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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

There is no Black Friday - Brett Scott on cultural malware

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There is no Black Friday - Brett Scott on cultural malware

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to

Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

There is no Black Friday

And the overlords of the global village spam us with cultural malware

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kent_eh@lemmy.ca English
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10 months ago

Black Friday, the shopping day is a gimmick

And one that’s been exported to other countries who don’t even have the same national holiday adjacent to that friday giving people the excuse to shop more on that particular day.

Here it’s nothing but a cynical corporate cash grab.

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