Buy Nothing Day 2005
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Heya! Tis that time again. Where you can safely put down your credit card and rest versus rushing like mad for material objects in the vague dream of fulfilling happiness. At least until the next object comes along.
November 25th is Buy Nothing Day
(26th In UK)
November 25th is Buy Nothing Day
(26th In UK)
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International Organised fun day!
Yes, you will have fun by doing things people tell you to do. Happy happy, Joy joy.
I´ll join in and let everybody else invite me
I mean, it is impossible not to spend money on the 25th, your existance allready costs and nobody is asking you to evaporate but the idea is a good one.
It is all about that little extra consumeing you do. (YEAH YOU AMERICA
now bite your nipples and milk them, that is cheaper.
I also wonder how many people will wait until midnight to post the "Happy Birthday MoP" - thread, but my present will be the best, I promise, I´ve got the 25th November tatoed onto my ass ... in 3d.
i like the man and big buisness, cause without them, i would have much less stuff,
i see they placed it on the day after thanksgiving, which is the busiest christmas shopping day of the year.. which leads me to think, thats its just a ploy, these people start this "buy nothing day" then on the 25th they rush to the now deserted stores and get all the good freakin deals its a conspiracy!
the whole idea of the day is silly, maybe if you made it,
"instead of buying stuf donate that money to charity" day,
or "instead of buying normal stuff, buy some christmas presents for needy children"
"sticking it to the man" seems pretty far down on the ladder
Guess what? You're not really sticking it to anybody.
But if it somehow makes you feel better: whatever. Go feel superior or something.
However, could some of you do the favor of at least investigating what the ideals behind it (through the supplied link) before spouting off simple rhetoric of "the man". That if nothing else seems an excuse so you can continue in a certain safe mindset without having to question.
Also, ideas like superiority seem another excuse often used because the supposed judgement one side sees the other making in such ideals. It is pointless, and self-serving to the individual making this claim of what he sees as the other side. It also breaks down communication by using a emotional excuse to ignore by warping the ideal to "us vs them"; versus the initial point of creating a "we".
Thanks.
However, could some of you do the favor of at least investigating what the ideals behind it (through the supplied link) before spouting off simple rhetoric of "the man".
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nnaahhhhh
I like to reward companies I like with my monies. I like to punish companies I don't like by not giving them monies, ever.
Scott
Besides, I never go out on the 25th anyway, who wants to deal with all those crowds?
I like to reward companies I like with my monies. I like to punish companies I don't like by not giving them monies, ever.
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Exactly, but sometimes it is hard to do if companys have a monopoly or are hiding behind a dozen of different names
But M$, Sony and EA can kiss my ass
P.S.: I am not planning to participate, but does it count when you are just reciving a product, but payed for it earlier? Cause I should finally get my GP2X tomorrow, (after a few very unpleasant but probably necessary delays)
Working the service industry on a holiday isn't fun. Not getting time off to spend with family for the sake of the economy. So I'm doing my part to give those hardworking folks a break from the angry aisle monkeys. Less time spending, and more time caring would be a change.
How about supporting local businesses ... ?h
I'M ABOUT TO GO BUY MILK AND COFFEE!! AND MAYBE A BURGER!
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ASSHOLE!!! the ONLY thing your ALLOWED to buy is ADBUSTERS©® magazine and fair trade coffee..and certain orgainic vegetables.. and a VW jetta.. or parts for your messanger bike.. or beezwax for your dreads.. or some weed if your all out dude..
oh yeah beef and dairy are only for assholes,..... asshole!!
cows are people too!!
duh!!!
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
This supermarket life is getting long
What is the heart life of a colour TV
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
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Shoppers grab up Black Friday sales; 72-year-old woman injured at Sawgrass Brandsmart; mayhem breaks out at Kendall Wal-Mart
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13257171.htm
News hound sniffs the air
When Jessica Hahn goes down
He latches on to that symbol
Of detachment
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
And the children of Melrose
Strut their stuff
Is absolute zero cold enough
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Today is known as black friday *because retailers hope holiday spending puts the year's end in the black. But a certain type of customer can leave a dark spot on a retailer's bottom line.
Festive and frenzied crowds can potentially hide the customer who fails to pay. Some say the crowded aisles found on days like Friday actually make it easier for people to shoplift.
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http://nbc15.madison.com/news/headlines/2017162.html
And out in the valley warm and clean
The little ones sit by their TV screens
No thoughts to think
No tears to cry
All sucked dry
Down to the very last breath
Bartender what is wrong with me
Why am I so out of breath
The captain said excuse me ma'am
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
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Tempers flared at this Wal-Mart in Orlando, where some fights broke out over a popular piece of merchandise.
