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    Even on "black friday", shopping online is a better bet. Better deals, better prices, and less stress.

    Calling this day "black friday" is stupid. "Black Friday" denotes a day of death or tragedy. Unless lots of people get killed shopping, it's inappropriate and disrespectful to those who have died on an actual "Black Friday".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax
    Calling this day "black friday" is stupid. "Black Friday" denotes a day of death or tragedy. Unless lots of people get killed shopping, it's inappropriate and disrespectful to those who have died on an actual "Black Friday".
    the name comes from the fact that most businesses go "into the black" starting today as the holiday shopping spree begins in earnest and the company begins to turn a profit.

    Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".

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    Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
    the name comes from the fact that most businesses go "into the black" starting today as the holiday shopping spree begins in earnest and the company begins to turn a profit.
    Sou da ne? Thanks for the interesting factoid (honto).

    Still, overusing the term takes away from the true or widely-accepted meaning of the phrase. The "Black Friday" we honor where I'm at is when several people got killed in April 2004 in the service of freedom (and the almighty dollar).

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