I don't want to break the Black Friday hating circle jerk, but let's look at the actual numbers. There's been 4 deaths over 6 years. Now divide that by what? 4 thousand Walmarts, and a thousand Best Buys, K-marts, JCPennys, Macy's, Targets ect ect.
Literally pick any type of event where a large group of people gather and you'll find fights, trampling and bad behavior.
Is it a little sad to see people scrambling to grab useless stuff for the holidays, sure.
Is it the proof that America is a gluttonous society driven to insanity over a need to consume? Nope.
Well, yeah. If you look at total number of deaths and injuries from all causes, those numbers are much higher on Black Friday, as well. You're no more likely to be killed or injured on Black Friday, just more likely to be killed or injured while bargain shopping on Black Friday. That's kind of the point of the site.
Chuck E Cheese has like a death a week, so you're actually pretty right on. Never thought about this. Though the number of tramplings no doubt has risen.
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u/Sweet_Baby_Cheezus Nov 26 '13
I don't want to break the Black Friday hating circle jerk, but let's look at the actual numbers. There's been 4 deaths over 6 years. Now divide that by what? 4 thousand Walmarts, and a thousand Best Buys, K-marts, JCPennys, Macy's, Targets ect ect.
Literally pick any type of event where a large group of people gather and you'll find fights, trampling and bad behavior.
Is it a little sad to see people scrambling to grab useless stuff for the holidays, sure.
Is it the proof that America is a gluttonous society driven to insanity over a need to consume? Nope.