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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21864 Gordon Gender:	Black Friday Nov 25^th, 2022 at 12:26pm Happy Black Friday, stocked up on t shirts and a few pairs of shorts.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 153760 Gender:	Re: Black Friday Reply #1 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 12:30pm It's about two months away.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41844 Gender:	Re: Black Friday Reply #2 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:28pm We just buy things we need, when we need them. Will have a look for a new mattress. Have had it on my mind for a while. Apparently 'Sleeping Duck' make good ones. Ours is well over 12 years old
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56829 Gender:	Re: Black Friday Reply #3 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:47pm Black is Evil? Is Good Friday White? Are Mondays really Blue and Tuesdays Ruby Red?? White is good. Black is bad. Racism is a justified ancient of Mu Mu.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21864 Gordon Gender:	Re: Black Friday Reply #4 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:52pm Jasin wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:47pm: Black is Evil? Is Good Friday White? Are Mondays really Blue and Tuesdays Ruby Red?? White is good. Black is bad. Racism is a justified ancient of Mu Mu. What do you want when you see a red door?
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41844 Gender:	Re: Black Friday Reply #5 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:58pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:28pm: We just buy things we need, when we need them. Will have a look for a new mattress. Have had it on my mind for a while. Apparently 'Sleeping Duck' make good ones. Ours is well over 12 years old Oh - $2k for a good mattress. Am thinking, it is a good investment
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Re: Black Friday
Reply #6 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:00pm

Gordon wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:52pm:

Jasin wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:47pm:

Black is Evil?
Is Good Friday White?
Are Mondays really Blue and Tuesdays Ruby Red??
White is good.
Black is bad.
Racism is a justified ancient of Mu Mu.

What do you want when you see a red door?

I see a red door and I want to paint it .......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

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Reply #7 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:40pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:28pm:

We just buy things we need, when we need them.

Will have a look for a new mattress. Have had it on my mind for a while.
Apparently 'Sleeping Duck' make good ones.
Ours is well over 12 years old

I need tshirts

got about x10.

Also got a few things for my very soon upcoming holiday.
A couple of linen shirts/shorts, new board shorts.

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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6147 Gender:	Re: Black Friday Reply #8 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:50pm greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 12:30pm: It's about two months away. Exactly. The use of this term for an imported foreign sales pitch that has nothing to do with Australia is an insult to the victims.
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Reply #9 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 4:44pm

Belgarion wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:50pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 12:30pm:

It's about two months away.

Exactly. The use of this term for an imported foreign sales pitch that has nothing to do with Australia is an insult to the victims.

Yes, a lot of people seem to have forgotten.

Why Australian retailers should respect the past and rename their ‘Black Friday’ sales

November 22, 2018

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Traditionally the Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday, “Black Friday” is known in the United States as a commercial bonanza where shoppers can gain large discounts. The term, it seems, was invented in the 1960s by Philadelphian police to wryly describe the traffic chaos caused by hordes of post-Thanksgiving shoppers. It became widespread from the 1980s onwards.

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But in Australia, the term Black Friday has a very different history. The 1939 Black Friday bushfires in Victoria were Australia’s worst environmental disaster at the time. Seventy one people were killed and over 1,000 houses were destroyed on January 13, 1939, by fires driven by extreme winds and severe drought.

4 years after that article was published and it still hasn't been renamed but I guess the almighty dollar comes first (as always).

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Reply #10 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 4:56pm

Anyone who is capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time should understand there will be words and phrases that have context in one situation but none for another.

The black friday fire was named in a standard naming convention for when bad things happen on a friday so there's bound to be contextual overlap.

Getting upset about the name of a sale is equal to muzoulimz Getting triggered over words that make them want to cut heads off

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Reply #11 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:04pm

Gordon wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:40pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:28pm:

We just buy things we need, when we need them.

Will have a look for a new mattress. Have had it on my mind for a while.
Apparently 'Sleeping Duck' make good ones.
Ours is well over 12 years old

I need tshirts

got about x10.

Also got a few things for my very soon upcoming holiday.
A couple of linen shirts/shorts, new board shorts.

Choice magazine rated Emma matresses as the best they have a good sale on.

https://www.emma-sleep.com.au/

I hold out for sales then stock up. Myer have good sales twice a year not sure what they have for black friday. They do online so if you have sizes don't need to go in free delievery if order costs enough.

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Reply #12 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:25pm

Baronvonrort wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:04pm:

Gordon wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:40pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:28pm:

We just buy things we need, when we need them.

Will have a look for a new mattress. Have had it on my mind for a while.
Apparently 'Sleeping Duck' make good ones.
Ours is well over 12 years old

I need tshirts

got about x10.

Also got a few things for my very soon upcoming holiday.
A couple of linen shirts/shorts, new board shorts.

Choice magazine rated Emma matresses as the best they have a good sale on.

https://www.emma-sleep.com.au/

I hold out for sales then stock up. Myer have good sales twice a year not sure what they have for black friday. They do online so if you have sizes don't need to go in free delievery if order costs enough.

Myer was ok, but you have to know the non sale price. I spotted a few things marked UP on the normal ticket price which actually made it more expensive with the 30% off.

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Reply #13 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:46pm

Gordon wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:25pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:04pm:

Gordon wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:40pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 2:28pm:

We just buy things we need, when we need them.

Will have a look for a new mattress. Have had it on my mind for a while.
Apparently 'Sleeping Duck' make good ones.
Ours is well over 12 years old

I need tshirts

got about x10.

Also got a few things for my very soon upcoming holiday.
A couple of linen shirts/shorts, new board shorts.

Choice magazine rated Emma matresses as the best they have a good sale on.

https://www.emma-sleep.com.au/

I hold out for sales then stock up. Myer have good sales twice a year not sure what they have for black friday. They do online so if you have sizes don't need to go in free delievery if order costs enough.

Myer was ok, but you have to know the non sale price. I spotted a few things marked UP on the normal ticket price which actually made it more expensive with the 30% off.

I bought some sheets that were $399 marked down to $119 in the last sale along with silk pillowcases at $37 which was half price.

I also got some shirts they sent from Perth to Sydney as no stock in NSW. If they're out of stock buying online means they will ship it from where they have it.

Being a male from the hunter side of our species i decide what i want then wait and shop around for the best deal.

The feminine type who gather have different methods with shopping.

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Reply #14 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 5:46pm

Belgarion wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 3:50pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 25^th, 2022 at 12:30pm:

It's about two months away.

Exactly. The use of this term for an imported foreign sales pitch that has nothing to do with Australia is an insult to the victims.

The victims are idiots.

I have no sympathy for them.

They're buying sh1t they don't need, just because the price has been reduced.

Sucked in hook, line, and sinker by senseless consumerism.

I know someone who gets sucked in all year round by this nonsense.

They'll proudly show me 12 boxes of marinated pigs' testicles on their kitchen table, telling me they got it on sale at Aldi, or wherever.

When I ask them if they like marinated pigs' testicles they'll say "No, but they were half price. I'd be mad to pass up a bargain like that".

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