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“An Unstoppable Zombie Holiday” – Humanity Shudders As America Exports Black Friday To the World
Because nothing gives "Thanks" like Americans fighting over things they don't need...
Exhibit 1: Doorbuster deals at a Wal-Mart in Michigan City, Indiana, had shoppers literally stealing items from other people’s carts.
Things appeared to get a little out of hand Thursday night, as shoppers swarmed the Wal-Mart in Michigan City, pushing and shoving as they fought to grab heavily discounted merchandise.
A shopper named Rich grabbed his cell phone camera and filmed as one man tried to grab what appeared to be a home theater system from another man in a Bears jersey. The Bears fan was able to wrestle it away, and get out of the scrum.
Some bystanders seemed amused by the chaos, others looked a little frightened.
It appeared the scene was about to repeat itself, with a woman as the victim, but she also managed to get away with her prize.
Exhibit 2: 2 Women Fight At Norwalk Walmart Over Barbie Doll
Authorities said two women got into a pushing and shoving match — with at least one of them reportedly throwing a punch — over a Barbie doll on Thanksgiving evening.
Sheriff’s Deputies has to be called to the Walmart store in the 11700 block of Imperial Highway after reports of the fight broke out.
Witnesses said the two women began fighting over a Barbie doll just before 7 p.m.
Deputies were able to diffuse the situation and said no one was arrested.
Officials also said no one was injured in the altercation.
“The whole thing was pretty stupid,” said a shopper named Sonia, “that was very dumb.”
But it's not just America, it appears the UK as caught the post 'Thanksgiving Day'? bug...
Exhibit 3: Girls fight over cheap panties...
Exhibit 4: Americans celebrating Thanksgiving in Britain may have felt right at home as Black Friday shopping chaos caused disruptions.
The practice of offering bargain basement prices the day after Thanksgiving has spread across the Atlantic, with some retailers opening overnight to lure shoppers.
Police were called early Friday morning to help maintain security at some supermarkets and shopping outlets that offered deep discounts starting at midnight.
As Liberty Blitzkrieg's Mike Krieger notes,
Greater Manchester Police said two arrests were made and injuries reported as police closed some stores to prevent more severe problems. One woman was injured by a falling television set.
The force tweeted “Keep calm, people!” at one point.
There were problems in many parts of Britain, including Wales and Scotland.
– From the Associated Press: Black Friday Chaos Hits Britain
Black Friday is one of those days when all the hope and optimism one possesses for the future of humanity is threatened by the gross, primal, in-your-face reality. I’ve written about the holiday before, specifically, in the piece, The SDR: The Same Demented Regime. Here’s an excerpt:
The great game is of course the never-ending global struggle for power and dominance. The current entrenched powers that be have been in their positions for a very long time and they have no intention of giving up that role. What the moral and decent percentage of humanity need to understand in no uncertain terms is that these folks and their minions have no conscience. They could care less how many starve to death, get blown to bits in war or waste their lives away in front of the television set watching Snookie on the Jersey Shore. In fact, I am certain that they totally get off on these things. Degrading humanity into an animal-like state clearly appears to be their aphrodisiac. Notice how the media encourages people to go out and trample each other for a $2 waffle maker on Black Friday. The scenes of people running into Wal-Mart or Best Buy in the early morning hours when they should be at home with their families having conversation after Thanksgiving dinner reminds me of scenes of cattle being shuffled into a sorting pen.
It was always a uniquely American embarrassment. A day when the rest of the world could smugly and confidently sneer at the their consumption-obsessed, overweight, and violent brothers and sisters abroad; secure in the fact that were distinctly different.
Well, as Bob Dylan sang, “The Times They are a Changin’,” and the highest-holy day of the American religion of consumerism is coming your way whether you like it or not. Naturally, it is gaining its most robust foothold in the United Kingdom. I thought Arriana Huffington summarized it well in the following tweet:
How did #BlackFriday migrate to the UK without #Thanksgiving? It’s like an unstoppable zombie holiday http://t.co/7a7sBuKxfS
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) November 28, 2014
Here are some of the observations from that article:
LONDON (AP) — Americans celebrating Thanksgiving in Britain may have felt right at home as Black Friday shopping chaos caused disruptions.
The practice of offering bargain basement prices the day after Thanksgiving has spread across the Atlantic, with some retailers opening overnight to lure shoppers.
Police were called early Friday morning to help maintain security at some supermarkets and shopping outlets that offered deep discounts starting at midnight.
Some of the worst problems were in the Manchester area in northwestern England where police were summoned to seven Tesco supermarkets after disturbances.
