The Dangers of Tradition
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marymjc (11/25/2013) [-] 
A few years ago, on Black Friday, there was a woman who gave birth at the entrance of Walmart.
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nervaaurelius (11/25/2013) [-] I know consumerism is a big thing behind our culture but we can take it a bit far.
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strangemoo ONLINE (11/25/2013) [-] I remember last year some old guy got trampled to death in the doorway.
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baconfattie ONLINE (11/25/2013) [-]
Don't be sorry. It might not have been, but it's the first thought that came to my mind.
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tasomo (11/24/2013) [-]
Black Friday is also called that because it's traditionally the first day of the year when retail stores turn a profit, or "are in the black" as opposed to the red which signifies one has more debits than credits.
Not to be confused with Black Tuesday which was the day the stock market crashed and caused America's economy to leap into the ******* thus starting the Great Depression.
Not to be confused with Black Tuesday which was the day the stock market crashed and caused America's economy to leap into the ******* thus starting the Great Depression.
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IshimelofSomewhere (11/24/2013) [-] the day after thanksgiving people start their shopping for christmas gifts. Stores often give large discounts on this day since a lot of people shop this day, but the deals bring out even more people. The only problem is that people get a little too worked up about this and nasty **** can go down (see comment #5 for example).
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mymiddleleg (11/24/2013) [-] It's a day Black people get chased and beaten with baguettes
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nitsuan (11/24/2013) [-] I refuse to leave the house on Black Friday. I did once, and let me just say that I've seen some **** .
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crazyitalian (11/24/2013) [-]
my family just orders everything we buy save food and stuff, wegmans covers that from amazon, free shipping beats being shanked in a walmart parking lot
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vampireinarm (11/24/2013) [-] last year some lady pepper sprayed 6 people at a nearby best buy over a TV, **** be cray
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febreezboi (11/24/2013) [-] Was that in minnesota? I might have been at that best buy at the time.
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vampireinarm (11/24/2013) [-] no it was in southern california i dont doubt it happening in multiple places thought
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anonymousbrony (11/24/2013) [-] **** , that happened in my local Walmart but it was over some videogames she wanted to buy for her grandchild.
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febreezboi (11/24/2013) [-] Oh, I see. But yeah, while i was out doing some midnight shopping idiotically. Like, 5 police cruisers sped up to this Best Buy and 5 minutes later they were dragging some bitch out. an ambulance showed up aswell.
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vivalavidya (11/25/2013) [-] The cheese itself isn't dangerous, it's the falliing down the steep slope in which cheese rolling takes place
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strikingeight (11/24/2013) [-] How...How do you manage to glide across the ground like that?
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yuukoku (11/24/2013) [-] Black Friday
It's the Friday after Thanksgiving. Retailers realized that is the day which people shop the most, so they offer ridiculous price cuts and deals in order to make everybody buy **** . It has worked to such an extreme that it's become something of a national holiday where everybody is forced to come into work early and wear body armor in preparation of the riots. In large cities or heavily-populated areas where there are insane unintelligent people, riots break out at places like Walmart and Malls. Walmart is usually less secured and it's a good place for people to be trampled to death.
Sometimes, I go to Walmart during Black Friday just to fight people and not get arrested. I've run and knocked out two pot heads wearing those multi-colored beanies and a black woman trying to steal a toaster. I saw two grown men fight with pool noodles and a slinky and I ran away from a large man who picked up a lawn mower and threw it at me.
Please, share your Black Friday experiences with me, FJ.
It's the Friday after Thanksgiving. Retailers realized that is the day which people shop the most, so they offer ridiculous price cuts and deals in order to make everybody buy **** . It has worked to such an extreme that it's become something of a national holiday where everybody is forced to come into work early and wear body armor in preparation of the riots. In large cities or heavily-populated areas where there are insane unintelligent people, riots break out at places like Walmart and Malls. Walmart is usually less secured and it's a good place for people to be trampled to death.
Sometimes, I go to Walmart during Black Friday just to fight people and not get arrested. I've run and knocked out two pot heads wearing those multi-colored beanies and a black woman trying to steal a toaster. I saw two grown men fight with pool noodles and a slinky and I ran away from a large man who picked up a lawn mower and threw it at me.
Please, share your Black Friday experiences with me, FJ.
