Ormai è sinonimo di sconti ed accaparrartori online pronti a cliccare sulle offerte lampo di Amazon ma nel passato il termine venerdì nero si riferiva al 24 settembre 1869, crollo del prezzo dell'oro che causò un tracollo economico non indifferente.
Per poi essere associato al 13 gennaio 1939 con un ondata di incendi nello stato di Victoria, Australia, ma questi sono solo due casi trovati nella versione italiana di Wikipedia perché invece in inlgese diventano molti di più i venerdì neri nel corso degli anni anche se non si tratta di quello di fine novembre.
Per poi essere associato al 13 gennaio 1939 con un ondata di incendi nello stato di Victoria, Australia, ma questi sono solo due casi trovati nella versione italiana di Wikipedia perché invece in inlgese diventano molti di più i venerdì neri nel corso degli anni anche se non si tratta di quello di fine novembre.
(1869), the Fisk-Gould Scandal, a financial crisis in the United States
(1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873
(1881), the Eyemouth disaster in which 189 fishermen died
(1910), a particularly violent women's suffrage event in England
(1919), the Battle of George Square, a riot stemming from industrial unrest in Glasgow, Scotland
(1921), the announcement of British transport union leaders not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
(1939), a day of devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia
(1944), a disastrous attack by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt
(1945), an Allied military operation during the Norwegian campaigns in World War II
(1960), San Francisco City protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee
(1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
(1987), a tornado in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(1993), a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India
(Maldives), a 2004 crackdown by government forces in Malé, Maldives, on peaceful protesters
(2005), an event in which tribal students were killed in Meghalaya, India
(2011), an event in which several online poker sites were seized as a result of United States v. Scheinberg et al.
(2015), a string of terrorist attacks on June 26, 2015 in France, Kuwait, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia
(2016), the day after the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 took place with a result of the United Kingdom deciding to leave the European Union. The result caused financial markets to lose the equivalent of over 2 trillion United States dollars on this day, making it the worst single day drop in history.
(1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873
(1881), the Eyemouth disaster in which 189 fishermen died
(1910), a particularly violent women's suffrage event in England
(1919), the Battle of George Square, a riot stemming from industrial unrest in Glasgow, Scotland
(1921), the announcement of British transport union leaders not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
(1939), a day of devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia
(1944), a disastrous attack by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt
(1945), an Allied military operation during the Norwegian campaigns in World War II
(1960), San Francisco City protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee
(1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
(1987), a tornado in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(1993), a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India
(Maldives), a 2004 crackdown by government forces in Malé, Maldives, on peaceful protesters
(2005), an event in which tribal students were killed in Meghalaya, India
(2011), an event in which several online poker sites were seized as a result of United States v. Scheinberg et al.
(2015), a string of terrorist attacks on June 26, 2015 in France, Kuwait, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia
(2016), the day after the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 took place with a result of the United Kingdom deciding to leave the European Union. The result caused financial markets to lose the equivalent of over 2 trillion United States dollars on this day, making it the worst single day drop in history.
Insomma Black Friday non è solo un termine per dire sconti ma prevalentemente per identificare disastri di portata nazionale ma forse anche tutta quella gente pronta a scannarsi per un televisore in offerta è una calamità che porterà la società alla rovina.
Inoltre almeno per me il PSN ha fatto delle offerte davvero ridicole lasciando fuori molti giochi interessanti e spingendo solo i blockbuster digitali con prezzi maggiori delle offerte in edizione retail e con questo ho detto tutto.
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