What's with Australian shops this week advising Black Friday sale? Don't miss out on the Black Friday sale. Grab a Black Friday bargain. Black Friday is what, a bush fire anniversary?

No, apparently it's the day after Thanksgiving. You're officially allowed to start Christmas shopping. Think I might start a turkey farm...

Yep its as good as Halloween. Shows how bad retail business is when they are moving to this

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ThinkaBowtit said..
What's with Australian shops this week advising Black Friday sale? Don't miss out on the Black Friday sale. Grab a Black Friday bargain. Black Friday is what, a bush fire anniversary?

No, apparently it's the day after Thanksgiving. You're officially allowed to start Christmas shopping. Think I might start a turkey farm...

I have been thinking same... had to google to know what it was

I kinda rationalised it by thinking local business should compete with online stores that are flogging stuff super cheap coz some crappy US tradition which we will soon fully embrace

And here I was guessing it was some lunar event coinciding with the last Fri in Nov..... Oh well I still like my theory!

Black Friday and the constant posts in Facebook for things to be "thankful" for. Eventually it sunk in that Thanksgiving is a big deal in the US.

It shows what a joke it is that all these internet businesses have access to huge amounts of information so they can send us customised content, but they continue to get it so wrong. I actually delete the annoying and offensive ads but they keep posting more of the same crap.

It's not only the US online advertisers doing it, Aus retailers are getting right behind it too. Is this the first time this has happened, I don't remember it going on last year? So for the punters out there, is there a bet on how long it'll be until we're sitting down to a turkey dinner as an annual event ?

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Pugwash said..

ThinkaBowtit said..
What's with Australian shops this week advising Black Friday sale? Don't miss out on the Black Friday sale. Grab a Black Friday bargain. Black Friday is what, a bush fire anniversary?

No, apparently it's the day after Thanksgiving. You're officially allowed to start Christmas shopping. Think I might start a turkey farm...

I have been thinking same... had to google to know what it was

I kinda rationalised it by thinking local business should compete with online stores that are flogging stuff super cheap coz some crappy US tradition which we will soon fully embrace

Yeah, would be good if local businesses put it under a uniquely Aussie banner to coincide. Or not.

70% off something I was gonna buy anyway. Works for me. Don't care what they call it.

And, anyway, if the Yanks take a day to reflect on thankfulness then that's great. 'Cos they sure as f#ck don't appear to care about it the other 364 days of the year.

Happy Harrrrrlidaaayyyyyss



How many of us now say "trailer" instead of movie preview .................... stuff like that is also pervasive so I don't hold out much hope for us

I don't care if they have sales, but I do care what they call it. Pointless whinge, I know, but someone with an imagination fired by something other than their tv screen could surely come up with something that means something to us instead of taking on yet another northern hemisphere/USA tradition. What next, 4th of July sales?

Cambodge, you're in Vic, ask an old person what black Friday means to them.

Mark, I heard a 27 year old born and bred Aussie call a group of bogans "trailer trash" the other day. Pervasive alright.

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ThinkaBowtit said..

Pugwash said..

ThinkaBowtit said..
What's with Australian shops this week advising Black Friday sale? Don't miss out on the Black Friday sale. Grab a Black Friday bargain. Black Friday is what, a bush fire anniversary?

No, apparently it's the day after Thanksgiving. You're officially allowed to start Christmas shopping. Think I might start a turkey farm...

I have been thinking same... had to google to know what it was

I kinda rationalised it by thinking local business should compete with online stores that are flogging stuff super cheap coz some crappy US tradition which we will soon fully embrace

Yeah, would be good if local businesses put it under a uniquely Aussie banner to coincide. Or not.

Then you guys could call it "out of the red day", after all it's (black Friday) just an economic term for the day the retail stores actually start making a profit. It's actually kind of sad, assuming it's still true for most retailers, having to work for most of the year just to make even money at best.
Today is "cyber Monday", the biggest online retail sales day of the year. Tomorrow is nothing but the day after cyber Monday, so we are all in the clear until Christmas. Then it's into "the year in review" about this, and that, who died during the year, and all that stuff that nobody really cares about. Can't wait.

Mabee we need an Australia Day sale where we can just take stuff.

First world problem or what. HTFU.

You do realise that language/culture evolves constantly and always has done even before the interwebs. We are a multicultural society that absorbs all kinds of cultural events and customs and we are richer for it. If you went back in time to an era you fondly reminisce about you would be shocked at how pampered you have become with technology from other cultures. Imagine living without a TV remote. We have to take the good with the bad.

maybe we need spring break or the mardigra thing with the beads and the tits to counteract all the shxt ones

Kids should play outside more and blow stuff up with fireworks , nice big bungers with short fuses , that was good healthy childhood fun !
Those were the days , wonder why they stopped that ?