Greater Manchester Police Chief Peter Fahy said he was “disappointed” that stores did not have enough security personnel on duty for the after-hours shopping.
“This created situations where we had to deal with crushing, disorder and disputes between customers,” he said.
Fights broke out at some stores and major websites stopped functioning because of too much traffic as shoppers sought online bargains.
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As Glenn Greenwald notes, the Black Friday virus has also infected his adopted home country of Brazil. See below:
"Black Friday" everywhere in Thanksgiving-free Brazil #infection pic.twitter.com/o1nzz8VKbm
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 28, 2014
Think you’re safe in Africa? Think again. Check out this piece from MarketWatch:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Funmi Adeyemi has been saving all year for Black Friday. Since October, she’s been surfing U.S. websites and has picked out $300 worth of merchandise, including Ralph Lauren apparel for her two-and four-year-old kids and shoes from Neiman Marcus for herself.
And she’s made her selections from the comfort of home — in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
Black Friday “is when I wait to do most of my shopping,” Adeyemi said. “I can buy everything in one day. I buy whatever catches my eye and whatever is the right price. It’s a big thing here and has gone viral. A lot of people are waiting for (U.S.) Black Friday sales.”
The 32-year-old project manager is waiting until Friday to see what discounts she can get before placing final online orders. And she’s a pro. This is the fifth Black Friday that she has spent shopping for U.S. deals from Nigeria with the help of mobile shopping app, MallforAfrica.
Major U.S. retailers do not ship directly to Nigeria, so MallforAfrica acts as middleman, shipping the goods bought on U.S. websites to the West African country. MallforAfrica CEO and founder Chris Folayan, a Nigerian who lives in the U.S., said there has been a spike in signups to the app in the past two days.
And Adeyemi and her fellow Nigerians aren’t alone. While Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally kicks off the U.S. holiday shopping season, may be losing its sizzle in its home market, it’s gaining ground overseas.
“We’ve certainly exported the Black Friday madness to the world,” said Borderfree CEO Michael DeSimone. “It’s become a big shopping day around the world. We don’t just see (orders) from Canada and Australia but also the Middle East and China.”
Here’s a billboard from Nigeria:
Just in case you needed further proof that the religion of consumerism knows no borders.
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Who seriously cares that much about flatscreen TVs and iPads?
It's depressing.
I weep for my species.
Why weep for those who willingly walk into their shackles?
World-over, the notion of having one great tool/item/product that serves you many years / a lifetime, has been replaced with the love of acquiring the "next generation" of new products and a complete lack of care for quality. You know what happens when you stop caring about quality? Everything turns to shit.
That guy definitely learnt a thing from Monday Night Football....sacking other people for loose stereo systems
If these sheeps are fighting over a TV right now...you havent seen nuthin yet...wait till they fight over FOOD when the SHTF.
Wal-mart, live better.
Notice you don't see this in Russia?
One of the many reasons I like Putin: "In Russia live Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Shari'ya Law, then we advise them to go to those places where that's the state law. Russia does not need minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of most minorities. When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the national interest first, observing that the minorities are not Russians." -- Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressing the Duma February 4th, 2013.
So fuck off world! You all are destined to live like us. Which incindentally is great news for America because if humanity survives, we'll be the first to evolve away from this.
"... we'll be the first to evolve away from this."
Not bloody likely.
The USSA welfare system seems to have been deliberately designed to reduce and/or eliminate selection for any genetic trait which may actually lead to genuine advancement of the species.
"weeping for my species"? i'm long shovels and headstones
What haveth a consumer sheep who knows not the glory of Satoshi?
https://btc-e.com/
Bring on the asteroid.
ffs, I watch this shit happening here in the uk, and I think a cull is definitley whats needed. Just hope im outta the way when it comes!
I went to several different Walmarts this afternoon to check out the gun selection because firearms are 20% off this weekend.
It's funny, the Walmarts in the hood and trailer trashy areas, the Black Friday merchandise was picked clean. The Walmart I went to in an upper-middle class area, the Black Friday merchandise was hardly even touched at all at 5pm Friday, like no one up in that area even cared about those sales.
I ended up not buying anything, because there are better deals to be had at gun shows or online using Slickguns.
And some people have the balls to say that America no longer exports anything!
Don't despair. Sing the "Heat/Snow" Miser songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfgVEk-mxQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRkNaMFp6w
Drink well
Is it called Black Friday because most people who participate are Black?
No, they are just the ones who get into fights and have their videos posted on YouTube.
