Most people are just kinda ok at cooking, so they don’t burn the whole dish, just the part at the bottom. The day after thanksgiving is the day when you’ve eaten enough leftovers that you can see the black, burned parts at the bottom of the dish, hence “Black” Friday
Thanksgiving is on Thursday. People tend to over eat, and forget that what goes in, must come out, and in this case on Friday, and with extreme prejudice.
The… uh…. damage caused led to a number of stores having sales to replace what was… uh.. damaged.
Originally it was a way for stores to sell goods before the end of the year to push the profit margin from the red ( in debt) to the black (profit over loss) to justify staying in business selling what ever their goods were .
This is the right answer. But some of the other answers are more on the point of Explain it like I’m Calvin. You gotta put yourself in Calvin’s dad head and explain it wrong in a way that almost makes sense to a six year old.
You see, Black Friday is the day after thanksgiving when we clean the windows and the stove and the oven where your mom burnt everything, so all the rags turn black.
You see Calvin, company's start off the year using a red pen to keep their accounting books but by November it's run out of ink so they switch to their backup black pen. As this always happens the Friday after Thanksgiving we call it black Friday.
It’s left over from the old racist days of Jim Crow. There used to be White Friday the week before Thanksgiving when the White people got the best deals, and then the day after Thanksgiving everything that was left over from White Friday got set out for the Black folks to buy. Later on, when Jim Crow “ended”, White Friday got moved to Spring and became white sales. And everyone just started shopping on Black Friday.
I am not the og commenter on this. But, in real life, this is what my dad told me when I was 8ish and I totally believed it til my mom chimed in with the real reason. Little racist.. yeah. Funny when explained… yeah. Butts hurt… none. Jokes are jokes. I felt stupid for believing it and had to laugh at myself for believing such a stupid thing. But that’s what made it funny and I learned a lesson. Don’t believe everything someone says. Do your homework. Take out the trash.
You’ve never seen Dave Chappell? Or George Carlin? Or Richard Pryor? Racism is not funny when treated seriously. Comedy takes that power away. We, as a people, should be able to laugh about shit. As a people. And we shouldn’t condone actual racism, as a people. Very few people wake up and think “ fuck those (insert whatever you want here slur)”. Race is fundamental to us as people. And being able to make jokes about it, without malicious intent, are key, and bring us together.
It refers to the point in the year where retailers purportedly shifted from loss ("in the red") to profit ("in the black"). "In the black" is a gambling term referring to the roulette wheel, since everyone knows the best way to win in Vegas is to bet on black.
Well Calvin, you know we have turkey on Thanksgiving, right. The next day, Friday, is the traditional funeral day for the turkey. The turkeys that the President pardoned are always at each funeral, and have to be flown (of course you know turkeys can't fly) from house to house in a Black Hawk helicopter, and that is why it is called Black Friday.
An alternate theory is that the black and red come from accounting practices before computers, when books were actually books, and positive numbers were written in black and negative numbers were written in red. The major sales towards the end of November usually helped stores pull into the black. That of course is no longer true, as retail is in deep trouble because of online commerce, which in turn makes for too much choice, and the consumer dollars are diluted over many sellers resulting in a very narrow bottom line, if any.
This also results in sellers promoting Black Friday deals earlier and earlier in the year. Locally I have seen Black Friday in July sales.
In the olden days, it was said that retailers ran in the red all year, until the day after Thanksgiving, which was the opening day of Christmas shopping. And the books were no longer red, but black from all the profits. Its the day that made up for the whole year.
Most people are just kinda ok at cooking, so they don’t burn the whole dish, just the part at the bottom. The day after thanksgiving is the day when you’ve eaten enough leftovers that you can see the black, burned parts at the bottom of the dish, hence “Black” Friday
That's bloody genius, sir.
You made that sh!t up, but I like it anyway
You’re never gonna believe what subreddit you’re on rn
Jesus. Ok, I’m spanked.
Sometimes I don’t pay enough attention to earn interest.
