The main thing missing from the other comments is that the Brawling didn’t become mainstream until the 2005 telecom bubble and the 2008 financial crisis. People are more willing to fistfight over hearing aid batteries when they have gone from prosperity to moderate financial discomfort within a year or two. Now things just suck in general. No point in punching aomeone over a flat-screen TV when you could be using that money for rent. I haven’t seen anything crazy happen on black Friday in years
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pleb_maximus@feddit.de 10 months ago
Is this a joke I’m too Yuropean to understand?
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s about the Friday after thanksgiving (which was yesterday) traditionally being a day where stores put some attractive wares on special and then people turn into absolute stampeding cattle and brawling gorillas getting said wares before the unnecessarily limited supply runs out.
Afaik, it’s not unusual for at least a couple people to be trampled or otherwise killed by this absolutely unhinged consumerism frenzy.
Here’s to hoping that it wasn’t that bad this year though, as the specials were apparently crappy and thus not worth committing involuntary manslaughter over 🤞🤞
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Don’t talk pish you two, plenty of places have Black Friday sales in Europe, have done for years now.
It’s just there have never been shoppers fighting over shiny trinkets because we’re not infantile fuckin barbarians
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I meant to specify that it’s specifically some Americans (and maybe others I haven’t heard about 🤷) that become animals on Black Friday without implying that the “tradition” hasn’t infested Europe too, my bad.
pleb_maximus@feddit.de 10 months ago
I know. I pretended to not know to let my smug Yuropeanness shine.
Real talk though, I know we have more than enough problems of our own and love to import the most stupid ones from you guys. Although we thankfully passed on this particular madness.
Still, thanks for the explanation. Might be helpfull for those who don’t know and are too afraid to ask.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m actually European myself, but yeah, I agree 💯. I participated in Buy Nothing Day here in Denmark 🇩🇰
pleb_maximus@feddit.de 10 months ago
I actually bought some miniatures from an English company they only sell during events with some friends. Nothing amazing though and we weren’t in any rush, just placing our order over the internet.