No, it refers to Accounting practices of ''Being in the Black'' - turning a gross profit. The day after Thanksgiving was, pre-1995, the day when retailers would be profitable for the entire year as they made more than 50% of their sales on that weekend. Then the Black Friday sales began nationwide.
Now it is a YouTube spectacle globally, and rightly, mocked and feared.
http://youtu.be/NteVmdoo1yI
If this is how Black Friday goes down, Red Monday is gonna make some asses really pucker.
Wait till its food not TV's The shit will be real then.
Some of us won't trade our dignity and self-respect for a $100 discount on shit electronics that will burn out in several years.
What a shock I know.
Fonestar lives!
It's more of an annual culture shock that hits us every year at this time. Please lets not forget the millions of famlies sitting around the table thanking God or who/what-ever for the food that's made, enjoying their time together, and NOT going out shopping.
Let's talk about that instead of these classless mouth breathers.
Heading out to my grandparents home in farm country to do some skeet shooting and rabbit and quail hunting. They have passed now but I still have those wonderful Thanksgiving memories!
Thank you.
Lots of us don't do that crazy stuff.
We ate food, prayed, and only sinned a bit by watching a football game.
The same in Europe. Both areas import hordes of third worlders and pay them to reproduce while punishing anyone who has an IQ above room temperature. It's easier for TPTB to control hordes of morons with reality shows and iphones
Absolutely true.
But it's not only the primitive 3rd world, it's also the planful barbarization of people of European descent.
The tribe is delighted, how well his program is unfolding!
Breeding for sociopathy is just as important as breeding for stupidity. Indeed the entire legal/financial/welfare system looks like it was designed to reward narcissistic sociopaths at all levels. It makes people so much easier to control- Divide them against each other, promise them they have the right to live well at others' expense, then sic 'em on anyone who doesn't pull their gravy train. So in honor of Black Friday Zombies, I give you the puppetmasters' latest selectively bred monstrosity, Western Man 2.0:
http://boingboing.net/2014/11/28/music-video-ham-by-mr.html
That which has been seen cannot be unseen. Sweet dreams, bitchez!
It has nothing to do with the welfare state but with education as child, discipline, respect for the other.
The program for destruction is to atomize the human, destroy the families, the social cohesion, don't care what others think, take what you want, follow YOUR dream! Short: individualism.
"The program for destruction is to atomize the human, destroy the families, the social cohesion, don't care what others think, take what you want, follow YOUR dream! Short: individualism."
Sort of, but not quite. Individualism would be fine, and in fact welcome, if it were not dependent individualism. People are only "individuals" in the sense that they are working to divide us from our family and social units. Most are still firmly attached to the state teat. Individualism would be okay (though with its own problems - see the US west during its westward expansion...); state dependence (note this is true for those all along the economic spectrum; the rich are soaking more state money than the poor at this point, and the middle are taking our share as well...) is a disaster.
Exactamundo
The entrie system, wherever man is involved, seeks to disrupt natural selection in favor of the weak, in-firmed, hostile, uneducatable, lesser IQ, incapable, incompetent, natural Darwin Award winners and lazy with the only apparent reason for the otherwise capable, to support the residual at the tip of a spear.
I do not say that lightly.
It is a mere casual observation of the human condition.
Nor do I hold myself out as anything of a desirable, superlative or special specimen, more deserving of anything than my peers, either.
Just sayin'
Y'all just get a trophy for bein' here, today
Man should be more worried about the state of his very soul and the temporal conditions deriving therefrom.
Knucks
1000+ up arrows to you. My sentiments exactly. As only an average guy myself the vast majority of my fellow citizens make me look like a genius on a regular basis, unfortunately.
The real problem is the 'cannon fodder' is not being expended......
Borrow Owl talks like a fag with all those fancy words. Everyone knows you can naturally select anything at Costco. Go get a gentleman latte @ Starbucks with extra foam and cool the fuck out.
actually you the 1st to go down in hell, so go fuck yourself playing hide and seek a remote control in the ass on the highway, fucking american sheep.
those videos show how decadence have killed capitalism part of humanity.
anyone here on the supermarket fighting for any object that will be less than 10 years usefull deserve to die.
those fucking people must die, they are cement that keep ponzi on the way coz they are the cattle farm.
they must die.
you're a regular eecummings, 'cept for the fact that you make no sense. You had an almost thought there..
American culture.. thats a nice thought..
The only one i seen behaving badly was the 300lb black warthog..
Every fucking yr the same stupidity.. yet never any security or police presence to be seen..
With the retards that frequent these stores i'm suprised there hasn't been any lawsuits because of a punch or shove..
