Actually spending time with your family!

Which is overrated anyway. Why spend time with family when you can set up and play with your cool new Xbox that you “totally” needed? I get it, cheap stuff is cool. I actually ordered a Kindle for myself so I could read books without draining my phone’s battery. Do you need that new Xbox, though? When you already have the Xbox one you don’t need the One S. Say it with me Microsoft people: “We’re not like Apple.” “We’re not like Apple.”

Being thankful for what you already have!

Of course, being thankful for what you have implies a sort of satisfaction with your life, which stuff can't exactly fill. Think about that for a moment. You cannot be thankful for that and how your life is going if it’s dependant upon “stuff” and “money.”

Seeing relatives who probably drove quite a way to see you!

Because, again, who needs family and friends when you have a new Xbox? Why spend time with Grandma, when you can run Grandma over on GTA V on your brand new One S.

Valuable sleep

...which if you’re a college student like me might save you some headaches later! If you’re from Texas, you know about the shootings over toys over the last few years. Sleep, guns, and a desire to save tend to overwhelm the brain which usually knows better than to beat, shove, shoot, and otherwise maim people. Not on Black Friday though. It’s the day hundreds of thousands of exhausted people decide “Hey, let’s go wait outside a store for hours and then rush in like a bunch of savages. That sounds sane, right?”

Money in your wallet

...because who needs money anyway?

Appreciating the last ten TV’s you bought

on Black Friday because they were “a really good deal!” ‘nuff said.

Helping to end the stupidity and violence of Black Friday

...by not participating! Alright, look, everyone likes new TVs and the latest technology, but isn’t there a better way than this? Can’t we save money, and then if something even better comes along, we save a bit more? It’s like the people who get new Apple phones. They come out with a new one every two years. I wonder why, could it be…. cell phone contracts? They know you’ll buy them. Save your money, use your things until they’re broke, then fix them, or get new things. You have enough nice things, I promise.