fairly certain this isn't the progress the pilgrims had in mind.

black friday makes me sad. this year, some stores are rolling back into thanksgiving - opening at 10pm or midnight. thanksgiving remains the only holiday that hasn't been commercialised because they haven't been able to figure out what to sell us besides food.

black friday has become the basis of the fiscal year for retail in the USA. the reliance on black friday sales to boost the bottom line should not be sustainable, year on year, yet the retailers continue to bank on it. the sales tricks, the pricing lures, the giveaways, it all grows every year, and now the bloated commercialism of black friday is impinging on thanksgiving.

competitive spending. pssht. why do people want to compete to spend? don't they realise that the retailers are supposed to be competing to win our dollars, not the other way around?

i am a capitalist, sure, of course. but black friday is out of control.