Voluntary assumption of risk. If you go to a baseball game and your teeth get knocked out by a foul ball you are shit out of luck. That is what we got going on here. That is my defense of my client your honor.
We live in an utterly despicable time. Even the Dark Ages had a higher intelligence quotient for the world's homo sapien aggregate.
The great wars of the past 150 years wiped out some of the best of human clay...
and what has devolved from what survived is what we have today.
(hey... that rhymes)
* sigh *
You know... I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that the species H. Sapiens reached its pinnacle about the time that H. Neandertalis was exiting the scene.
Some posit that the Neanderthals never exited the scene, but, in fact, rule over us today.
An interesting hypothesis to say the least...
http://barnesreview.org/pdf/TBR2010-no3-5-27.pdf
Most of it is due to the dismissal of non-temporal consideraitons.
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we."
- Konrad Lorenz
I went to several Big Stores this afternoon to check them out and could not beleive the masses standing in line for 20% off a 'slow cooker" or a "toaster oven." I didn't see any fights but then again, I didn't go to any 'diverse' hoods for fear of getting stomped to death for simply being a 'cracker.'
From what I saw, however, the Marikan future looks more dismal then I had thought.
You are NOT a 'cracker', you are a Saltine-American!
Da Joos? The Joos are fucking Neantertals?
ROTFLMAO!
That shit is so funny I damn near pissed myself.
Now I *KNOW* that Stormfront is a US government psyop-- no one else but .gov and its willing- albeit mentally challenged- crotchlickers could have ever come up with something so obviously ridiculous and certifiably insane.
way to sneak in a sly comment jew boy
Sneak it in? Sly?
It was my reaction when looking at the link provide by JSB above. That is some *seriously* moonbat crazy shit right there.
Let me see if I get this right:
You’re all worried about some stupid people at Wal-Mart?
Hey…, once at, why not this:
To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise
“Wal-Mart endowed Christian colleges and universities to promote entrepreneurialism as a peculiar kind of messianic calling to students interested in spreading the gospel of free enterprise to a non-believing…
http://www.amazon.com/Serve-God-Wal-Mart-Christian-Enterprise/dp/0674033221/ref=pd_ybh_1
a small deviation from "the making of christian free enterprise'
my eternal -life-long conflict.....
do i ally with the 'christians' to fend off kommies ?
or
do i ally with the kommies to fend off the christians ?
to make it moar complicated....
i think both, kommies and christians will be my allies to fend off the [real enemies] -muslims
ever an interesting world.....
mothing like 'i' the individual
i need not -no steeeenking groupies.... -g
4 wheel drift
Please, advise:
If I understood you right: The Christians and Communists (Russians Orthodox’s, I am guessing) will come and defend your religion?
And they stink?
find another forum, you dont belong here/
... and you said we no longer
had any profitable exports !
the 300lb black warthog..
lmfao So true, so true.
Sadly and insult to warthogs. Let us hope she makes up for this in personal cleanliness. The warthog exhibit at the zoo is quite odorous.
Miffed
Upon being asked what he thought about Western civilization, Gandhi reportedly replied; I think it's a good idea.
I have these and other reasons to like Putin a statesman with balls.
:-)
i will probably get bashed for this but something i like about putin is i notice when he has an important decision to make he seeks the council of the head of the orthodox church. countless times i have seen reports of him flying there and it is usually associated with some big decision he is having to make. as a country we have abandoned god and i can see the detrimental effects everywhere. people in our country seem to live as if there is no consequence to their actions here or in the hereafter. this is not a blanket statement there are many good god fearing people here, but their voices have been stamped out by the supreme court or political correctness or whatever.
our country was founded and prospered on the principal of a belief in god. we are a free country and you are free to not believe however you are not free of the consequence in this life or in the hereafter. separation of church and state was not meant as a bashing instrument, it was meant to insure that no matter how you worshiped you would not be persecuted by the state as had been most of the peoples that came to this country.
rant off
A religious guy, in my concept is important.
:-)
Has anyone ever seen Obomba watching Mass or service?
Perhaps the only face of the belief is that he is president of a great nation.
hehe.
Off-topic - received via email and found it funny:
Sex is prose.
Love is poetry.
Masturbation is self-help.
:-)
Those who look to the "natural excellence" of humanity as a basis for life are guaranteed failure —
Well, I suppose it's better than a prayer breakfast at the White House, but I'm guessing by the time Putin consults the church, the decision has already been made. It's all about optics, isn't it? People want their leader to have strong Christian values, so we present that as an image to build consensus.
Personally, I don't understand all the hand wringing. Has America (or anywhere else outside the communist world) EVER elected a professed athiest to public office? So, who's really unrepresented here? You, or me?
