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Buy Nothing Day
taken from www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/:
On the busiest shopping day of the year, the day after American Thanksgiving, people from over fifty countries take a break from the frenzy and cast their vote against the global economy. "United We Spend?" United Let's Don't. If enough jammers turn their disaffection into resistance for just one day, November 29 could mark the delivery of a landmark social message. More than a million people will celebrate 11 years of opposition on the unofficial "opening day" of the Christmas frenzy. Play this one right and we will make Buy Nothing Day 2002 a global event on par with Earth Day. Previous participants have come up with the traditions: swap meets, teach-ins, concerts, street theatre, credit-card cut-ups, postering, potlucks. But hey, it's a culture jam - no one's drawing up any rules. Here's what to expect from Adbusters: more and better info, campaign materials and TV and radio spots that press the point. We're doing a little outreach as well. Last year's alignment with the peace movement gave the day a wider resonance, and the bigger the BND tent, the better. This year, we're asking religious groups to add their voices, and we've made a pitch to environmental groups worldwide. After all, we told them, "Over consumption is mother of all our environmental problems." With vocal support from the greens, BND really could become an eco-holiday sans frontières. We can already expect a boost from the spiritual side. This year, Christians were a visible Buy Nothing force for the first time, and other faith groups are sure to follow. Sites like buynothingchristmas.org and books like Bill McKibben's ecumenical Hundred Dollar Holiday argue that we need space for values outside the commercial imperative. (The Pope's argument that markets can't answer all needs doesn't hurt, either.) In 2002, watch for a deeper, interfaith challenge - the first stirrings of a prophetic "no." 
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no problem i don't have any cash any way
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Buy nothing day? Uh no it's my man Tim's bday.
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i've silently participated in BND for a few years now... i don't make a big deal out of it or mark it on my calendar or anything (otherwise i'd freak out and collapse, and buy something!!)...
now that i think about it, it's been like 5 - 6 years... i think i forgot about it last year... oh well... i don't shop any more on the post-US-thanksgiving days than i do on any other day (unless it's payday)... and i didn't buy anything today... not even coffee... that's a REAL statement from me... my bus drops me off right outside of a coffeeshop right after work everyday... and i always stop in for a coffee or three... MAN I HAD TO HAVE SOME SHEER HIPPY DETERMINATION to walk by that shop today... i swear i just CRUSHED the whole global-economist dream tonight when i walked by that coffeshop... muahahah... and i only had 2 cigarettes today... in fear that i would run out before the end of the day... that, and my heart started beating wierd and i almost had an asthma attack... ya yayaya HAPPY BND!!!
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oh weird ... some girl came into my work and said something about Buy Nothing Day ... i thought it was something she made up. Ne who she ended up buying something and so did your boyfriend ... we actually did really well at work today. But on the brighter hand i didn't buy anything oh wait i bought a bagel , does food count?
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