In Pamplona, Spain the yearly tradition is to throw yourself into an arena and run for your life as an onslaught of bulls chases you. In America, we have a similar tradition, but the bulls are replaced with human sheeple who will stop at nothing to ensure they walk away with the best consumer deals they can find. People are often hurt in both events and sometimes the annual runnings even lead to death as the weaker sheep are trampled during all the commotion.

This year the Boston Globe estimates that about 100 million Americans will head out for their annual running and they’ll spend upwards of $13 billion in a single day.

The action this year started on Thanksgiving Day and sheep across the nation looking for mega-discounts on cheaply built toasters, electronics and other consumables didn’t hesitate to jump into the ring.

It’s on.

America 2014 in Videos and Pictures:

It’s so exciting… watch as they open the gates at Urban Outfitters:

A brawl over… lingerie?

That’s my TV. MINE.

A straight-up mall brawl… with flying trashcans included!

They won’t let go… They just won’t let go…

Dear England, here’s what you get for messing with us in 1812… Payback baby. Welcome to the Running:

Scotland… William Wallace would be so proud… Freeeeeedom!

The man in the Chicago Bears jersey is committed…The lady in the green jacket really wants that speaker.

A war over flash memory cards…. really? Really!?!

A bunch of yelling that we don’t understand…

Is that flat screen worth a taser to the chest?

A Compilation of the Worst Black Friday Disasters:

Black Friday – 1869 

It wasn’t always a shopping day. In fact, the 1869 Black Friday was a bit different than today. There was mass panic and brawling to be sure, but not because people wanted to save money on the latest in telegraph technology.

The stock markets had collapsed after a banking conglomerate had manipulated the gold price. When gold crashed so did stocks and millions of dollars in personal wealth along with them.

It was reported that angry mobs dragged bankers and tellers into the streets and strung them up in town squares, though no known pictures of said events have survived.

This was the scene in New York:

Obviously, it was in the interests of banks and mega-retailers to rebrand the term “Black Friday.”

Santa Claus is here with a message for you parasites:

Shame on you for mindlessly consuming… you mentally enslaved morons going deeper into debt that you will soon regret… spending money you don’t have on things you don’t need.