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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
heh, listening to a report about "black friday" in the US on the radio right now. apparently they have to call in the police to keep the crowds under control !!  they interviewed some shoppers, now they're interviewing a guy who lost his job and now is homeless ; they asked him if he wasn't a bit sickened to see such rampant consumption in his situation, and he said no, but if he gets another job he'll hold on to it with his teeth. |
We had a news story about someone who's just done a year without buying anything:
"Mr Boyle said: "It's been the happiest year of my life, and I will continue indefinitely, so I do not see any reason to return to a money-orientated world.
"It has been really liberating. It does have challenges but I do not have the stresses of bank accounts, bills, traffic jams and long hours in a job I don't enjoy."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8384124.stm