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SomethingFishy

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15. I'm not a "shopper". But I remember "Black Friday" as a fun day for the family

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 03:59 PM

Nov 2013

when I was a kid. Go visit Santa, eat out, check out the Christmas displays, maybe do a little shopping.

But now it seems to have turned into this crazy... thing, where I don't even want to be out in public.

I don't really have any distain for it, and when they first started getting crazy with it I thought it was amusing.

Now it just reminds me of Miley Cyrus. It's portrayed as cool by the retailers, it's shown as "shocking" by the media, but in reality it's just plain stupid.

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Why the disdain for Black Friday? [View all] B2G Nov 2013 OP

It's disdain. LeftyMom Nov 2013 #1

Yes, it is. B2G Nov 2013 #3

I used to like people. And then people ruined it for me. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #2

I do almost all of my shopping online B2G Nov 2013 #4

Me too. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #7

The desperate accumulation of stuff... polichick Nov 2013 #5

That is how I feel get the red out Nov 2013 #17

It brings out the worst in people and is embarrassing to witness. CBGLuthier Nov 2013 #6

Does not bother me but the behavior of the crowds brothers me. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #8

It's the insane hype that gets me. Mz Pip Nov 2013 #9

I stay home because I don't like large crowds and long lines, rudolph the red Nov 2013 #10

For me it's an orgy of consumerism. rrneck Nov 2013 #11

It's disdain for consumerism BainsBane Nov 2013 #12

It's not black Friday for me. maced666 Nov 2013 #13

Uh yeah. I addressed that in the OP. B2G Nov 2013 #14

I'm not a "shopper". But I remember "Black Friday" as a fun day for the family SomethingFishy Nov 2013 #15

I have nothing against shopping on black friday or any other day. But what I don't like kydo Nov 2013 #16