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This thread was posted later this year than I expected. This whole thing is stupid. And Black Friday is only the 3rd or 4th biggest shopping day of the year. The biggest day is always right before Christmas, anywhere between December 21st-23rd.

wow, this thread is way too punk. go listen to the casualties and shut the fuck up.

Can I ask a serious question to Trashly and anybody else who's into the Buy Nothing Day thing? I should preface this by saying I'm about as left-wing/anti-capitalist as they come, I come from a family full of anarchists, socialists, and other assorted radical anti-capitalist types, and have been a committed (though not always necessarily active) Marxist since middle school, so I'm not at all pro-capitalist, pro-business, or conservative. What practical effect do you hope to accomplish through Buy Nothing Day? How does deferring a variety of businesses' profits by one day create any change? I believe that boycotts can be an effective strategy when a particular company or industry is targeted with a particular goal--for example, a few years ago, farmworkers who were attempting to unionize called for a national boycott of Taco Bell, who were the biggest purchaser from the farms they worked. This made sense to me, as one element of a strategy, one more front to put pressure on the employers to give in to the workers demand, and I participated in the boycott and urged others to do the same. It's not clear to me who Buy Nothing Day is targeting, how it is targeting them, and what the goal is. Can you explain this to me? I'm not trying to be confrontational, I'm genuinely trying to understand the purpose.

ok, wow, backlash. i apologize. i didn't realize this was a punk thing at all. i heard about it from my dad when i was in high school. anyway it's not that big of a deal to be sure, and it certainly doesn't affect the big picture, i thought it was just about putting a thought into the universe that was telling people not to buy things, which is an idea that rarely would get any exposure in the united states because it doesn't make sense to our way of life, so the fact that it's gets enough of a profile that people even have heard of it is something in itself. and personally i like the idea of shoplift-everything day way better, if your into that kind of thing. but whatever, buy cheap stuff if you want, and enjoy it.

tomorrow is a day for me to buy shit i would normally buy but for a cheaper price. that is all. i will procure a jacket and probably a sweater. kinda need an external hard drive too, but dont have the funds currently

i'm staying the hell away from the stores tomorrow. i also make min wage, and i'm broke til next thurs. all my money goes to gas and the comic book store with a small percentage spent on booze.

I hate when people say this stuff. Everyone already pointed out why, so I won't repeat them. The people who generally take part in this probably wouldn't be out braving the crowds anyways and if there was something they wanted that was a great deal...they'd be there.