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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1811 Joined: 8 Apr 2008    | Ok, prior apologies for language, here, but my tirade can't be held in any longer. Fuck average American consumers. Seriously, they can all go burn in hell for all I care. I love Christmas, but all I ever hear from friends and like-minded people is how much they hate the season thanks to assholes like these. Thank you, jackasses. Thank you for turning the public image of my favorite time of the year into an almost satirical display of Capitalism at it's worst. >_> |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1299 Joined: 27 Mar 2008     | Well, I laughed. This is the prime example of why to keep yourself away from anything that sounds like an angry mob. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3643 Joined: 3 Apr 2008    | Once...again.....can someone offer me a deal on some Nukes....(I will allow the Escapist Staff to evacuate first) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2487 Joined: 29 Nov 2007     | Geez, I was just flipping through another news report on this and one of the employees was bitching that the price drop wasn't even that significant. |
Red Guard  Posts: 3507 Joined: 18 Sep 2008    | I just love how the guy holding the camera is laughing at them. Too bad more people weren't laughing louder so that people could suddenly realize they should be ashamed of themselves. *sigh* |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1853 Joined: 7 Jul 2008    | Still isn't as bad as people gunning down other people on PS3 launch day. But it's up there. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1587 Joined: 5 May 2008     |
Can I be allowed to evacuate and go back home as well? I would fully agree with any action you take. |
BANNED  Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008    | Someone was asking for gamers who give us a bad image? Look no further. Edit: Ok, I watched the video - it didn't have any sound, but I didn't see anything that bad - whats the problem? User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 896 Joined: 2 Feb 2008    |
Spot On. I've only heard of this Black Friday thing thanks to links i've been getting from friends and...well its fucked up. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 554 Joined: 14 Jan 2008   |
"Fuck average American consumers"? What the hell merits this? These guys aren't the average American consumers. They might act like raving loonies, but if your average Joe wants a 360, he strolls into a Best Buy and picks one up. And you can moralize it all you want, but Capitalism is the only thing that keeps the world turning. Without these ninnies buying XBoxes and all the other crap during the holidays, we'd be back to trading chickens. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3643 Joined: 3 Apr 2008 |
Anyone who is part of the Escapist then |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1811 Joined: 8 Apr 2008 |
I said "average American consumers," because these are the kinds of things we see after Black Friday, and I wanted to clarify that I have nothing against all American consumers, being one myself. Secondly, I have nothing against Capitalism, I was only saying behavior like this makes it look bad. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 10318 Joined: 28 Nov 2007  | I have to say, that was crazy. Gotta love that the guy filming is just laughing in shock. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1587 Joined: 5 May 2008 |
Hooray! |
BANNED  Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007   | And that's why I do my Christmas Shopping before Thanksgiving. To avoid the idiots. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 982 Joined: 20 Oct 2008   |
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Press Junketeer  Posts: 354 Joined: 25 Feb 2008   | I fail to understand why people do that, over here in scotland we've never ever seen anything like that before |
BANNED Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
Are you a consumerist nation disguised as a democracy? Are your people slaves to shopping idiocy that for some reason is based around the day after Thanksgiving being somehow the biggest shopping day in the country? User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1477 Joined: 6 Feb 2008   | There were some reeeeeal fat people in that clip. Not surprisingly they seemed to have grabbed a box for themselves. I wouldnt wanna stand in the way of those oncoming boulders :-D |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1853 Joined: 7 Jul 2008 |
America was not founded on that (well ok, yes hypocrisy), merely this is what it's become. |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008   | lol, that video is awesome, "LMFAO" "Plumbers butt"! haha. Its so dumb though how much people will fight for a game console. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 108 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 |
Oh for.....Geez it's like every single country is a land of happiness and flowers but America is some awful place where everyone is a raving lunatic. Yes America has some serious problems but insulting the country has become some massive internet sensation. As corrupt as it is America really isn't that bad of a place. There are FAR worse places on earth to be. No one is perfect On Topic: Wal-Mart shoppers like this are on the same mental scale as a locust horde. |
BANNED Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
I live in America. I'd take suicide religious bombings over glorifying retardation. At least then we'd have a half decent reason why our people just randomly die. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1879 Joined: 11 Jul 2008  | Sure there's far worse places, and of course, good guys and nice things dont make the news, and don't get reported. Still, I'd be pissed if I got my hands on the last box same time as someone else... but I'm not gonna fight for it, certainly not wrestle around on the floor. It's partly being english, and we'd just 'die' inside if we were to make a scene, lol. Also tho, its an xbox 360, the way they were handling those, enjoy your RROD when you get home! (not a bash at 360, but damn, that's fragile tech stuff, not a bag of cheetos) |
Copy Clerk Posts: 108 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 | Reply to Necroswanson: That's just sad. No comment there. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 195 Joined: 25 Nov 2008 | Nearly as good as the guy that got trampled to death, nearly. If you think it's messed up that I think it's funny, then check out that post of mine and you'll understand why. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1575 Joined: 31 Aug 2008  | December 26th, 2008: 10,000 RROD ridden 360s are returned to a wal-mart in the same people, but with ten times the violence. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 168 Joined: 2 Sep 2008 |
Best. Line. Evar! I don't really understand those people, though. I mean, fighting over a PS3 I can understand. :D (Lemme guess, satire fail?) |
Beat Writer  Posts: 170 Joined: 8 Oct 2008    | Congratulations to everyone who took part; the example you set for your children and others around you will no doubt inspire the next generation of cheeseburger-sucking meatheads to even greater heights of selfish, callous and reprehensible behavior. Permalink[/quote] What the hell man, not all Americans are fat capitalist sheeple. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4297 Joined: 20 Dec 2007  |
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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1901 Joined: 20 Jul 2008 |
*facepalm* Well now, since you LIVE in America, you can say things like that and you can also act on them! If you truly mean what you say, go right ahead and move out of this country and see first hand that you would rather "Glorify retardation" than "take suicide religious bombings." Seriously, think before you post. |
Muckraker  Posts: 235 Joined: 26 Nov 2008 |
No, but with incidents like this you can understand why some people may get that impression. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2736 Joined: 23 Apr 2008 |
I'm with you. |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
I got one. Genuine Russian Craftmanship. Perfect for menacing other third world countries. A big Slingshot should do you for the launch, 300 feet is plenty. User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
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Black Friday Idiots Fight Over Xbox 360s
As this video will so amply demonstrate, nothing brings out the best in humanity like the festive holiday combination of Black Friday, Wal-Mart shoppers and a single, solitary palette of Xbox 360s.
There's not much to say about this one: A swarm of crazed shoppers throw themselves at a stack of Xbox 360/Guitar Hero bundles like a school of piranha attacking a fat cow in a disgusting exposure of human nature stripped down to its most contemptible instincts. Apparently the real reason it's called "Black Friday" is because of the stain it leaves on the souls of people who get caught up in it. At least this fracas didn't result in a body count.
The original video posted at Xbox 360 Fanboy has been pulled, but fortunately a slightly edited version is still available on YouTube. Congratulations to everyone who took part; the example you set for your children and others around you will no doubt inspire the next generation of cheeseburger-sucking meatheads to even greater heights of selfish, callous and reprehensible behavior.
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