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Imax1 said..
Kids should play outside more and blow stuff up with fireworks , nice big bungers with short fuses , that was good healthy childhood fun !
Those were the days , wonder why they stopped that ?

We once did a 3 bulb soda bomb, real loud and totally destroyed the steel toilet at the public loo. All fun and Games till someone dies

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hilly said..
First world problem or what. HTFU.

You do realise that language/culture evolves constantly and always has done even before the interwebs. We are a multicultural society that absorbs all kinds of cultural events and customs and we are richer for it. If you went back in time to an era you fondly reminisce about you would be shocked at how pampered you have become with technology from other cultures. Imagine living without a TV remote. We have to take the good with the bad.

Yeah, I did point out it was a pointless whinge somewhere. Can't see how you think shop sales are making us culturally rich. But thanks for your thoughts Hilly, I'll go get a teaspoon of cement.

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ThinkaBowtit said..

hilly said..
First world problem or what. HTFU.

You do realise that language/culture evolves constantly and always has done even before the interwebs. We are a multicultural society that absorbs all kinds of cultural events and customs and we are richer for it. If you went back in time to an era you fondly reminisce about you would be shocked at how pampered you have become with technology from other cultures. Imagine living without a TV remote. We have to take the good with the bad.

Yeah, I did point out it was a pointless whinge somewhere. Can't see how you think shop sales are making us culturally rich. But thanks for your thoughts Hilly, I'll go get a teaspoon of cement.

spose its better than honour killings, stonings and fatwas. Not to mention genital mutilation and youth rape gangs. oh hang on, we have the last two already. stay tuned for the rest. isnt multiculturalism awesome?

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ThinkaBowtit said..

hilly said..
First world problem or what. HTFU.

You do realise that language/culture evolves constantly and always has done even before the interwebs. We are a multicultural society that absorbs all kinds of cultural events and customs and we are richer for it. If you went back in time to an era you fondly reminisce about you would be shocked at how pampered you have become with technology from other cultures. Imagine living without a TV remote. We have to take the good with the bad.

Yeah, I did point out it was a pointless whinge somewhere. Can't see how you think shop sales are making us culturally rich. But thanks for your thoughts Hilly, I'll go get a teaspoon of cement.

What did the Romans ever do for us??

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myusernam said..
spose its better than honour killings, stonings and fatwas. Not to mention genital mutilation and youth rape gangs. oh hang on, we have the last two already. stay tuned for the rest. isnt multiculturalism awesome?

I think the North Koreans are losing the battle against consumerism as well www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-shopping-culture-is-changing-2017-9?r=AU&IR=T

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Mark _australia said..
Happy Harrrrrlidaaayyyyyss



How many of us now say "trailer" instead of movie preview .................... stuff like that is also pervasive so I don't hold out much hope for us

Anzac cookies.

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evlPanda said.. Anzac cookies.

Kokoda trail

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hilly said..

ThinkaBowtit said..

hilly said..
First world problem or what. HTFU.

You do realise that language/culture evolves constantly and always has done even before the interwebs. We are a multicultural society that absorbs all kinds of cultural events and customs and we are richer for it. If you went back in time to an era you fondly reminisce about you would be shocked at how pampered you have become with technology from other cultures. Imagine living without a TV remote. We have to take the good with the bad.

Yeah, I did point out it was a pointless whinge somewhere. Can't see how you think shop sales are making us culturally rich. But thanks for your thoughts Hilly, I'll go get a teaspoon of cement.

What did the Romans ever do for us??

Sandals?

Utes being advertised as trucks

Vassel states do take on the customs and mannerisms of their rulers so why not?
Do military weapons and ammunition get discounted during the black Friday sale? probably not...

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Seacht said..
Vassel states do take on the customs and mannerisms of their rulers so why not?
Do military weapons and ammunition get discounted during the black Friday sale? probably not...

Rulers also take on the customs of the vassal state too. Christianity usurping the Roman pantheon.

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ThinkaBowtit said..

hilly said..

ThinkaBowtit said..

hilly said..
First world problem or what. HTFU.

You do realise that language/culture evolves constantly and always has done even before the interwebs. We are a multicultural society that absorbs all kinds of cultural events and customs and we are richer for it. If you went back in time to an era you fondly reminisce about you would be shocked at how pampered you have become with technology from other cultures. Imagine living without a TV remote. We have to take the good with the bad.

Yeah, I did point out it was a pointless whinge somewhere. Can't see how you think shop sales are making us culturally rich. But thanks for your thoughts Hilly, I'll go get a teaspoon of cement.

What did the Romans ever do for us??

Sandals?

I'm really pissed about all this American speak infiltrating our great Aussie lingo, so much so it just makes me want to give up and get pissed.