The meaning of things can just… change with time. It’s inescapable, nostalgia is very much a thing, and it’s honestly a tired trope at this point too. That said… sometimes when a thing changes, people insist on acting like it hasn’t and that might just border on (or run right over) the edge of insincerity.  So with that in mind, it’s time for some real talk. In just a couple short weeks, tired from turkey and well… family… Black Friday will arrive for us all. See, once upon a time that meant one thing… consume as much caffeine as possible, pile into a car (or several of them), and proceed to wander aimlessly around the nearest Outlet mall hoping to score the latest season of Big Bang Theory for no less than $5 cheaper than any other day of the year. Or was that just me?  Could you save some money? Sure. Would emotions, relationships, and raw humanity be tested endlessly? All but certainly. Was it worth it? I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me.  Now flash forward to more recent years and… let’s just face it… the thing has changed. Sure there’s still a day, sure there’s even still endless lines and supposed “door busters” to be had. But I can also confidently tell you that “Black Friday” started much closer to October 31st than November 28th and that’s… just the way things are.  So all the advertisements, emails, and circulars can tell you about an impending ONE-DAY-ONLY opportunity right around the corner… I’m here to tell you those and many other deals are here today, they were here two weeks ago, and they’ll all but certainly be around two weeks after.  And to put that theory to the test, we armed ourselves with a pile of Monopoly money and asked the only question that matters… what does several thousand dollars get you on Black Friday 2025? Check please…