When some protested black friday, I felt that was the wrong way to go. It hurt my impression of them because it essentially gave Herman Cain's words about "destroying capitalism" more credence.

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I think you underestimate the waffle consumption levels of the average citizen of Arkansas.

>> ^spoco2:

Not only are these people devolving purely to save a few dollars, they are doing so for one of the umpteen million STUPID single purpose kitchen accessories that seem to exist.
Seriously, do people need a waffle maker, a doughnut maker, a popcorn maker, a mini pie maker, a crepe maker, a giant doughnut maker, a cupcake maker... etc. etc. etc.
Absolute waste of space, waste of money, waste of resources. If you have a good set of basic kitchen utensils/pans/pots/trays etc. then you can make everything... and those things will be used repeatedly for lots of different things.
You won't end up with half a dozen never used appliances because you thought 'yeah, sure, I like waffles, I'll use that all the time'.
Dick people, dick companies for making them, dick shops for selling them at such stupidly low prices that people feel they just 'have' to buy them... all increasing waste on this planet. Yeay fuckin' yeay

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Or a $5 waffle maker.>> ^nach0s:

I think this would be even better if it was Black Friday, and at the top of the stairs was the doors to Wal-Mart.

Not really because they don't actually want to sell those products - big discounts mean lower profit margins. Or rather, once a product is sold out many people still want to justify their trip to the store and waiting in line so they "have to" buy something else. They just want people in the stories because statistically, the longer people stay in a store the more money they are likely to spend. The sales are just to get you there. >> ^Fransky:

>> ^TheFreak:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that none of those people need a waffle maker.
I'm guessing there was no riot 4 isles over at the $2 Thighmaster display.


QFT
Also, why doesn't walmart just have people buy vouchers, and then take that voucher to a distribution centre for product pickup? Wouldn't that solve the problem?
Incidentally, I wouldn't call it a riot. It's more of a melee.

I think this would be even better if it was Black Friday, and at the top of the stairs was the doors to Wal-Mart.

No no no, these people are smart. They understand that it's not the $23 they'll abandon their morals for...it's the 92% cost decrease. They're thinking bigger than that...>> ^Morganth:

Your average household waffle iron costs about $25. That means these people are willing to abandon their morals and views on the dignity and rights of other people to save 23 bucks.
People still really think that we're all inherently good?

>> ^TheFreak:

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that none of those people need a waffle maker.
I'm guessing there was no riot 4 isles over at the $2 Thighmaster display.



QFT

Also, why doesn't walmart just have people buy vouchers, and then take that voucher to a distribution centre for product pickup? Wouldn't that solve the problem?

Incidentally, I wouldn't call it a riot. It's more of a melee.

>> ^Deano:

PEOPLE WANT STUFF COS IT MAKES THEM HAPPY


AAUUGHGHHHHHHHHAHHUAHHHGGGGGGGHH

Especially considering that one of the security detectors got ripped away (the third furthest from the camera)...

>> ^Shepppard:

....yeah... with that many people in a store at one time, that's a huge security risk.
I'd wager more items were shoplifted then sold.

"Lady Outside Wal-Mart Allegedly Pepper Sprays Fellow Customers: In an attempt to get the best deals. Another Wal-Mart customer was shot outside his car in an attempted robbery."

"Black Friday got off to a dark start in the U.S. as several shootings, a bomb scare and a pepper-spraying shopper marred the annual post-Thanksgiving buying blitz."

Terrible terrible things are happening on Black Friday. Let's condemn them all as nasty stinky hippies.

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Superficial artistic integrity is an ingredient of commercial success in today's pop. Did you know that Lady Gaga writes all her own music?!?! lyk omg>> ^westy:


I thought the music company was just making these songs purely for bussiness but it actually seems like they are treating it as a serous artistic Enterprise rather than a comercail one.

Thanks for that quality. No really I mean it. I'm not even sarcastic.

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