In order to get into Western politics, one has to join a fraternal order or a secret society to move up the ranks. The Darwin-worshiping atheist believes such organizations are woo, hence they never will make it up in the political world because they won't join. The Atheist finds his/her place in academia or in R&D. Those said institutions are ran by occultists, but the atheist will never make it past the technician class of the hierarchical pyramid of power. Their atheist views make them unable to see the big picture, because they dismiss all occult matters as woo or that they believe that occultism doesn't even exist. Meanwhile the banking system and MIC are disproportionally Zionist, and the trade/commerce system are disproportionately Jesuits, and the law enforcement prison industry are disproportionally masonic.
The atheist will run charts, tables, papers, research, etc. for those said groups, but they will be totally unable to run anything of significance in the world because they are literally blind, deaf, and dumb to anything outside of the five sense "reality".
Atheism flourished in communist regimes, but anybody who has done their homework knows damn well those regimes were formed by Bolsheviks, who are Jewish. So you have atheists who proudly serve people who perform Kabbalistic rituals to maintain their power in the Second World.
Atheists love to bash bizarre cults and Christians, but they never critique Zionism, or if they do, it is softball level criticisms that do next to nothing.
I would know, I used to dabble with the Darwin cult in my younger years, because of my early distrust of organized religion. But, I have had experiences that I have been through, and teachers I have met along the way who showed me the bigger picture than a bunch of infinite coincidences and primordial soup spontaneously generating into bacteria who evolved into monkeys who turned into humans over billions of years.
There is way more going on than this silly matrix sideshow, and all of these organized religious cranks' BS books and false preachings.
You just described me from 10 years ago (pre-psychedelics). Would upvote you, but can't because you started with italics.
Wow. Ok, so there is a brain popping away in there.
Glad junking you hasn't become reflex.. Very well said, doc.
You'll probably get bashed for this? Self-fulfilling prophecy.
So you fear god, do you? And you think everyone else should too. You're a moron and a douchebag.
Seperation of church and state was mandated to keep religious nutjobs like you as far away as possible from a rational legislative process.
Our country was founded as the first and only secular nation in the history of the world. Learn it or leave it.
churchlady?
storm, I am not one of your downvotes, and it's been a few days, but I hope you return to check this-
I'm not rejecting God, I'm rejecting religion, all of it.
To my way of thinking, man was enabled by a force much greater than himself. Religion was enabled by men who wish to exploit faith. Faith is not the same as knowing damn-good-and-well you didn't create yourself.
Faith, Hope, Change- That bullshit puts idiots in charge.
I place no hope in faith, I pray you understand.
Thank you for your post. I remember in shame once years ago we went against our basic cultural instincts and went shopping on a Black Friday morning. We got up in 5am and stood in line to get a discounted TV. Our dog got very upset waiting in a car. Needless to say a TV glitched 3 days later. It was defective and the store knew that. Never again...
Putin says what so many people think, but afraid to say
Speaking of zombies.... all the Polish leaders can think about is to restore the Poland's former power and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. And about the return of Western Belarus and Ukraine to Poland as its foreign policy goals. (not a word about returning the German territories.)
Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Shetina compared the relationship of Warsaw and Kiev with the relations between European countries and their colonies in Africa.
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2014/11/29/polish-colonialism-and-ukraine-neo-nazism.html
I think, a Black Friday in European landgrab cometh.
how bout them apples?
It WAS in Russia, which is why they appear so reserved now. Just a cycle.
Fuck sake the only time my hometown (Manchester) gets mentioned on Zero Hedge is because people are beating each other up over pointless shit.
I mean this goes on all the time except most of the time no one pays any attention.
Happy Antietam Day Planet Earth!
All I see in those videos are chubby people.
I'm pretty sure that was a typo on the original ad.
I think it was supposed to read:
Wal-mart, leave bitter
I normally avoid black friday shopping like the plague. However it coincided with a close friends' birthday so wife and I went to Beds, Bath and Beyond at 9 am. Parked at the door. The parking lot is shared with Best Buy. The lot was 3/4 empty at 9 AM. The BBB had three clerks, two wating for someone to show up. Not much store traffic. Bought our spin-mop (like I said, close friend) and left.
Wife decided I needed new undies and socks. Stopped at Burlington Coat Factory. Parked at the door. Parking lot shared with WinCo (groceries). Mass of cars at Winco, BCF had maybe 10% filled parking at 9;30. There is one cashier...sitting idle. The store was nearly deserted of customers. Got undies and socks, marked down by 70%. Spur of the moment purchase of a shirt/tie combo that was 99% off. Not sure if that was on purpose or not.
