Black Friday is the worst day of the year. Not only are there occasional deaths, but the ads leading up to the day make me want to chuck my TV out the window.
BUY THIS NOW ONLY ON BLACK FRIDAY!
BUY EVEN MORE CRAP YOU DON'T NEED!
10 TO 30% OFF! OR HOWEVER MUCH IT TAKES TO GET YOU IN HERE!
AGHHHHHH PLEASE FEED US. WE'RE JUST POOR LITTLE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS. :(
The ads all seem to have been made by cocaine and coffee fueled toddlers with ADHD. There is no structure to these commercials. There are simply a bunch of expensive products flashing around the screen in no logical order. There is a chipper, often gender-specific voice depending on the brand shouting at you to buy this that and the other thing. AT SUPER-LOW PRICES!
The term began to see widespread use in the mid- 1970s. The Friday after Thanksgiving had been a very popular day to go holiday shopping. Then stores got the idea to have promotional sales on that day to boost revenue. Since no store wanted to advertise for the holidays before Thanksgiving, the 29th became THE day for shopping. Nowadays, it is clear that anything goes when it comes to advertising. These terrible black friday ads play even on the day itself. And no company seems to care whether or not their holiday ads air before Thanksgiving.
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