blue Monday

Augmerson

Was just about ask someone wtf is going on with this Black Friday ****.

People are killed sometimes in the US in stampedes when stores open during Black Friday.

If there is one thing and one thing only I would be loathe to emulate about American society and culture it's this foaming at the mouth gimme gimme buy buy buy ****. Christmas is already getting pretty desperate in this country.

I think we could do with less of this nonsense, not more.

WoollyRedHat