BA FASHION – in defense of Black Friday

Every year, an article defending black friday:

• « And outside of jury duty and events like St. Patrick’s Day and Mardi Gras, where the vomit quotient and general chaos are much higher, where does that happen anymore? Thanksgiving and Christmas are largely private affairs, celebrated at home with only select invitees in attendance. Black Friday is for anyone who wants to show up. »
• « At least in theory, longer Black Friday hours and more enduring specials should result in less crowding, fewer confrontations, a safer holiday, smoother commerce. But less time waiting in lines will also mean less time for family bonding. Deals that last longer will reduce the need for extensive strategizing and planning, which will also likely reduce the excitement and satisfaction that Black Friday’s most diehard adherents derive from the day. And when $100 flat-screens become absolutely easy to acquire, $100 flat-screens will no longer be magic wands that transform mere friends into comrades for life. The true value of hardcore consumerism can’t be measured in dollars and cents alone. »

http://reason.com/archives/2012/11/21/in-defense-of-black-friday-shopping

• I have, however, seen people laughing and joking with each other while waiting in line. I’ve even had someone offer me their spot in line. I’ve held the door for people with their hands full. I’ve struck of conversations with complete strangers, and it has always been pleasant. I’ve seen generations of families from all walks of life, out shopping, just having a great time together.

People generally praise how great it is that politeness and respect is still present in queueing and shopping with ur family -> praising normal behaviour over animalistic one, thats not normal

http://www.jaxmomsblog.com/holiday/defense-black-friday/

• Black Friday, for many, is more about having a ritualistic experience with loved ones, rather than grabbing good deals.
• For them the crowds, the rush, and the difficulty all enhance Black Friday—similar to the way crowds enhance movie opening nights, the rush enhances music festivals, and difficulty enhances the experience of camping for other types of people. Those crazy elements transform the events into what us consumer researchers call a “collectible experience.” Collectible experiences are not always pleasant but they are memorable and meaningful to those game for them.
• Each year, an experienced Black Friday shopper does not just consume products on that day, they consume a wealth of memories and connections.
• Maybe this happy holiday is not for you. Maybe you think it is silly or even disgusting that Americans choose to bond through, over all other options, shopping. But whatever your personal and moral opinion, what you cannot deny is that Black Friday has become something bigger than deals.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/troy-campbell/a-loving-defense-of-black-friday_b_8653244.html

• Critics of Black Friday often view it as representative of the dark side of the American dream—a holiday devoted to consumerism and materialism that parodies the community that people experience the day before on Thanksgiving. But the fact that people go out to shop at an ungodly hour in the name of a community or family gives the holiday a certain amount of legitimacy as a mode (although a warped mode) of Christianity. Turning this day into a family event represents an attempt to baptize it and make it something permissible because it is not just about greed: Black Friday is about family and Christmas cheer.

https://acculturated.com/in-defense-of-black-friday/

its giving a shit excuse to someone obviously condemnable

• There you go. A woman’s role is to gather high-quality goods she can’t afford to provide a momentary endorphin rush for the recipient. And if she rejects this role, she’s not « real. » Oh well.
• So if you’re a low-education person who scrapes by on poverty wages, surrounded by people who expect you to perform Christmas miracles and you worry you’re a bad parent/spouse/sibling/child if you don’t, you might feel compelled to stand in line all night to get that $20 DVD player, or $60 off that Playstation your kid wants.I heard someone say yesterday that time is money, and standing in line in a waste. Yes — if you make enough money in the first place
• Consumerism in a disease of capitalism

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/defense-black-friday-shoppers

People defend black friday through:

• Collectible experience. You experience shopping with your family
• its about buying to give for tyour loved ones
• You also have good behaviour in the queue, people holding doors, people that are normal
• Its a Christian holiday – its about bringing loved ones together
• For the poor. They dont have a choice. dont judge.