Black Friday In Name Only

[BlueIris]

What does black Friday have to do with being woke or cancel culture anyway? They're totally unrelated concepts.

I'm sorry if you're stressed out, but maybe try redirecting your energy towards something positive?

[pulisa]

I think Lenco is troubled by the fact that it's misleading to specify a certain day of the week as regards "Black Friday" when it is in fact a glorified spell of sales prior to Christmas. it jars with him because it's not just a named day. It isn't right therefore.

It may be hard for some of us to appreciate the impact of this and why should it matter..but it does to Lenco and it would do to my son as well.

[BlueIris]

I get it, I think, I just wish it could be kept to one thread rather than half a dozen.

[Fishmanpa]

I think Lenco is troubled by the fact that it's misleading to specify a certain day of the week as regards "Black Friday" when it is in fact a glorified spell of sales prior to Christmas. it jars with him because it's not just a named day. It isn't right therefore.

It may be hard for some of us to appreciate the impact of this and why should it matter..but it does to Lenco and it would do to my son as well.

That said, what can be said to alleviate the distress this causes LB or any of the other 'trite' subjects that cause him distress? The reality is it doesn't matter nor does it affect anyone in a negative way. On the contrary, the added days and deals are actually beneficial for those who are shopping. I recall when it was just one day or a weekend. Now, that's extended and better for everyone. I also recall when Christmas stuff started the day after Thanksgiving and like I said, Christmas stuff is already out in most of the stores! Heck, I got an email for Black Friday deals last week and found something for my wife for Christmas

FMP

[MyNameIsTerry]

What does black Friday have to do with being woke or cancel culture anyway? They're totally unrelated concepts.

I'm sorry if you're stressed out, but maybe try redirecting your energy towards something positive?

I think he meant he isn't suggesting cancellation, more rebranding, therefore it's not cancel culture on his part.

[MyNameIsTerry]

This grumpy old Brit wants to know why the Hell we "celebrate" what is essentially an American import anyway - we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so why the Hell do we have "Black Friday" other than as another excuse to celebrate greed and buy consumer goods we don't actually need?

Perhaps they can raise it at COP? Black Friday increasing our carbon footprints?

[BlueIris]

Cancel culture refers to people being cancelled or de-platformed, though, for saying something offensive.

[Pamplemousse]

Perhaps they can raise it at COP? Black Friday increasing our carbon footprints?

You may joke Terry, but we have a WEEE skip at work: and what gets put in there...

Seriously - tech "stuff" has become so complex and has so much bang for your buck that it is (mostly) impossible to repair, and when manufacturers actively pursue a path of replace rather than repair, we are using up resources at an alarming rate.

It does have to stop: do people really need to replace their three year old telly with something even bigger, just to impress their neighbours? I've only just got a flat screen (secondhand, of course) because I can't be arsed to fix my CRT at the moment...

[MyNameIsTerry]

Cancel culture refers to people being cancelled or de-platformed, though, for saying something offensive.

Yes, but cancel culture has morphed into cancellation of everything for anything. People use it beyond it's correct definition and that's what I took Lenco to be doing. For some it's moved on from what causes offence to simply what someone dislikes.

[MyNameIsTerry]

You may joke Terry, but we have a WEEE skip at work: and what gets put in there...

Seriously - tech "stuff" has become so complex and has so much bang for your buck that it is (mostly) impossible to repair, and when manufacturers actively pursue a path of replace rather than repair, we are using up resources at an alarming rate.

It does have to stop: do people really need to replace their three year old telly with something even bigger, just to impress their neighbours? I've only just got a flat screen (secondhand, of course) because I can't be arsed to fix my CRT at the moment...

Yes, I agree. I'm not sure it will ever happen without forcing it...and the haves will always have what they want.

I'm not someone who upgrades unless I have to but when I was younger I did get sucked into some chasing of tech with being in the mobile phone industry. These days it breaks and gets replaced.