Black Friday, more like buy stupid shit day.

Submitted ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Dumpdog@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

Seriously, Fuck Black Friday. Fuck the weeks before raising prices. Fuck the pretend 75% off of a piece of shit item that costs 5 bucks to make. Fuck making that item and marking it up 500%. Fuck not paying the person making that item a living wage. Fuck making a trinket that leverages a desperate person’s full day of labour away from their families.

There is no Thanks I’m giving here…And specifically a big fucking middle finger to the Amazon that takes lives and makes this world a shittier place.

Save the real Amazon by killing off the namesake corporation.

Fuck you Bezos, I hope your yacht fucking sinks while you and your plastic wife are aboard having botched elective surgeries.

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RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
I’m sorry you’re being held at gunpoint to make shitty purchases. I tend to just ignore it, and I’ve survived so far.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
also, things are probably really cheaper after christmas not before it.

also, fuck other countries that import that “holiday” when it makes absolutely no sense to do so outside the us.

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A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Black friday used to actually be good. but like everything good, corporate greed ruined it.

It became a week long event, then a month long event, then companies figured out if they slightly hurt sales in late october/november by doubling prices, they could massively increase sales for black friday, and make those sales at near normal retail pricing too thanks to JCPennying.

I still shop black friday when I can. not to buy into marketing hype, or to buy something for its normal price and think I got an amazing deal, but because I hope to find something i actually need in a discount price I can actually afford. . . Which is getting rarer and rarer with each passing year.

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gndagreborn@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s one angry shower.

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HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Relevant comment I left on a similar post:

It’s even worse in Australia. A long while back we had a really bad bushfire that resulted in something like 70 people dying called black Friday. More recently we had a bushfire that resulted in over 150 people dying and 400 injured called black Saturday

It’s honestly insulting to see these corporations come in and have these black Friday sales, showing that they don’t care or respect for the history of Australia or its people, all while they flaunt the masquerade of “It’s for you!!!”

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- Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  While it’s nothing like the same degree, as nobody was hurt, we already had black Friday in the UK too. It’s the last Friday before Christmas, when the factories would close for the holidays and the workers would typically hit the pubs to celebrate.
  
  Now we’ve got black Friday, black Friday season, and even black week being advertised to us, all based on an American holiday in November 🤷🏻‍♂️
  
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  - baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The Bloody Sunday discounts in Ireland are insane
    
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Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Here in the UK, retailers have been pretending Black Friday has always been a thing. In reality it only arrived here a few years ago. The first year, it was crazy. The second year, it was underwhelming. A few years on, we have Black Friday Week which actually lasts two weeks (this week and next). Internally we call it Black Friday Month, which should give you some idea of the eventual endgame.

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TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m sorry you only buy stupid crap on black friday. I stock on on useful shit I used throughout the year and wait to make large purchases so I can save $100s.

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Redkid1324@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I would argue to say black Friday is dead. The deals were definitely not that great this year and there is no time crunch anymore since it’s like a whole weekend or week and nobody has money to do that anymore.

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- TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It was 99% a lie even at its peak.
  
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- TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Depends on what you are buying. PC/gaming stuff, yeah this year sucked. sports stuff? amazing deals to be had.
  
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  - A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    PC stuff sucked this year thanks to AI datacenters creating shortages that saw stuff like 100 dollar sets of ram skyrocket to 1000 dollars
    
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  - Redkid1324@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Really? Didn’t notice the sports stuff. Glad you found some good deals
    
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  - TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Mark located
    
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BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
If I didn’t need to buy cough syrup, I wouldn’t have spent a cent today.

Took a walk, sat on a bench, played decade old games, decorated the tree, and ate leftovers.

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- kelpie_returns@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Living your best life, I see
  
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- 200ok@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I needed to pick up sour cream for a dish I was making. It was the store brand, on sale #doorcrasher /s
  
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starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
In Germany there’s a “previous price” button and they’re not allowed to first raise the prices. I just got a sweater I’d been ogling for months for less than half price.

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Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m buying all my Christmas gifts this month, and all the stuff I had earmarked I found on good deals in various sales. I therefore have more money to spend on things I need than I would have otherwise.

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- monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Do you though? Or did they raise prices over the last 3 months and lower it this week to pretend that you’re getting a deal?
  
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  - Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yes, I do, and no they did not. I’ve been keeping an eye on some things for 6 months or more that I knew I was getting, a few things since last Christmas. Some sales, believe it or not, have good deals.
    
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toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I used the day to decorate my reusable tree with sentimental ornaments I’ve been collecting my whole life. My kid did about half the work, holiday music was played for ambiance.

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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah I just… Don’t need that much stuff. Most of my money goes to food and shelter.

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IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Black Friday is beyond bizarre.

This women I work with gets up at 430 to get in line for the sales.

Great way to ruin thanksgiving.

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AmidFuror@fedia.io ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Like many other commenters here, I spent the day not shopping, not watching TV (I don't even own one and haven't even heard of your favorite streaming services), not listening to any popular music or even the A sides or albums by some bands you've never heard of, eating only whole foods that didn't show any form of suffering during their demise when harvested from the community garden, identifying 2026 candidates to align with (whom I shall never name here lest someone bring up an imperfect act they once failed to adequately denounce), and telling loose acquaintances that I am an ally for their non-traditional romantic entanglements.

Was it Black Friday?

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CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I found the bitching about prices going up to present bigger discounts to be mostly not true unless you are just mindlessly buying small cheap shit.

I’ve definitely saved some money shopping today.

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- TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah, it does happen, but it’s mostly shitty companies that do that.
  
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- MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah, I know I’m in the minority in the fediverse on this but for the last few months (for some of what I wanted, about 10 months) I’ve kept glancing at a few things that weren’t urgent but would be needed soonish, and now the prices have all come down a good chunk for Black Friday.
  
  I get if you’re randomly scrolling amazon looking for deals, yeah, that’s garbage. But if you’ve been patient, with actual specific ideas…
  
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  - TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Bingo. I basically think about what I"m going to buy in the next six months and list it up and then buy it on black friday if it’s below the normal price. And usually it is.
    
    I just bought 6 bags of $25 coffee for $15 each. Bought a bunch of summer stuff that I will use next year. Saved 60 bucks on what I was going to buy anyway.
    
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Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Hey, today’s Buy Nothing Day!

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