People are greedy and stupid.
(The words and links are also interchangeable.)
This consumer culture, this culture of consumption we live in has really gone off the deep end. The lengths people go to to get the latest gadget, or a really cheap DVD player, are so far beyond reason that it should probably be considered a collective insanity. Certainly mass hysteria. This country has an addiction to stuff, to physical items, bits of metal and plastic, in a pathetic and misguided attempt to make ourselves happy. It has somehow become more acceptable to stand at the alter of Walmart for days on end waiting to purchase a toy, a distraction, an all too temporary sense of fulfillment, than to stand at the alter of a church looking into your own soul.
At least one idiot standing in one of these lines said in an interview that he was delaying his engagement, to spend the money previously set aside for the ring on a PS3, and to stand in that line. I sincerely hope whatever girl put up with him to that point immediately dumped his ass. These companies of course encourage this type of behavior. After all, it's good for business. Too bad it's apparently detrimental to common sense.
Please don't let yourself be one of those hystarical fools waiting at the doors the morning after Thanksgiving.
There's another irony there, of course. Thanksgiving was once upon a time a harvest festival, and it was far from wasteful. It was a chance to mark the completion of the harvest, the fruits of which would need to last through the winter. Now in an age of plenty, it's little more than the beginning of a shopping extravaganza and an example of wasteful exuberance.
At least people still pay lip service to the idea of giving rather than getting.
(The words and links are also interchangeable.)
This consumer culture, this culture of consumption we live in has really gone off the deep end. The lengths people go to to get the latest gadget, or a really cheap DVD player, are so far beyond reason that it should probably be considered a collective insanity. Certainly mass hysteria. This country has an addiction to stuff, to physical items, bits of metal and plastic, in a pathetic and misguided attempt to make ourselves happy. It has somehow become more acceptable to stand at the alter of Walmart for days on end waiting to purchase a toy, a distraction, an all too temporary sense of fulfillment, than to stand at the alter of a church looking into your own soul.
At least one idiot standing in one of these lines said in an interview that he was delaying his engagement, to spend the money previously set aside for the ring on a PS3, and to stand in that line. I sincerely hope whatever girl put up with him to that point immediately dumped his ass. These companies of course encourage this type of behavior. After all, it's good for business. Too bad it's apparently detrimental to common sense.
Please don't let yourself be one of those hystarical fools waiting at the doors the morning after Thanksgiving.
There's another irony there, of course. Thanksgiving was once upon a time a harvest festival, and it was far from wasteful. It was a chance to mark the completion of the harvest, the fruits of which would need to last through the winter. Now in an age of plenty, it's little more than the beginning of a shopping extravaganza and an example of wasteful exuberance.
At least people still pay lip service to the idea of giving rather than getting.
it was horrid. people are so disgustingly selfish- and for what? to give grandma the toaster she wanted? grandma would be happier if you sent her a card once in a while. or called her.
ebay is only one more outlet that showcases our selfishness. it also is a true testament to fools and the sponaneous. 2 grand is a bit much for one of those, is it not?
i'm not a normal girl. i hate shopping, i don't get PMS, and i never want flowers or big rocks.
your journal made me happy. because it echos how i feel about the whole holiday season.