Black Friday Used to Be Savage

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Black Friday is such a joke nowadays. “Don’t miss out on 30% off” don’t piss me the fuck off. People used to hit each other over the head for a microwave that’s how low the prices were. People literally died. We used to be a country

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A dark Tumblr-style post complains that modern Black Friday discounts are laughably small compared with the chaotic sales of the past, when shoppers allegedly fought over microwaves and people literally died. The joke is exaggerated nostalgia and mock outrage about consumerism and declining Black Friday intensity. EN: A dark Tumblr-style post complains that modern Black Friday discounts are laughably small compared with the chaotic sales of the past, when shoppers allegedly fought over microwaves and people literally died. The joke is exaggerated nostalgia and mock outrage about consumerism and declining Black Friday intensity.

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