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The hype around Black Friday is building. It’s reaching its annual fever pitch. Let’s compare it to something much less important to americans like “global warming”, shall we? Here we go:
Note how, as time passes, we become more interested in Black Friday and less interested in global warming.
How do you resist, if not the day itself, the next few weeks of crazy consumerism that is relentlessly plied?
Actually, now we know the reason why we don´t see headlines on oil crises or climate change!!