Black Friday is the ultimate holiday for the self-satisfied, and even though they've tried to spread things out a bit by starting the consumer orgy on Thanksgiving Day, there's still plenty of consumer riot porn for the rest of us to enjoy. In among this year's crop, however, ...read more
The day after Thanksgiving has evolved into a corporate-sponsored consumer holiday called "Black Friday," which has, itself, spawned a corporate media holiday that fills it's gaping news hole with hours of Black Friday coverage, including "news" segments about all the stuff you ...read more
"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but ...read more
I missed out on the mayhem of Black Friday. I worked. I didn’t have to but I couldn’t pass up time and a half. Financial necessity takes precedence especially when it only comes around once a year since my company considers Thanksgiving, and the day after, Black Friday, ...read more
It's one of those rare moments when I'm proud to be an American: Contrary to projections that people would stampede any stores open on Thanksgiving, 9 out of 10 respondents to a University of Connecticut poll taken earlier this week said they would not shop on Thanksgiving Day. ...read more
Rampant consumerism is one thing, but this is ridiculous. From MSNBC: Family and friends were stunned by the loss of a West Virginia man who died while shopping on Black Friday as fellow bargain hunters reportedly walked around— and even over— the man’s body. Family members ...read more
As the relatively small number of Occupy Wall St protesters brave the cold and rain in the name of income equality and social justice, millions of Americans have been waiting in line at shopping malls through the night in order to rack up their credit card bills to buy cut ...read more
