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Why didn't Amazon think of this? If synthesizing such a 'holiday' for the US, my guess is that a date in June might work best.
by gojomo 11y ago
Why didn't Amazon think of this?
If synthesizing such a 'holiday' for the US, my guess is that a date in June might work best.
- swamp40 11y agoYou forgot about "Amazon Prime Day", July 15...
- askafriend 11y agoThat was an amazing time to be on Twitter. I'm excited for the next one specifically for this reason. So. Many. Jokes.
- gregshap 11y agoOr you put it in late november and call it "Black Friday" or "Cyber Monday"
- surferbayarea 11y agoBlack Friday is a baby in comparison - just $1.35b
- gregshap 11y agoThe article had 1.35b as an estimate for cyber monday online sales. Black friday is a lot bigger overall - on the order of 50 billion for the weekend. Of course in the US there is no single retailer capturing such a huge share of the sales on our invented holidays. But cmon, we pretty much invented the inventing of consumer holidays. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)#Retail_sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)#Retail...
- gojomo 11y agoToo close to Christmas to be spun as "buy something for yourself" day.
- dghughes 11y agoForever Alone Day™ Maybe on February 13th? Or to be cruel Feb 29th.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoI had a Chinese teacher who told us that March 14th was White Valentine's Day, when valentine's gifts are reciprocated. A month after that, on April 14th, you have Black Valentine's Day. Those holidays are known to wikipedia, although it attributes "White Day" primarily to Japan and "Black Day" exclusively to Korea. So the opposite of Valentine's Day is already placed; April 14th. I don't see why Western Forever Alone Day would need to be scheduled differently from Chinese Forever Alone Day -- the date was picked for being all ones. (And, I'm told, you can celebrate by eating 1-shaped Pocky.)