Thanksgiving is on Thursday. People tend to over eat, and forget that what goes in, must come out, and in this case on Friday, and with extreme prejudice.
The… uh…. damage caused led to a number of stores having sales to replace what was… uh.. damaged.
That’s the day people that forgot the turkey in the oven get to try and clean the oven after it was blackened in the fire that happened.
Also it is the busiest day of the year for plumbers fixing the drains in peoples houses as many toilets are blocked after the big dinner.
Because that is when our bank account falls into a deep hole.
Originally it was a way for stores to sell goods before the end of the year to push the profit margin from the red ( in debt) to the black (profit over loss) to justify staying in business selling what ever their goods were .
This is the right answer. But some of the other answers are more on the point of Explain it like I’m Calvin. You gotta put yourself in Calvin’s dad head and explain it wrong in a way that almost makes sense to a six year old.
You see, Black Friday is the day after thanksgiving when we clean the windows and the stove and the oven where your mom burnt everything, so all the rags turn black.
Hey buddy, take a look at what sub you're in. This one is for joke answers, not real ones
You see Calvin, company's start off the year using a red pen to keep their accounting books but by November it's run out of ink so they switch to their backup black pen. As this always happens the Friday after Thanksgiving we call it black Friday.
One that sounds real but isn't is that people wake up before the sun to get all the good sales, so it's still black outside when they leave the house.
It’s left over from the old racist days of Jim Crow. There used to be White Friday the week before Thanksgiving when the White people got the best deals, and then the day after Thanksgiving everything that was left over from White Friday got set out for the Black folks to buy. Later on, when Jim Crow “ended”, White Friday got moved to Spring and became white sales. And everyone just started shopping on Black Friday.
Not true.
Are you aware of which subreddit you are in?
No need to make it about race.
I am not the og commenter on this. But, in real life, this is what my dad told me when I was 8ish and I totally believed it til my mom chimed in with the real reason. Little racist.. yeah. Funny when explained… yeah. Butts hurt… none. Jokes are jokes. I felt stupid for believing it and had to laugh at myself for believing such a stupid thing. But that’s what made it funny and I learned a lesson. Don’t believe everything someone says. Do your homework. Take out the trash.
Racist jokes aren’t funny
You’ve never seen Dave Chappell? Or George Carlin? Or Richard Pryor? Racism is not funny when treated seriously. Comedy takes that power away. We, as a people, should be able to laugh about shit. As a people. And we shouldn’t condone actual racism, as a people. Very few people wake up and think “ fuck those (insert whatever you want here slur)”. Race is fundamental to us as people. And being able to make jokes about it, without malicious intent, are key, and bring us together.
It refers to the point in the year where retailers purportedly shifted from loss ("in the red") to profit ("in the black"). "In the black" is a gambling term referring to the roulette wheel, since everyone knows the best way to win in Vegas is to bet on black.
Well Calvin, you know we have turkey on Thanksgiving, right. The next day, Friday, is the traditional funeral day for the turkey. The turkeys that the President pardoned are always at each funeral, and have to be flown (of course you know turkeys can't fly) from house to house in a Black Hawk helicopter, and that is why it is called Black Friday.
An alternate theory is that the black and red come from accounting practices before computers, when books were actually books, and positive numbers were written in black and negative numbers were written in red. The major sales towards the end of November usually helped stores pull into the black. That of course is no longer true, as retail is in deep trouble because of online commerce, which in turn makes for too much choice, and the consumer dollars are diluted over many sellers resulting in a very narrow bottom line, if any.
This also results in sellers promoting Black Friday deals earlier and earlier in the year. Locally I have seen Black Friday in July sales.
In the olden days, it was said that retailers ran in the red all year, until the day after Thanksgiving, which was the opening day of Christmas shopping. And the books were no longer red, but black from all the profits. Its the day that made up for the whole year.
Take a look at what sub you're in
It's the day that many retail outlets finally go into the black after running in the red most of the year
To sell things, same with every holiday