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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by smnrchrds on Thursday November 25, 2021 @05:24PM (#29345540)
Iranian companies are now advertising Black Friday sales. Even though in Iran we do not celebrate Thanksgiving, we do not celebrate Christmas (except for Christians of course), and even our new year starts at spring equinox in late March. Black Friday is literally a random day in fall which has no significance. Yet there are Black Friday sales now.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by d3nj4l on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:55PM (#29347576)
India is thankfully untouched because Black Friday falls after the biggest Hindu festival of the year - Diwali. Most people are already shopped out by that point. Also the reason why our big sales are in October.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by xwolfi on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:11PM (#29347422)
It s like Halloween in France, it's so weird how tv shows made people with a strong identity adopt a foreign culture.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by LargoLasskhyfv on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:40PM (#29347532)
Same in Germany. Though I like that I can have

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen &

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculaas

long before Christmas.

It's so weird seeing the sortiment in supermarkets change to all sorts of foreign events. Not that I'd care much for the native ones, either.

Basically it's all just BUY! BUY! BUY! like in They Live from 1988.

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by tannhaeuser on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:43AM (#29348763)
What's the threat? We all sell out every day. Might as well be on the winning team.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by rp1 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:01PM (#29346878)
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by selimthegrim on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:34AM (#29347727)
I mean I thought Black Friday was when Shah killed people in Jaleh Square? I guess you had to be there.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by smnrchrds on Friday November 26, 2021 @03:45AM (#29348451)
You are not wrong. But almost everyone is calling this shopping event "Black Friday" (as in the English name, not translated to Persian) which does not sound anything like "Jom'e-ye Siah" (the proper translation, also used to refer to the historical even you mentioned).
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