Black Friday is Human Stupidity at Its Finest (The True Meaning of Christmas)

Don’t you wish we lived in a world where things really mattered? Where kids woke up on Christmas morning and were happy just to know that their parents loved them enough that one nice present was enough? No. We need everything. We need the newest thing. We need the fucking best thing ever or we’re going to cry and poop in our footsie pajamas because that’s what we do!!!

We don’t care about the fact that people are dying all over the world. We don’t care that some people are going to wake up Christmas morning on the sidewalk. We don’t care that we’re teaching our children to value life based on how big their new HD TV is. We want it. Whatever it is. And we want it fucking yesterday.

Sure, I like a good present just as anyone else does and I like giving people presents just as anyone else does. And, this is never going to change. What needs to change, however, is the reasoning behind giving gifts. You shouldn’t feel compelled to get something for someone based on what their reaction may or may not be. The whole idea that you think enough of them to get them something in the first place is enough.

I’m not saying go ahead and stop buying shit for people, I mean, fuck, I wanted as many G.I. Joes as possible when I was five, but I think that we’ve lost the whole reason behind it, we’ve lost the fact that we give our kids presents on Christmas morning because we love them and want them to be happy, not because material gains result in being the coolest person on the block.

Whatever, I couldn’t care less, what does it matter? These people, however, give a shit…

A power outage at a Bridgewater Commons Mall had early morning shoppers using flashlights to find the best deals at a Radio Shack store, according to an Associated Press report. The staff used handwritten tickets to process the Black Friday sales.

The outage affected several stores shortly after the  Bridgewater, N.J., mall’s 6 o’clock opening, the report says. The lights came back on about 45 minutes later.

You have to be a motivated shopper to search out sales items with a flashlight. But then, you have to be a motivated shopper to get up and schlep to the mall at the crack of dawn.

Motivation doesn’t explain why these shoppers had flashlights with them.

What’s the weirdest or, if you prefer, “most motivated” thing you’ve ever done for a Black Friday bargain. Share your story by posting a comment. Source

Sure, getting a good deal is just being a smart consumer. And, I guess I can’t really refute the fact that it’s better to get a $900 TV for $500 if you can get to a certain place at 5 a.m. All I’m saying, I guess, is to think about it as a whole.

We’re all little lemmings being set up by the large corporations to go to a certain place at a certain time to buy shit that we don’t really fucking need while we neglect the things in life that truly matter: quality and healthy communication, emotional safety and secureness and love.

You can’t buy that at Wal-Mart at 5 a.m. on Black Friday. But, you sure can buy a fucking lot of DVDs.