#BlackFriday 2017: Funny memes and quotes on Twitter on the post-Thanksgiving shopping madness
Nasa has also joined the Black Friday madness and is celebrating a "Black Hole Friday."
As retailers roll out enticing deals to grab shoppers' dollars, some people on social are looking forward to poke fun at the Black Friday craze.
The Internet is flooded with hilarious memes on the heavy discount day that shopping-crazy customers wait all year for.
Even Nasa could not ignore the Black Friday shopping craze and is celebrating its own "Black Hole Friday."
"It's #BlackFriday, but we don't do much shopping in space. Instead, join us for our 5th annual #BlackHoleFriday where we'll share awesome images and facts about black holes," the space agency tweeted.
Itâs #BlackFriday, but we donât do much shopping in space. Instead, join us for our 5th annual #BlackHoleFriday where weâll share awesome images and facts about black holes! https://t.co/ew8wN5dskM pic.twitter.com/sQnebXWHeo
— NASA (@NASA) November 24, 2017
Every year customer fight videos go viral on social media. So here is a suggestion from one Twitter user:
If you are going shopping on this #BlackFriday please be a decent human being & turn your phone horizontal before you record any fights. pic.twitter.com/LkAEV8eh2o
— Mike Pattinson (@MikePattinson) November 24, 2017
In the UK, people are taking the #buynothing day quite seriously.
#BlackFriday
— Cromwell (@Cromwell606) November 24, 2017
This made me laugh.
I do hope it's indicative of the UK embracing #BuyNothingDay pic.twitter.com/4AnkD7SaGA
Everyone needs a little ninja technique to find the best TV deal:
Happy #BlackFriday
— Ken Xyro (@KenXyro) November 24, 2017
Theres too many ningen going after that TV that you want.
You know what to do ð#HAKAI pic.twitter.com/3ZAXz0Jy0l
And, a little Star Wars inspiration to crack the 100% off deal:
Whoop! ð Made it to that #FridayFeeling ðð¼ Now to find that 100% off deal on #BlackFriday ð¤ pic.twitter.com/9QxsoX7Jjp
— GrumpyandGeeky (@grumpyandgeeky) November 24, 2017
When you end up buying the product and you don't even use it - blame it on the mad crowd:
This is how you end up with 30 cans of baked beans, and you donât even eat beans!! ðð #BlackFriday #PoorPaAtTheEnd ð¢ pic.twitter.com/XeJnQKMt3A
— DJ Fresh (Big Dawg) (@DJFreshSA) November 24, 2017
This meme sums up the buyer who ends up buying unnecessary items:
If you are buying something you don't need in the name of Black Friday & because it's cheap then ð ð ð ð ð #BlackFriday pic.twitter.com/FSdjH8nw4b
— Man's Not Barry Roux (@AdvBarryRoux) November 24, 2017
Credit card bill post the Black Friday shopping is nothing short of a nightmare.
People looking at their next credit card bill after shopping.
— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) November 24, 2017
#BlackFriday #OptOutside pic.twitter.com/n4DCVKXlKe
Here are some other Twitter posts:
1: How is Black Friday even allowed in this PC-crazed age? Surely has to be Colour-Neutral Friday?
2: By the time I read all my #blackfriday offers it will be Saturday.
3: Of you using your salary for #BlackFriday, please be thinking of potential pawn shops around cos I know for sure you'll need it.
4: Today's the day Donald Trump hates most: #BLACKfriday
5: #blackfriday The worship at the altar of materialism & consumerism.
6: Why am I so defenseless against deals rip my bank account will have to start eating leaves till I get paid again.
7: Welcome to Black Friday: A day where we celebrate lots of people buying lots of things that they don't actually need.
8: There are people dying on our streets & hospital corridors, children going hungry, yet we live in a world where rampant capitalism, neoliberalism and greed are encouraged.... We need a rethink. Now.
9: The original 'Black Friday', recorded in 1610, was school slang for 'a Friday on which an examination is held.'
10: I love how British people have so much utter contempt for Black Friday.
Meanwhile in Kimberley... #BlackFriday @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/kKmcWz4wyP
— ð Naseema (@NaseemaBarday) November 24, 2017
Remembering my favourite #BlackFriday shopper and hoping she's sitting at home watching that TV pic.twitter.com/sqSbYy0Pmu
— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) November 24, 2017