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http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=158346&SecID=33
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
We ohhed and aahed
We drove our racing cars
We ate our last few jars of caviar
And somewhere out there in the stars
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
Our last hurrah
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(UPDATE, Cascade Township, November 25, 2005, 7:00 p.m.) It was a dangerous morning on Black Friday at a West Michigan Wal-Mart. Now, corporate representatives are responding to what happened.
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http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4164781&nav=0Rce
And when they found our shadows
Grouped around the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data on their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death
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A Jonesboro (Georgia) woman was robbed at gunpoint outside of her home early Tuesday morning after returning from Best Buy with a newly purchased Xbox 360.
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http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000830069633/
No tears to cry
no feelings left
This species has amused itself to death
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Baghdad, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The US Central Command in Iraq Friday reported two US soldiers killed and another four wounded in separate attacks in this capital, while the Iraqi government asked Japanese troops to extend their mission in the Arab country.
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http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B93B05539-95EB-4BF5-8279-32B2388660B9%7D)&language=EN
Amused to Death Lyrics © Roger Waters.
-R
There was a funny one though. One woman fell, then decided she had to put on her wig before she got back up.
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Baghdad, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The US Central Command in Iraq Friday reported two US soldiers killed and another four wounded in separate attacks in this capital, while the Iraqi government asked Japanese troops to extend their mission in the Arab country.
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http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B93B05539-95EB-4BF5-8279-32B2388660B9%7D)&language=EN
Amused to Death Lyrics © Roger Waters.
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So what's does the War in Iraq have to do with Black Friday?
Oh I know, Oxy never misses an opportunity to take a shot at America.
Well, they wouldn't want you to be amused to death.
So he is trying to make you do something that should actually happen all the time to ensure a healthy,growing and fair society at all levels (if there should be any
So the quote on the war in iraq (wich is a big issue for the people of your country, I mean, who likes to be at war ?) does make sense and has got something to do with the "Black Friday" because it is put into relation with the people that also are part of this war thus drawing a better picture of how things are running and who is really running it at what price.
I would not say that oxy is trying to take a shot at america just because he can't miss the opporunity, all the other quotes concern happenings in the US wich reflect the state of a major part of it's society and how it acts.
So he is trying to make you do something that should actually happen all the time to ensure a healthy,growing and fair society at all levels (if there should be any
So the quote on the war in iraq (wich is a big issue for the people of your country, I mean, who likes to be at war ?) does make sense and has got something to do with the "Black Friday" because it is put into relation with the people that also are part of this war thus drawing a better picture of how things are running and who is really running it at what price.
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Oh really? Well I have news for you - Capitalism existed long before George Bush and the Neocons. That's some awful broad brush stroking.
Capitalism is also a big part of what makes America the greatest and strongest nation in the world.
i lose
The television shows me that the American way of life is to buy lots of the junk you see each commercial break.
Oh, and I lied. I had to run to the grocery store for something to drink.
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I would not say that oxy is trying to take a shot at america just because he can't miss the opporunity, all the other quotes concern happenings in the US wich reflect the state of a major part of it's society and how it acts.
So he is trying to make you do something that should actually happen all the time to ensure a healthy,growing and fair society at all levels (if there should be any
So the quote on the war in iraq (wich is a big issue for the people of your country, I mean, who likes to be at war ?) does make sense and has got something to do with the "Black Friday" because it is put into relation with the people that also are part of this war thus drawing a better picture of how things are running and who is really running it at what price.
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Oh really? Well I have news for you - Capitalism existed long before George Bush and the Neocons. That's some awful broad brush stroking.
Capitalism is also a big part of what makes America the greatest and strongest nation in the world.
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wow, please, calm down. You have missed the point here. Nobody is saying capitalism is an invention of Bush and/or the "Neocons" and everything is going down the drain because of that, ... it was developing into the wrong direction allready.
The shocking thing is the form that this "system" has taken on in the past few years and why and what direction it is taking now.
This is not tagged with the name "Bush" or "USA" because neither own the (c) for "capitalism".
What has made "your" country so "big and strong" in this field, is the knowlege about this system and the way it is executed and how the public lives with it.
Instead of standing on the top of the castle and telling yourself why it is so good, you might aswell make use of yourself and keep working on it or in it that it stands the test of time. That is "proper patriotism" (if you need any) and REALLY helps the people and yourself quite frankly.
I mean if I rob the richest man in the world of his money that makes me the richest guy on this planet then doesn't it ... wipee
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