marco: (Responding to countercriticism against Marco relating to his sharp criticism of consumer culture by way of Wal Mart trampled man)
4. I’ve never killed anyone trying to get into a Wal-Mart at 5 AM.
THIS.
Being from Bergen County, NJ, Black Friday is both a huge running joke and a contact sport. It is a place of normally aggressive people who become rabid shoppers during the holidays. (And really, Hudson County is worse for different reasons, but that’s another story altogether) This is generally an area where no one lives in austerity unless they’re a broke slob. (Maybe now they are, since investment bank layoffs probably twisted the screws on them months ago) Consumerism is rampant in Bergen County, yet for some reason it goes hand-in-hand with general morality and an orderly society. I’m not saying it’s a GOOD thing, I’m just saying that you’ve never heard of anyone getting trampled to death in Paramus by a bunch of WASPS and Italian Catholics.
I know how people start foaming at the mouth for discounted big-ticket electronics and stupid popular toys with artificial scarcity (Cabbage Patch Kids, Super Nintendo, Tickle Me Elmo, Furby, etc.). But you’re a complete animal if you can’t conduct your shopping hunt without resorting to elbows and shoves and stomping. Not to mention being a bitch-ass mark for a gang of tough women. Usually you’d be in a tiny minority if you did something like that where I’m from, but you’d also have a pretty high chance of getting knocked the fuck out where you stood.
Then again, that Long Island crowd looked like a bunch of amateurs. You’re at a WAL MART at 5 am? That’s where you started wrong. Must have been Jets fans.
Also, I’ll argue that there’s nothing wrong with general consumerism - especially Marco’s brand of it - with the caveat that you at least pay your taxes and talk to your mother, or something like that.
