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Brawl-Mart: Big fight breaks out over cheap laptops
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This type of thing happens every year on the day after Thanksgiving. Laptops aren't the only things that cause people to act this way. In my area it was socks that were 50% off that caused stampedes. No fights occurred from the sock sale, but some elderly people were stampeded on. Another reason for me to avoid shopping on buy nothing day...
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Throwing a laptop 20 feet in the air and a group of people jumping on top of it is normal?
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
Throwing a laptop 20 feet in the air and a group of people jumping on top of it is normal?
No, its not normal. But in the US, on the day after Thanksgiving, it is not shocking either.
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Nope, similar thing happened at IKEA in the UK.
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Originally Posted by gururafiki
No, its not normal. But in the US, on the day after Thanksgiving, it is not shocking either.
What about that iBook idiocy?
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
What about that iBook idiocy?
I guess I missed that one. What was that about?
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Originally Posted by gururafiki
I guess I missed that one. What was that about?
Some dumbass school county decided that paying more money for Windows laptops was somehow cheaper than paying less money for iBooks.
So the iBooks were put for sale for $50 each. Thousands of people showed up for the laptops, a couple people were treaded at the hospital for stuff like broken ankles and arms.
What was really scarry, though, was that some guy's baby stroller was completely trampled and destroyed. Luckily he was holding his kid at that point, but still scary.
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It doesn't matter what day it is, if you offer something people want (sometimes even something people don't want) cheap enough, and you don't do it in an orderly way, people will get violent.
And we're talking about WalMart here. The people who shop at WalMart aren't exactly cultured enough to refrain from acting like total idiots when faced with cheap prices. Sometimes I think WalMart does this sort of thing on purpose. Not necessarily to invoke brawls, but to stir up people's emotions in order to create an urgency. By inviting chaos in the long lines, they make people feel like if they don't get in on this deal they've failed at something. That they're missing out on the deal of the year. Some people just can't let that sort of thing pass them up.
It all boils down to people being dumb. And we all know that there is no shortage of that sort of thing in the world (especially the U.S.).
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Originally Posted by ::maroma::
And we're talking about WalMart here. The people who shop at WalMart aren't exactly cultured enough to refrain from acting like total idiots when faced with cheap prices.
Seriously, watch the video, they all look like they are from the lower end of the Gene pool.
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Originally Posted by ::maroma::
And we're talking about WalMart here. The people who shop at WalMart aren't exactly cultured enough to refrain from acting like total idiots when faced with cheap prices.
Seriously, watch the video, they all look like they are from the lower end of the Gene pool.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
Some dumbass school county decided that paying more money for Windows laptops was somehow cheaper than paying less money for iBooks...
Ah, yes. I remember that sale, but I did not realize that it turned violent. Again, only in America.
Originally Posted by Mastrap
Nope, similar thing happened at IKEA in the UK.
And I thought Brit's were civilized.
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
Seriously, watch the video, they all look like they are from the lower end of the Gene pool.
It's ok, you can say black people.
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Originally Posted by Sandkat
It's ok, you can say black people.
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Originally Posted by Sandkat
It's ok, you can say black people.
Actually I was talking about the fat white chicks with blond hair with split ends.
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(Last edited by Cubeoid; Nov 28, 2005 at 07:35 PM.
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Originally Posted by Cubeoid
I didn't know there was bananas WITH bones.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
I didn't know there was bananas WITH bones.
Precisely. That's why he likes them.
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Originally Posted by gururafiki
And I thought Brit's were civilized.
:guffaw:
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Ah you edited it Cub. 
Good thing I had quoted it before huh? 
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I blame Wal-mart. Just because they suck.
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