1:01AM Adam Frucci | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/10_Reasons_We_re_Doomed_Black_Friday_Edition';
Today is Black Friday, a day dedicated to our basest and most pathetic inclinations. The day after giving thanks for all that we have, we turn around and jump through horrible hoops to accumulate more at the insistence of sleazy, desperate retailers. It’s a nice summation of everything wrong with this country and the holiday season, an appropriately named cancerous mark on our calendars. Our behaviour today is the sort of thing an alien race would use as justification for our destruction. Let’s run through the specifics, shall we?
AU: Just a note guys – even though we don’t have Black Friday (or Thanksgiving) here in Australia, think of the Boxing Day sales here and you’ll get the same sort of idea as to why we’re doomed.
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