Black Friday was coined as such by the retail workers police officers who were forced to work it, because of how rough that shift was. it got popular enough the caps took the name and changed the lore to the bit you just typed there.
something something capitalism subsuming criticisms to itself n shit
edit it was the police, not retail workers who coined it, i remembered wrong
In the 1950s, police in Philadelphia used the term to describe the chaos that ensued on the day after Thanksgiving, when hordes of suburban shoppers and tourists flooded the city in advance of the annual Army-Navy football game held that Saturday. Not only were Philadelphia police unable to take the day off, but they had to work extra-long shifts dealing with the additional crowds and traffic.
thank you for the info. I'd be interested in readin what you put together if you have it to show, though i can't promise i'd understand it i would certainly be interested in learning what i could
So let's imagine The Ellisons are down but Tucker and Chan aren't. Who gets cast? Does Trump get offered a cameo? I'm sure he'd accept. Let's not be so quick to poo-poo this, this film could be incredible.
for farming i'm more worried about the knock-on effects on the weather patterns rather than the direct effect of the shade. again i'm far from a climate scientist so I'm just going offa the possible mpacts I'm reading in the piece
are you telling me this would definitely have no effect on solar generation and farming? I'll acknowledge i don't know the science myself, but deferring to the scientists in the article as most cited weren't fans of the idea.
i also have the utmost faith after reading that this specific company'll use whatever material makes them the most profit they'd have no problem taking money from energy lobbyists wishing to hamper solar adoption. call me unimaginative but i cannot fathom a scenario where these guys don't fuck shit up
will it work to cool the planet? maybe, maybe not. would it destroy/disrupt our food supply? likely. would it destroy solar power generation, locking in fossil fuel use indefinitely? yes and i think that's the #1 goal. other likely downsides are simply points of profit to exploit
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