Giving thanks to social media for showing us all the horrors of Black Friday

You want to look away, but you can’t. You want to avoid shopping, but you can’t. All you can do is watch with extra helpings of self loathing.

Black Friday is here, again, to remind us that we are only just one small step up the evolutionary chain from most animals. It is the day when we recoil as our fellow humans plunge with Lord of the Flies-like glee into the aisles of shopping centers everywhere in the name of saving a few bucks.

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Like these women in the UK, fighting over underwear and lingerie:

Or this herd heading into an Urban Outfitters:

And, um, did this guy really get tasered while shopping for Black Friday deals in Wal-Mart?

Guys, guys. Please! There has to be more TVs, right?

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Can’t we just chill out?

Well, at least this guy decided to keep his distance and drive around using a bullhorn to mock shoppers waiting in line:

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