Picked up friend for birthday lunch took her to Olive Garden at 11:30. We were the only customers in the restaurant for an hour. The OG is at our local Mall. Parking was at a respectable 75% capacity (discounting the space taken up by a small carnival with kiddie rides and games).
After lunch, friend wanted to show wife a deal at Home Depot. What the hell, we go to HD. and park near the door. Parking lot is shared with a bunch of restaurants and a temporary Christmas Tree vendor (presumably HD is the vendor). It's about 1 pm, and there's about sixty vehicles parked. A three year old could roll a bowling ball down any random isle and not hit someone.
I, for one, do not believe the hype that there's a large black friday turnout. Years past, you'd have a hell of a time during the entire weekend just trying to find parking at any store. I think we're going to be seeing some headlines announcing bankruptcies in January.
You must not live near the 1%'ers.....
Actually we have found all the sales are accessible onlne and have been available for days or are just not that great....
"Why weep for those who willingly walk into their shackles?"
Because they have a vote. Think about that the next time you wander how we got in the mess we are in. Although I weep mostly for myself and others who have a basic understanding of how the world works. These animals I couldn't care less what happens to them.
"Because they have a vote."
Seriously? You think these people actually get up off the couch to go and vote?
Seriously? You think TPTB would encourage people to vote if it actually changed anything?
FIFY
"Seriously? You think these people actually get up off the couch to go and vote?"
Seriously, you think Obama voted himself into office?
Of course not. That is what electronic voting machines are for
jeezus - lighten up fellas. I don't think my electronics are what ails me.
iPads and such are pretty fucking cool.
It's not high tech, but low art that is the real problem.
That and the needless wars, and the raping of productive labor by private central banking.
But, I digest.
"Why weep for those who willingly walk into their shackles?"
Why weep for those that "willingly" climb into the boxcars on their way to the concentration camps?
There are many ways besides firearms to herd livestock.
"How Do You Kill 11 Million People?"
Just monkey business as usual...
Different species Dawg.
I weep for my country.
An American, not US subject.
WARNING: for all of those P/C minded, enviro-wakos, or sundry mentally ill demokazies-kommie-minded morons....
******DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING ****** (as if you do, i will subtract ALL the "-" votes [deemed from all you morons -LOL])
with the progressively recommended disclaimer out of the way.... here is my comment to:
I weep for my species.
on the contrary .... remember this rule....
80% of ANY human endeavour is plagued by idiots, retards, followers, slackers, morons... a n d liberals... -lol
the other 20% are ... well, productive people (usually libertrians and conservatives, and r a r e l y .... sorry to say... liberal thinking... er... morons)... -LOL
therefore... one has to embrace the "change" (as opposed to simply "change" -notice i removed "THE") meaning to address the specific subject i am responding)...
ah ...hmmm rather complicated (in some circles) concept to understand.... but quite revealing....
i received training in economics (and fortunately other disciplines) by a 'lesser' school than LSE (london school of economics) in the same country
and i am SOOOOOOOOO greatful i did.... (as if i had had the stupidity to actually have chosen LSE my conflicting dilemma would have been probably far deeper, along with the damaging effects upon my own welfare, than what they actually were)... i.e. keynesian principles are for retards --threrefore, no surprise... ahem "professors" chose them as their .... 'mantra' (guide)..
don't get me wrong... i think 'most profesors' are near-geniuses but strangely... it is what makes them mentally ill (i mean kommies, liberals, and eko wakos) -lololol
disclosure: english is NOT my birth language, so my apologies for the possible errors in spelling and grammar....
the point:
no need to weep.... on the contrary... we ought to rejoice as the more dumminized these large population of shit-head-morons reproduce... the MOARE we can extract from their meager (and in some cases, not so meager) salaries..... to reward ourselves (ONE-self)...from their willing follie - indeed... HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!! -lol
i will admit ... it is sad to see... but true....
THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE THE OLIGARCHS IN POWER...
so let's get ready to fool (not only the) populi... but indeed the oligarchs themselves...
and...
NOT weep for the (my) species... remembering that....
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.....
(and living well is the BEST revenge)...
fuck (all) government(s) [and more particularly.... keynesian based ekonomists -lol]
Welcome to Google-translator!
:-)
LOL
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule)
The law of the vital few.
Exactly. I mean what's the point in a big screen T.V. if all you can get is 99% MSM? I just do not understand these people because while they're reduced prices, certainly the stuff in UK wasn't free and for the most part even at the reduced prices, WTF who cares. OMG michael jordan limited edition airs - My boy just has to have this shit or he'll die kind of attitude really and truly sucks
You should also get a moisture remover for inside the safe...
