wvu80 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The people in the first video should have watched the second video, first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HG2MYX4N4s 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 http://melodichavoc.com/buy-this-crap-weekend-source-material-for-the-materialistic/ I made my observations last night. People were particularly bad this year. It just keeps getting worse... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 30, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 30, 2015 No way, that's just crazy, I wouldn't get in that crowd if everything was free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 And just think, you can wait until the end of the year and the retailers are pretty much giving away the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Just drove by the mall - jam packed all weekend, hardly anyone there now. Probably home doing cyber Monday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 This is what Christmas is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Idiots on Parade...................Greed 1 or the 7 deadly sins at work....................Easy to see why so many think america is a wicked place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Savages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) You guys are funny. I didn't really care so much about the first video, I really liked the second one. I love that dry, sardonic humor. I couldn't comment on our local Black Friday situation, as I didn't go out. And even when I do go out, the mall/mall area is not usually where I go. Edited November 30, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) I don't understand most of it. I guess a 47" TV for $150 is worth an assault charge to some people. I got chastised for having white privilege or something for questioning this behavior before, so I try to have empathy, but much of it still makes zero sense to me, mainly because of exactly what the guy says in the Cracked video above. It's dead on. Appliances are still a killer deal though, but I'm not sure that's what people are fighting over. People are fighting because retailers know how to whip them into a frenzy, plus we as a society have lost the ability to be nice. It has little to do with the affordability of it all. Seriously though, washers and dryers, you can easily save a grand on some combos, and you can't do that any other day of the year. Why don't people fight over those? Edited November 30, 2015 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 People fighting over a Polaroid branded TV. :| 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I mean seriously folks, how is what is shown in the first video acceptable? It's not that much different from rioting - and I think we've had plenty of that lately. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Savages... I have another word for it. Actually, several. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) I mean seriously folks, how is what is shown in the first video acceptable? It's not that much different from rioting - and I think we've had plenty of that lately. Pay attention to what's being said. 52 seconds in, "guy's got a gun". Really? Edited November 30, 2015 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Moronic! Why in the world would you do this, even if you could possibly save $500 on a darn T.V. ? If $500 is the difference between you paying your bills or buying an item, you're an idiot for being in that mess in the first place. I purchase things when I need them or want them and getting a fair deal, which can vary greatly on how large the "need" is. If $50, $100, $500, or even $1,000 is worth your dignity, safety and sanity, have at it, but lets call stupid, what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 What? TV's?....and here I thought they were fighting over sale priced capacitors and swamping resistors...well, that's no fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I don't understand most of it. I guess a 47" TV for $150 is worth an assault charge to some people. I got chastised for having white privilege or something for questioning this behavior before, so I try to have empathy, but much of it still makes zero sense to me, mainly because of exactly what the guy says in the Cracked video above. It's dead on. Appliances are still a killer deal though, but I'm not sure that's what people are fighting over. People are fighting because retailers know how to whip them into a frenzy, plus we as a society have lost the ability to be nice. It has little to do with the affordability of it all. Seriously though, washers and dryers, you can easily save a grand on some combos, and you can't do that any other day of the year. Why don't people fight over those? I bought a washer & dryer today without leaving the house. Didn't really want to buy anything but our 15+ year old washer has a bearing squeal and this is the time of year to buy appliances. Bought every other appliance in the house 2 years ago so replacing the HVAC is it for the mechanicals. Keith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow#422 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I mean seriously folks, how is what is shown in the first video acceptable? It's not that much different from rioting - and I think we've had plenty of that lately. Exactly - a marketing induced, retail - riot. Humorous on the surface, but it's way too similar to the chaos associated with food shortages experienced around the world. Anywhere that demand far exceeds supply, human behavior tends to become savage. Remember the 70's gas crisis? I'm not a dooms-dayer by any means, but that behavior could be common place should our supply of fundamental need items become compromised. Man, I sure hope not in my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I mean seriously folks, how is what is shown in the first video acceptable? It's not that much different from rioting - and I think we've had plenty of that lately. Exactly - a marketing induced, retail - riot. Humorous on the surface, but it's way too similar to the chaos associated with food shortages experienced around the world. Anywhere that demand far exceeds supply, human behavior tends to become savage. Remember the 70's gas crisis? I'm not a dooms-dayer by any means, but that behavior could be common place should our supply of fundamental need items become compromised. Man, I sure hope not in my day! Running, trampling, psychotic, obsessed, possessed, walking dead. Makes the Zombies seem civil! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 They will be the Zombies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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