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theavatarspupil (11/25/2013) [-] I kinda really want to go to Black Friday now. There's a huge mall 30 minutes away from me, and I might get a few of my friends to go with me so we can wreck **** .
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theavatarspupil (11/26/2013) [-] I live in Kentucky, so there's not a lot of people, even in our biggest city, Lexington.
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anon (11/25/2013) [-]
I worked at Wal-Mart on black Friday, I usually worked the third shift from 10PM-7AM but the store manager had us all scheduled at 6PM-3PM it was a fun experience, I was one of the associates pulling the tarps off of the merchandise when it went on sale. Almost got ran over by a 5'0 white lady when I took the third tarp off. Everyone surrounding me just watched as I began to take the tarps off.
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Underground (11/25/2013) [-] I'll share.
Year before last I accompanied my grandmother to a BF sale at WallyWorld. Partly out of boredom and partly from sheer morbid curiosity. The parking lot was more packed than a gay man's arsehole and people swarmed around like bugs to a lamp in summer. The isles were lined with huge boxes of product, areas were literally roped off and police were everywhere. Surely, the police were only there as a precaution... right?
WRONG
It wasn't supposed to start until 11 but by 10:45 the frightened and unorganized employees has lost all control of the mindless horde around them. Product flew overhead while people dove wildly into boxes lining the walkways. Two women broke into a wide open fistfight over some Dora the Explorer socks, people ran by with game consoles and iPods tucked under their arms while the police tried desperately to get a grip on the surging crowd. Weave, fake nails, and profanities flew while people destroyed each other for %70 off Egyptian sheets. Eventually pepper spray had to be used to regain control and subdue the savings crazed crowd of parents. When it was all said and done I think five people had to be sent to the hospital and a few more were arrested. Never had I seen such a display of consumerism, it was glorious.
mfw the whole time
Year before last I accompanied my grandmother to a BF sale at WallyWorld. Partly out of boredom and partly from sheer morbid curiosity. The parking lot was more packed than a gay man's arsehole and people swarmed around like bugs to a lamp in summer. The isles were lined with huge boxes of product, areas were literally roped off and police were everywhere. Surely, the police were only there as a precaution... right?
WRONG
It wasn't supposed to start until 11 but by 10:45 the frightened and unorganized employees has lost all control of the mindless horde around them. Product flew overhead while people dove wildly into boxes lining the walkways. Two women broke into a wide open fistfight over some Dora the Explorer socks, people ran by with game consoles and iPods tucked under their arms while the police tried desperately to get a grip on the surging crowd. Weave, fake nails, and profanities flew while people destroyed each other for %70 off Egyptian sheets. Eventually pepper spray had to be used to regain control and subdue the savings crazed crowd of parents. When it was all said and done I think five people had to be sent to the hospital and a few more were arrested. Never had I seen such a display of consumerism, it was glorious.
mfw the whole time
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linktheherooftime (11/25/2013) [-] Where are you from? I noticed that you said arsehole which is mostly used in the UK, but as far as I know they don't have Black Friday in the UK.
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linktheherooftime (11/25/2013) [-] I think you may have replied to the wrong comment dude.
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theshadowed (11/25/2013) [-] Referring to the last part of your comment. We don't have it in Britain
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linktheherooftime (11/26/2013) [-] Oh. I misread your commment as "You're right we don't thank God." not "You're right we don't, thank God."
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Underground (11/26/2013) [-] I'm from the US, I just have a UK friend that I talk to a lot so some slang slips out haha.
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dreadedsin (11/24/2013) [-] What the **** , it's like a panic scene out of a horror movie.
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DJKitty (11/25/2013) [-] I just recently got a job in retail and it's my first black Friday.
>MFW
>MFW
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thegamerslife (11/25/2013) [-] I did it once... at a walmart... there were fist fights... I just stood by the DVD's helping the morons understand the "color code" for how much DVD's sold for. :/
I will only do virtual shopping from now on, on black friday. and **** RETAIL!!
I will only do virtual shopping from now on, on black friday. and **** RETAIL!!
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mereu (11/24/2013) [-] I went to see the cheese rolling festival once. I didn't even knew what cheese rolling was. A guy broke his spine and will be paralyzed for the rest of his life, others also broke a few bones.
