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[hector13]

What about this thread here, huh? Huh?!

You’re quite cleay trying to distract us from your Christmas smashing ways.

[Dunamisdeos]

What about this thread here, huh? Huh?!

You’re quite cleay trying to distract us from your Christmas smashing ways.

Hey now, I didn't say me and Mrs. Claus don't have brunch, I said THIS isn't that kind of thread. I'm only human, sir.

[Max™]

Quite a few of the names on the moderation log have "advocating violence" next to them. You may want to step that down a little.

I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING THEM!

[PTTG??]

Is Christmas conservative enough?

Thinkpiece: We're sending the wrong message to children that they're entitled to gifts.

[scriver]

Children only get presents if they've been good though.

[Kagus]

What about this thread here, huh? Huh?!

That's not a thread, it's a string of Christmas lights.

Is Christmas conservative enough?

Thinkpiece: We're sending the wrong message to children that they're entitled to gifts.

I dunno, I think a flat payment of a non-refundable trinket with an MSRP of $20-$40 is an appropriate reward for an entire year's worth of chores and good behavior.


Tinsel: The Christmas Dating App. We've got a long list of names full of /naughtygirls and /niceguys, and you need to confirm your email twice.

[Starver]

Tinsl, Shirley?

[Zangi]

Children only get presents if they've been good though.

Many parents are too limp-wristed to not go through with that threat, probably.

[EnigmaticHat]

Much as I'm for the transfer of wealth from the older generations to the younger generations, Christmas is kinda bullshit to parents.  You shouldn't feel guilty because your kid didn't get the new Nintendo console right when it came out.  Toy advertising in general is designed to make kids harass/guilt their parents into buying shit neither party needs.  So many parents are running around near Christmas legit desperate to find some specific thing.

Halloween is the same basic emotional journey (preparation > social interaction > gifts) but it uses something that kids love (candy) and can be bought super cheap in bulk.

Birthdays are also significantly less cruel because they look inwards instead of outwards.  Since only a tiny minority of kids are going to have birthdays at the same time kids and parents aren't thinking about what other kids got.

The only good thing I'll say about Christmas is that it gives people a lot of time off and makes it socially unacceptable to not give your kids toys at all.  At some point Americans forgot that people aren't just school/work drones, I really think that without holidays we'd try to make the 5 day 9-to-5 grind a year round thing.

Edit: But then, most schools give kids way TOO much time off for Christmas.  And for summer.  Why are we raising kids to be in school 8 months out of the year, when they're going to be in work 12 months out of the year as adults?  A better system would be something like splitting the year into trimesters and having a two week break in between them, and then a one week break after midterms.  That would roughly mirror the vacations adults take although obviously still be more days off.  Oh and any teacher that gives homework for a break should be summarily executed.

[Kagus]

Birthdays are also significantly less cruel because they look inwards instead of outwards.  Since only a tiny minority of kids are going to have birthdays at the same time kids and parents aren't thinking about what other kids got.

Unless you're my cousin, who would throw a fit unless his mom bought him the same presents that they were giving away to whoever was having the birthday.

[scriver]

I don't have much experience with you commercials since they've been forbidden her for most or all of my life but I can imagine those being a guilt pain in the arse this time of year.

Birthdays are also significantly less cruel because they look inwards instead of outwards.  Since only a tiny minority of kids are going to have birthdays at the same time kids and parents aren't thinking about what other kids got.

Unless you're my cousin, who would throw a fit unless his mom bought him the same presents that they were giving away to whoever was having the birthday.

My parents used to give me a small toy for my brothers birthday when I was very little. I don't know if there was an incident early on which made this necessary. Stopped when I got a year or two older though.

[Trekkin]

Edit: But then, most schools give kids way TOO much time off for Christmas.  And for summer.  Why are we raising kids to be in school 8 months out of the year, when they're going to be in work 12 months out of the year as adults? 

There's a common myth that the origins of summer break were as a way to get rural kids back on their farms when they were most needed, although that wasn't summer; the reality was more closely related to cities and schools being almost uninhabitable during the summer prior to air conditioning, at least by the standards of those wealthy enough to make policy. It had nothing to do with academic performance or preparation for adulthood, but compulsory education never has; it's always been a jail to keep kids from competing with voters for jobs, and its schedule of breaks has likewise been tailored to maximize their utility as status symbols during holidays, parade them in front of the grandparents for a while, and then get them back into the classroom before their novelty wears off.

[Il Palazzo]

Oh, my. What a bleak and conspiratorial world view.

[Kagus]

And then you have Norway, where the waiting lists for kindergartens are so long that the ideal time to apply for a spot is shortly before conception.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Why are we raising kids to be in school 8 months out of the year, when they're going to be in work 12 months out of the year as adults? 

Why are we raising adults to work 12 months out of the year? Kidding, I know the answer to that one I just wanted to mention that we should eat the rich.

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