Holiday Shopping Lynch Mobs: Consumerism Rage
I hate holiday shopping.
So much that I don’t even go out to do holiday shopping if I can help it, I order what I need to online.
What I hate worse is the mobs, and they are at the stores AND online.
For example: Nintendo Wii sells out in a matter of minutes, and customers actually have the gall to write reviews and complaints to Amazon.com because they didn’t get theirs.
wtf?
Or the people trying to sell PS3 for hundreds of THOUSANDS of dollars. The majority of which are at least doubling the price.
When did America become so materialistic that we’re willing to camp out for days at a time to get the latest and greatest piece of plastic and wire to sate our kids ADD and empty our bank accounts? Are my children going to love me any less because instead I buy them something beneficial to their learning and upbringing? Are they going to be less cool than all of their friends?
Will I really care?
And it’s not just the greedy consumer, it’s the companies that release such things right before the holidays, knowing full well that people will throw out their morals to get their hands on these new arcs of the covenant.
Did you know people are being shot and murdered for these things?
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5 Responses to “Holiday Shopping Lynch Mobs: Consumerism Rage”
November 23rd, 2006 at 3:17 am
the ps3 is so expensive! my husband thinks it is marketed for adults (and very spoiled kids) and the wii towards children.
the shopping is nuts! sometimes i have to go to the store, and it sucks!
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:06 am
so to comment on your mini post about the tunneling theives, I am doing so here. The website was a bit distracting with the dancing male shadows. Almost gave me a seizure, then I became transfixed. I wanted to watch the dude shake it more, and faster. I couldn’t scroll up, I couldn’t go down, everywhere they were dancing! Ahhh!
Where is my 360? I think they forgot to deliver it- not!
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