Manic_Skafe

I tried searching to see if a thread was already made but I kept getting fatal errors. I'm also not exactly sure wether this should go here or in politics..

Anyone else taking part?

Buy Nothing Day Official Site l Adbusters

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Coppertop

The day after Thanksgiving is the day my friends and I hold a LAN party annually. This year it won't be at my place but instead FngKestrel's. We do buy stuff, however. Food, snacks, drinks, beer etc.

But we stay the hell away from shopping malls and places like that, which I think is in spirit with the theme. Too many crazy people out there.

The_wall

heh buy nothing day is on the biggest shopping day of the year

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Manic_Skafe

That's the point.

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Averett

But but..... THE SALES! Won't you think of THE SALES???

I'll be driving to Canada... I'll probably buy some coffee and snacks, that's it....

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PayUp

I'm in. I just talked my wife out of going to mob. I hate being around people during those huge sales.

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Averett

Yeah it's pretty much hell on earth. I'm doing most of my shopping online this year.

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SecretMethod70

Well, really, why not just buy nothing on lots of other days and buy EVERYTHING on the major sale day??? At least that's what makes sense to me when it comes to getting the most for your money if you can't wait until after Christmas.

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Stompy

There isn't much I buy anyway aside from necessities (like food and gas). So sure, I'll take part!

Day after thanksgiving sales are for fools! I've seen it... people waking up at 4 AM to go stand in line just to save $30 on something. Screw that. I'd rather pay $30 more for something and not have to deal with the hassle of hordes of stupid people.

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maleficent

I spent too many years in retail... Black Friday is the worst day in the world and people are incredibly hostile that day...Hibernation with some leftover turkey sammiches is the way to go...

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smdyson

I work at a retail Electronics/Furniture store(til I'm done with college), and the day after Thanksgiving is crazy. Last year, there were a ton of DVD players for like $20....real pieces of shit I tell ya. This guy punched the hell out of this lady because they were going for the same thing. Luckily, we have a cop supervise it, and the guy got tackled fucking hard. haha

Stiltzkin

Hmm... I'll have to fill my tank of gas up on the 25th then, so that I won't have to spend a cent on the 26th.

I'm in.

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Mutant X

I've experienced many a day after Thanksgiving sale and it's jsut ridiculous. I hated working through it and i've hated shopping through it.

:::OshnSoul:::

I celebrate that day quite often.....

k925

Sounds rather communist.

So... when is Buy Something for Poor People Day?

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KellyC

That's how I plan it too, but without the turkey sandwiches.

I'll ask my friends to do the shopping for me....again....

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joeshoe

I don't have the money to buy anything ever

Ustwo

Since I don't buy into the concept that the consumer culture is somehow bad, I think its just silly.

I of course won't be shopping on the 26th just because I hate waiting in line, but no political statement will be intended.

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Scorps

Does this mean food and gas?


I need to eat and well I need to drive to work

so I guess I'm not taking place

Manic_Skafe

*BUMP*

So who actually took part and who caved in under the pressure of so many great deals? I have yet to buy anything and I don't plan on buying anything even though this thread makes me run out to Best Buy in a mad dash...

I'll take this time to applaud all of the people from this board who are stuck working the shitty retail jobs and such on this day.

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Ustwo

For me time > money.

Lines be damned.

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boom29

Exactly! It is nowhere near worth it go shopping today. I don't see the lure of standing in line for hours to save a few bucks. Not to mention that people tend to get crazy today.

Ustwo

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maleficent

Amen to that. I did it for too many years, and it really did ruin Christmas for me. It's definitely the most hostile time of the year....

I saw the news reports this morning from TRU, and all I could think was these people are nuts for getting up that early, in the cold, and waiting in line at 4:00am to get an Easy Bake Oven for 9.99 (or some other toy that was a doorbuster sale). Ever tell your kid NO?

and a bigger pox on KMart and the other stores that opened on Thanksgiving

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omega2K4

I hate shopping, and went shopping once on this, "Black Friday". I usually have homicidal tendencies when I normally go shopping, but when I went once on "Black Friday", those homicidal tendencies turned into genocidal tendencies, as in I wanted to kill everyone. It was so loud, and the people were just so fucking STUPID, I mean fighting over some of the most ridiculous shit, ever.

Shop early or shop late, just skip this bullshit "Black Friday".

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scott_p_1

Does it count if I buy liquor at the bar?

I'll participate, so long as it doesn't affect my drinking

The Prophet

Manic_Skafe - Buy Nothing Day exposes the environmental and ethical consequences of consumerism. The developed countries - only 20% of the world population are consuming over 80% of the earth's natural resources, causing a disproportionate level of environmental damage and unfair distribution of wealth.

As consumers we need to question the products we buy and challenge the companies who produce them. What are the true risks to the environment and developing countries? The argument is broad and deep - while it continues we should be looking for simple solutions - Buy Nothing Day is a good place to start.

If this is meant to be a political statement (by withholding your consumerist dollars) why choose the busiest shopping day of the year? Your, and anyone else's, few withheld dollars will not be missed one single iota on this day and thus your political statement will be mute.

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MSD

I tried. Check this thread: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=77108 for the short story of my attempt to buy a dishwasher after not having one for 5 months.

xxSquirtxx

I hate shopping. I never take part in that insanity the day after Thanksgiving. Well, okay, I did it ONCE in my life. Never again.

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World's King

Fuck that. I needed a new CD burner and it was the best time to get a good one really fuckin' cheap.

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Rodney

I never hit the malls the day after thanksgiving, but I'm afraid I did buy something today: two wooden planks to fix a gate, and a hot chocolate from the coffee stand next to the lumber yard. There was no one in line at the yard at all -- heaven. Maybe they were all off buying cheap DVD players at Circuit City.

JJRousseau

Not such a big weekend up here in the cold white north, so it wasn't hard to participate. I realized that consumerism is out of control when I saw the ad for a refrigerator with a built-in TV.

Suave

Yeah, although 90% of my days at the very least are buy nothing days anyways. Aside from groceries, I probably shop once a month.

Fire

I am a capitalist- to the point that when asked my religion that is often what I say- but I HATE FUCKING BLACK FRIDAY- the lines, the horrible dregs of mouth breathing humanity- why, why god do some of those people survive their teen years- why do more of them not die off before they reach adulthood and reproduce- why must they breathe my air and polute my lands- given that this attitude of mine developed as I drove past the mall, I avoid the sales, lest I give in to the urges to thin the herd a bit........

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Kalnaur

I slept the entire day away of Black Friday.

from 10 that morning until 8 pm.

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Zeraph

I didn't buy anything. Hazah!

Coppertop

Well, I bought:

soda
Windex
dog food
roses
lunch
dinner

I think that's it. So I guess I cheated. But you won't catch me anywhere near a mall on that day. Even using the freeway going past one is a shitty deal.

Seething

I'm sorry, I bought something. I bought a 24 pack of Miller Lite, a 12 pack of Rolling Rock bottles, a bottle of wine for the non-beer drinking ladies, and nachos belgrande from Taco Bell during the drunken food run.

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CinnamonGirl

I bought cigarettes...that was it. My roommate left at 5:30 in the morning, and came back with a TON of stuff. Yeesh.

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