Subj : Re: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
To   : Nightfox
From : hollowone
Date : Fri Nov 24 2023 22:28:27

 Ni>  b>> My younger daughter literally just asked me while I'm typing this, af
 Ni>  b>> seeing an ad on the TV, "What is the point of Black Friday?"  Greed?
 Ni>  b>> Consumerism?
 Ni>  Og> Both?
 Ni> It's a day that stores often offer sales..  Stores do that sometimes. 
 Ni> I'm not sure it means it's purely greed and consumerism..
 Ni> 

Yep, I try not to judge the stores as then I'd need to judge the people.
The crazy behavior sometimes shown in the media how people hunt and fight for bargain only shows how low-lives some may have to turn themselves into such primitives occasionally. But that's not so often visible today as in the past (I remember a tv news spot about 20 years ago about Black Friday night opening in a store and people sprawling in like if it was some zombie apocalypse movie).

Today with online domination for sales I expect more shipping vans with DHL, UPS, FeDEX or similar brands driving around right after weekend than anything else.

Considering it, day as many days with promos. I never truly picked up on Black Friday, some start stashing xmas presents that day, hunting for occasions. I'm way too spontaneous to even consider that.

I like sales promos right after xmas in my country. Stores are almost empty as people still consume their xmas break somewhere else and stores want to finish the year well so getting 30-50% discount on stuff they didn't sell trough whole year is what I often observe in the last days of December.

-h1

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