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Buy Nothing Day is upon us again, the day after Thanksgiving. With the media constantly throwing it at people as “the busiest shopping day of the year” it only serves to whip people up into a violent, consuming frenzy. People are led to believe that if they don’t get out and buy something, anything, right now, there’s no hope that their loved ones will get the useless gadget or doo-dad they so cravenly desire. I almost refuse to go out the day after Thanksgiving. There’s insane traffic, every parking spot in town is taken and no store has less than 452 people in it at any given moment (though I do have to admit it always provides for many a hysterical story of fights breaking out at Wal-Mart).

So I say fuck em all. Let the mindless consumers have thier busyiest shopping day. Let them get up at 5am to be the first one into the store and let them get arrested for hip checking some old lady off the last tickle-me-elmo. They can have it. Though I will admit, this is a great day to go bowling or catch a new Friday release movie without the crowds since everyone else is, well, consuming.