"I'll pay you to fight with the other soccer pimp for that tv.." "Ok, but I'm not paying f***king taxes on it"
They're not even that much cheaper than usual.
Single "ex-display model" flat screen tv (which doubles as a large monitor for the 10-year-old laptop), 5 years old and sufficient for our (albeit limited) needs.
Second-hand Nexus tablet that does what I need for my work (i.e. it supports Epocrates / Medscape / Stanford Guide).
When these die, they will be replaced with similar. Bargains are always available, and you don't really need to search that hard.
It's not about getting a bargain on (perhaps a used product of) something you actually need to get your stuff done - It's about getting a brand new "next generation" thing for cheap, even if all it is doing is replacing something of yours that works perfectly well and has many years of good service left.
The hidden risk of "upgrading" is that sometimes you end up needing to pay for components (inc. software) that no longer "work" with your new device. My "Old" Nexus 7 has a nice keyboard / screen protector (EBay for $10, when the "New" model came out!) that doesn't fit the new model.
So - upgrading is dis-incentivised.
Anyway - also boils down to "can't be bothered" - if my "old" Nexus gets busted it'll be a shame but I'll have had a good deal of user value out of it. Getting a "New" model (with "new $40 keyboard / screen protector"), and getting that damaged, would be far more traumatic!
$40 for a keyboard? Did you get a kiss afterwards?
Dunno - I'm waiting for it to drop to $10, then maybe I'll think about the latest model (which for me is no more useful than the old model!)
Bullish for physical security and protection. Has anyone been killed yet? Trampled to death. Happened every year when I lived in the U.S. It´s really incomprehensible that employees get trampledt o death over flat screen teevees. Depressing. I would hate to be the one who is told to open those doors...
IIIPHOOOONNNEESSS!!!!!
Who seriously cares how people fucking act on Black Friday? This is the same old tired shit ZH and every other media outlet makes a big deal out of every year. Get over it. It happens. Different people do different things for different reasons. This doesn't affect any of your lives at all.
Wrong...it makes me sick.
Gentleman.....this year at our store was absolutely insane. We have an electronics store...and I can give you some shocking numbers. We sold more crap than we ever have EVER. But these statistics will frighten you. Ready.
NOTE......when I first started this electronics company, in 1987, 85% of our sales were cash.... I just got home 15 minutes ago...and here are the figures. NOTE: We broke ALL SALES RECORDS!!
Here are the figures...
24% Paid in Cash
61% Paid with a credit card
15% used our finance company that charges 185% interest. If you have a checking account (Which they latch on to) and a job..YOUR APPROVED. 90 Days Same as cash...1 day late, all acrued interest due.
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So that means at our store 76% of our customers said..."Fuck it" LOL.....game on you bitches....NOTE: I will be taking all of this shit bag money and trading it for GOLD. FUCK YOU OBAMA>
Every day is Black Friday for banksters as they loot the world.
I have to confess I also bought one item on Black Friday.
I bought another large safe for my goodies including shiny metals, guns and ammo. Happy Thanksgiving!
Wow, you're like, so cool and stuff. Are you wearing military fatigues while posting about your cool prepper gear?
+1 LMAO! I gotta good laugh out of your comment.
I bought a wall oven on-line while sitting in my undies, drinking coffee. It will be home delivered in a week. I thank all thoes black friday shoppers for puttting the pressure to on-line retailers to also have BF deals. Saved 35% on a$1000 oven. Ive needed a new one for a year and waited for BF just for the deal. sweet.
Make it stop,
Can't we just quarantine the US of A?
Quarantine yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zNsUTWsOc
"The things you own, end up owning you." Tyler Durden.
Only a few know what's truly valuable in this world today.
Yeah. iPhones, iPads, and maybe a Spider-Man towel. Duh!
That's actually the Talmud that said that first, to be fair. Although the Talmud was written by a bunch of Durdens as well.
Things that are valuable are things that can be used to MAKE or REPAIR other things. Good handtools are pretty much immortal, and good electrical tools should be able to offer a ten-year lifespan, even if used regularly.
There's something rather telling about "having" to buy designer-label attire for 2 and 4 year olds. Do these small children even recognise these brands? Or has the "Look at ME" mindset expanded to include toddlers now??
don't forget duct tape
If it moves, and it shouldn't - duct tape
If it doesn't move, and it should - WD40
This gotta be human brains on serious drugs.
29 million doses of synthetic opioids sold in the USSA annually ... and you gets what you gots right here.
