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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:43 AM Original message |
Forget Black Friday- Buy Nothing |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's my plan.... But I am a retailer. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Wow.... |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. why would you want to go a wade into a consumer |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Or go to work |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I hear that |
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KingOfLostSouls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. screw that |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. United Nations statistics |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have to buy cat food |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Me too! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. As long as "Black Friday" is more important than Election Day in the minds of so many Americans, |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. election day is more important to me than shopping tomorrow |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's easy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. We ain't buying nothing tomorrow |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. Millions of Chinese workers depend on you maxing out your credit cards |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Tomorrow is the first day in quite a few |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. The only reason I'm "buying nothing" |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Great, more useless slacktivism. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. As usual you miss it |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. If millions did it, nothing would happen. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. it's like that lame don't buy gas on such and such a day thing |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Absolutely. I don't know where people got the idea that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Once again you are missing it |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So explain to me how, exactly, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You stsrt by changing patters and getting people to do |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. So while you admit that this is in and of itself useless, you approve of it because |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Here is a list |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Great post Nadin... |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. But, Nadin, those are all completely, completely different. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Tell me have you been propagandized so well that you do not get it? |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yes, a real boycott might be effective. That isn't what this thread is about. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:11 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I have and I know you would not participate in ANY boycott |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. And if you buy your stuff on Black friday wouldnt they have even less. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. At the expense of our children’s tomorrows |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. LOL thats a funny article. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. First myth of black friday |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:31 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Except I didn't |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ok, if you say so |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 05:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Not to mention... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. I am sure notihng will change in this country |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. That is exactly the attitude in the OP. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I think you're not really |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Personally what I think you saw from our friend |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Suggestion.... Don't 'do the usual' |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. Okay.... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. no thanks |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. I have no plans to set foot outside the house at all. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. I refuse to enter a store for the next few days if at all possible. However, I've already |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm not going to the stores tomorrow. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. I gassed up 2 days ago.... I have no need to buy anything. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. Revend Billy and the Church of stop shopping! |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. What Would Jesus Buy? |
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jasmeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. Done! |
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rndmprsn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. i'm getting an oil change...and thats it |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. Seventeen dollars in the bank and a half a tank of gas |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. too late why not save 250 bucks by spending 250? |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. “Some one has to pay” |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. OK then, I'll give up my share of the milk and wait until tomorrow. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. I honestly cannot remember the last time I bought crap for the holidaze. |
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