MFW witnessing the whole thing
MFW witnessing the whole thing
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spaceturtlecadet (11/25/2013) [-] You chase it down a steep as **** hill
if you're not careful you go flying
if you're not careful you go flying
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I Am Monkey (11/24/2013) [-] How did you get paralyzed?
<Vivid flashback of fatefull cheese wheel collision>
Car accident.
<Vivid flashback of fatefull cheese wheel collision>
Car accident.
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autbelli (11/25/2013) [-] It really disgusts me to see the lengths people will go just to save some money. Really, when it's Black Friday, people just all out drop morals and their sense of decency it seems. They shove and push and fight over material things. It just shows how greed driven we really are. We're like animals. It's why I never go Black Friday shopping. I don't even want to be associated with it. I seriously look at the people with pity when I see them on the news rushing into the stores at midnight; shoving past eachother, knocking eachother over. It's pure selfish chaos. And while they're fighting and bickering over their consumer goods, I'm sitting at home enjoying myself. Usually I kick back in the recliner and get some pizza rolls, the pepperoni kind (I can't stand the combo flavor, it's ******* gross), and I'll open up my curtains and watch people get in fistfights at the walmart just across the street. If I use binoculars I can see pretty well, and it kind of feels like being at a classy opera house where you use little binoculars to see the stage better. I remember last Black Friday some meth head showed up and started trying to stick his arm into a vending machine to steal some Coca-Cola amidst the chaos, and got hit by a buggy but since his arm was so awkwardly in there; it ripped some of his tendons. So he just starts freaking out because the arm is stuck and all messed up, but nobody wants to stop and help him because they're all too busy trying to get their amazing Black Friday deals. So I watched him from my binoculars for a good 5 minutes to see if anyone would help, but nobody did. So I grabbed my phone from my coffee table and phoned an ambulance to get him. The paramedics had to set up a parameter around the vending machines to get him out, and that only made it harder to get into the Walmart for the Black Friday shoppers. It was pretty fun to watch it all play out really. I actually ended up burning my tongue pretty bad on one of the pizza rolls though, **** .
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Shiny ONLINE (11/24/2013) [-] Thing is that the people being chased by bulls and chasing cheese wheels down hills accept that what they are doing is dangerous. That's part of why it's fun.
Black Friday is dangerous exclusively because we take saving money on plastic crap too seriously, and end up making shopping a fight for survival to people who just want some toilet paper and food. If you are willing to trample someone to death for a game console, you aren't even a moron. You're just a ******* horrible person.
Black Friday is dangerous exclusively because we take saving money on plastic crap too seriously, and end up making shopping a fight for survival to people who just want some toilet paper and food. If you are willing to trample someone to death for a game console, you aren't even a moron. You're just a ******* horrible person.
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theavatarspupil (11/25/2013) [-] I've got an amazing plan. I'm going to buy a Wii U on Black Friday. The guys at the counter are going to be so bored of scanning PS4's and XBOnes, and I'll just be standing there with a Zelda Edition Wii U and a copy of Rayman Legends. I'm also going to go later in the day, because I know they won't sell out of them (sadly).
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xsap (11/24/2013) [-] yet another false stereotype about Americans...
we don't all wear sunglasses
we don't all wear sunglasses
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jackmanagan (11/24/2013) [-] ive been wearing sunglasses for 19 years. i have a pair hanging from my shirt collar now. and ive been indoors all day.
Then again biker family, but still, get some shades you unamerican.
Then again biker family, but still, get some shades you unamerican.
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thegamerslife (11/25/2013) [-] I wish I still had my oldest account, even if I wasn't very popular back then. :/
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kuroking (11/25/2013) [-] I live in Minnesota. The worst thing that has happened on black Friday here was that someone accidently coughed on a dog
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thrakerzad (11/25/2013) [-] I live in SD Sioux Falls, I vaguely remember hearing about people getting trampled to death on black friday but I cannot remember if it was local or national news
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newdevyx (11/25/2013) [-] I live in Europe and what the **** is wrong with those people? I've never seen nothing like that in here. Well, i live in a small country, so i suppose i will never see it in here, but surprisingly i've never heard anything like that from Germany or France either.
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allidoisfapfapfap (11/25/2013) [-] That's why all us smarter Americans stay home and buy and sell stock in all the companies that everyone goes to for Black Friday. We make money off of Black Friday.