Coulda used a dose of Dilaudid last night; it felt like a rock was trying to find my no-longer-existing gall bladder!
If WTI price halves, they will double to buy and knock next year.
See, Amerika DOES export...
Well, at least "Voluntary death by shopping" may be better than the other US export - Death by Hellfire (96% of drone casualties seem to be pretty innocent civilians per ZH last week . . . . . .)
The more you kill, the greater the hatred, and the more that are willing and determined to kill you.
If they're fighting over shit they don't need at the store, they're not fighting over who gets to hang the crooked banker or politician.
Mission Accomplished.
In the UK panties clip the fight may not have been on price - but rather over the finding of panties with MOAR size!
should have made a dash for the linen section instead
fuck ... this country deserves gwb, obama, and hillary ...
And dedolarization and a day of reckoning and a good assfucking from all those it trampled on for decades.
Throw a broken pool cue on the ground. "Last person standing gets a free TV"
Until the shopper PAYS for the item(s), he/she does not OWN and it cannot be stolen...Gotta get the stuff at the other end of the checkout.
Is this supposed to be a serious comment?
Is this supposed to be a serious comment?
Yes and no...Yes because the shopper has no legal standing since the item is still the property of the store...and...no because...
Copy that, brother. These are strange times.
You forgot about the "Parking Lot Cartels". Ya got's to be able to toss that 65" LCD panel in your trunk and drive away without getting robbed.
There's going to be so much open box(returned) shit in the next few weeks. How do you repo a 65" flatscreen tv?
I can't stop laughing! Do you know how much space a 55-65" TV takes up?
It completely ruins the theme of a room, unless you're screening movies in the basement.
You're behind the times YC. Here in Awstralya "everyone" has a "Media Room" or "Home Theatre Room" in their McMansions!!
Colleague has just bought one of these - last weekend from a major chain - http://www.harveynorman.com.au/lg-84-4k-ultra-hd-led-lcd-3d-capable-smart-tv.html?CAWELAID=720013240000093703&gclid=CIPnjO-pnsICFU9vvAod5moAdg&gclsrc=aw.ds
That's $10,000 AU, on JUST ONE TELLY. 84 Inches is pretty gigantic, and "we're off this weekend to get the matching 7:1 surround sound system, then drop a few more $1000's on a "Professional" installation . . . . ."
Seems at least Down Under, the meme "Fools and their money are soon parted" is still very much alive and kicking . . . . . .
I have to admit, the idea of buying that thing and spending the rest of my life in a TV induced coma is tempting. Sure beats the hell out of reality.
it's only coma inducing if you're a Bears fan.
oh funny!!! :)
It's a sick world with everyone glued to the idiot boxes and iphones
I have property in Queensland. North of Cairns.
You actually paid A$10k for that contraption? Current aud/usd exchange rate 85 cents. You still paid 8.5K $usd for that monstrosity? LG 84" 4K Ultra HD LED LCD 3D Capable Smart TV - TVs - Super Saturday | Harvey Norman Australia
Be careful or the GST nazis might raid your compound. :D
I didn't - we still use our 5 year old ex-demo Toshiba (occasionally - since Aussie TV is uniformly crap).
This monster was bought by a colleague - Senior Registrar, whose family must spend ages in front of the telly, seeing as they now have one in the "Media Room" (the monster one), a 2 year old 50 inch Sony in the Kitchen / Family Room, and two 40 inch sets in each of the children's bedrooms. Goes without saying that they also have a multi-room Foxtel cable installation.
Interesting that LG have really thought of ways to ensure the customer buys "their" 7:1 surround-sound system - "specially designed to utilise the functions of the latest generation LG TVs" - right down to the "custom" multipin connectors, and "transferable functionality" between remote controllers.
By the time they finish adding up the bills (including corded ethernet to the TV), they're looking in the order of $15k - $18K which is a helluva lot of cinema tickets, isn't it . . . . . . .
Guessing where your meat came from is a Christmas gift that keeps on giving
http://newworldorderg20.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/communist-wto-blocks-consumers-from-knowing-where-thier-meat-comes-from/
So, horse-meat raviolis again? Neigh!
This is like the retail version of the Hunger Games?
We punched some folks.
They descended out of their nests like spiders into the night. Not the fear of race wars, not the fear of terrorsts and not even the fear of ebola could keep them from their prey.They lived yet they were not alive.
But damn-they canz roll on da flo fo Jesus come Sunday mornin.
Praise be.
Everyday is Black Friday, coming to a city near you.
America: First World Technology. Third World Populace. Just a matter of time before it all goes south.