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The official Christmas hate thread
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| Project-K |
Maybe I'm not alone in this, but I'm starting to get sick of christmas. Of course as I kid I loved every minute, got in the mood a month in advance and got into the whole holiday cheer, but then I just grew out of it. I'm not religious at all, so in that sense christmas never had any deep meaning for me. I was brought up celebrating christmas as a "cultural" event, but now I just don't see the point.
Every christmas, I get criticized for not being "in the spirit" by ing hypocrits who use this time of the year to try and convince themselves and others that they're decent people by doing things that they wouldn't do any other time of the year. Everything about it is dishonest.
I get criticized because I refuse to go to family gatherings to see people I don't even like, opting instead to stay home by myself and get wasted on cheap whiskey - but of course, that isn't "okay" behavior for christmas day, so I keep having to deal with all these fake cheerful folks trying to drag me back into the christmas machine.
Giving presents is . One way or the other, you're going to receive some (by annoying cheerful brats who won't leave you alone about how great mas is), and if you haven't gotten them anything, you're going to feel like crap. So you're being forced into consuming for other people, who will in turn consume for others and feed an endless circle of consumerism ultimately leading into deficit (unless you're somehow cashing in on all this). I value my judgement as a consumer. Therefore, i'd much rather spend that money on myself, buying something I know I will appreciate. Let others do the same and everyone will be happier in the end.
Add all this to a healthy stack of bad memories, and the sound of a christmas tune is enough to bring me down completely. I'm not a particularly depressive type, but this season is an exception. January can't get here fast enough. |
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| jonSun |
| You & DA gotta hook up. :p |
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| Project-K |
Don't get me started about kids! |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| It would be kind of interesting if people still made gifts for each other. Would take away a lot of the whole "consumerism" angle and lead to much less debt as well... |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It would be kind of interesting if people still made gifts for each other. Would take away a lot of the whole "consumerism" angle and lead to much less debt as well... |
Maybe, but who has time these days? Besides, the fact that all this happends just because it's christmas kinda cheapens the meaning of it. If I'm going to give someone a gift, I don't want it to be because I feel obligated to. |
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| racing4hoes |
| what is this "christmas" that you speak of ? |
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| callme:gsmile: |
| Somebody hasn't gotten any va jay jay in a long time im guessing...amirite? Usually its the lonely that hate christmas...ask DA:p |
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| Azz3D |
| quote: | Originally posted by callme:gsmile:
Somebody hasn't gotten any va jay jay in a long time im guessing...amirite? Usually its the lonely that hate christmas...ask DA:p |
only the lonely know the wayyyy i feel tonight
/roy orbison is god, even though he's dead |
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| Jake Benson |
| I love Christmas. No one ever travels on that day so flights are cheap! Seattle here I come! |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jake Benson
I love Christmas. No one ever travels on that day so flights are cheap! Seattle here I come! |
none of the pilots who know how to land fly on that day either.
I kinda hate it in many ways, because the symbolism of it has turned into a pissing contest for parents with spoiled brat kids. I appreciate what I get & try to buy nice things for the people who mean something to me. |
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| bananas |
| short version of that essey? |
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