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Squinch

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3. I'm waiting for someone to say, "Yeah, well, but poor people need to do black Friday!"

Reply to MattP (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 24, 2017, 03:53 PM

Nov 2017

Totally missing the point that, even at $150 off a 70" TV still costs a truckload, and no one actually needs a 70" TV.

Black Friday is an exercise in consumerism designed to humiliate its willing participants.

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They can put me in front of the line and giving away free 70" 4k OLED TV sets... [View all] Henry Krinkle Nov 2017 OP

Well yeah awesomerwb1 Nov 2017 #1

I'm sorry but saving 150$ on a tv is not worth sleeping in front of a store MattP Nov 2017 #2

I'm waiting for someone to say, "Yeah, well, but poor people need to do black Friday!" Squinch Nov 2017 #3

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