Christmas – Every other tv commercial and just about every Christmas display will remind me of the polar opposite contrast of the Hallmark existence being depicted and the little more that white slave existence I actually grew up within in the 60’s. This is the worst “holiday ” ever.
I don’t care for Christmas or Thanksgiving. I do like New Years Day. Valentines Day and my Birthday are both neutral to me–I treat them as any other day.
The music tries to convey the notion that the world is a benevolent place starting later this month and continuing on until Christ day itself. After your Christmas shopping is over the civil wars, rebel attacks, terrorist attacks, heightenings of tensions, reprisals, counterinsurgencies and child abuse will resume. Thank you for shopping.
Isn’t that nuts?? That we will take a day off from murder, break bread and laugh with our enemy, then resume killing one another the next day. Amazing.
I never understood that shit either. So it’s OK to bomb and kill and maim people 364 days a year, just not on C-day, because that would be wrong. Nothing wrong with killing people the next day though. Nope.
Provided every other image on tv starting mid November has a red tinted image with a Christmas tree ornament in the foreground and idealized shit in the background, the killing may continue unabated until Christmas day at which time no more killing may occur until the following day, yes that is just fine. However, impromptu choirs must form up on Christmas day in these war torn areas and sing the same songs we play at the malls in English, regardless of what their native tongue may be. Peace.
I seem to recall a Beavis and Butthead dialogue on the subject of Christmas music. Frankly, Beavis could not understand why they keep playing the same music over and over. Me either.
To brainwash us of course. We should play those xmas songs backwards to hear the hidden message. Either that or they intentionally want to drive us all batshit crazy. Hey, angry people drink more alcohol after all. Good for business!
Playing it backwards will tell you where all the half off sales are. Playing it forward tells us everything and everyone is just fucking fine right here, right now.
For me, it’s Christmas.
All the commercial mess and feeling like I’m forced to be happy, feeling like something’s off with me because I’m not into the cheerful mood and not excited about the celebrations and food.
Birthday. I see my peers celebrate with friends, throw birthday parties etc, it makes me feel like a loser that I don’t do that. I’d always just eat birthday cake and do something fun with my parents. Usually as part of my gift, I’d ask for us to leave town and celebrate ‘on a trip’, just so that I could avoid the few people I actually talk to coming to congratulate me and seeing how pathetic I am. This year I’ll be in college, far from my family, which means I’m screwed.
I hate birthdays too. At least you have family. If I counted how many cakes my family gave me, I think I’d be 1 or 2. Well, that cake was for me AND someone else, so it wasn’t even MY cake technically…
I’m sorry, from what I’ve gathered your family situation is really tough.
Well, I did make a few, they’re great, I’m not. I’ve been really depressed since I got here, and most of the time I’m having a tough time just keeping up with my classes. So I keep blowing them off and hiding in my room instead. I dread having to go out, even if I end up somewhat enjoying it when I do. I can’t imagine they’ll put up with me for much longer…
You’d think that I would, but I really don’t. I do like them, I think. I don’t know why, but the only people I can spend time with without feeling awkward, or on guard, or like it’s a chore, are my parents. I really don’t get myself, I just know I’d rather stay in bed.
Oh yeah, I get the feeling. Miserable at home, even more miserable here. Why are you miserable?
What’s a holi day? Is that like, where everyone screams and throws lamps at eachother while you stand there looking like a confused car-bomb survivor? If so, I would have to say all of them are the worst.
A holi day is when everyone pretends they’re “holier than thou,” where they pretend they’re better than who they really are the 354 or so days when there isn’t a holi day.
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Christmas – Every other tv commercial and just about every Christmas display will remind me of the polar opposite contrast of the Hallmark existence being depicted and the little more that white slave existence I actually grew up within in the 60’s. This is the worst “holiday ” ever.
I don’t care for Christmas or Thanksgiving. I do like New Years Day. Valentines Day and my Birthday are both neutral to me–I treat them as any other day.
you mean you don’t LOVE the holiday music they play over and over and over and over till your head explodes?
The music tries to convey the notion that the world is a benevolent place starting later this month and continuing on until Christ day itself. After your Christmas shopping is over the civil wars, rebel attacks, terrorist attacks, heightenings of tensions, reprisals, counterinsurgencies and child abuse will resume. Thank you for shopping.
Agreed. I’m always amazed at the Christmas truce of 1914 during WW I.
@Once I just looked up Christmas truce 1914 on Wiki. Yes, amazing.
Isn’t that nuts?? That we will take a day off from murder, break bread and laugh with our enemy, then resume killing one another the next day. Amazing.
I never understood that shit either. So it’s OK to bomb and kill and maim people 364 days a year, just not on C-day, because that would be wrong. Nothing wrong with killing people the next day though. Nope.
Provided every other image on tv starting mid November has a red tinted image with a Christmas tree ornament in the foreground and idealized shit in the background, the killing may continue unabated until Christmas day at which time no more killing may occur until the following day, yes that is just fine. However, impromptu choirs must form up on Christmas day in these war torn areas and sing the same songs we play at the malls in English, regardless of what their native tongue may be. Peace.
I seem to recall a Beavis and Butthead dialogue on the subject of Christmas music. Frankly, Beavis could not understand why they keep playing the same music over and over. Me either.
To brainwash us of course. We should play those xmas songs backwards to hear the hidden message. Either that or they intentionally want to drive us all batshit crazy. Hey, angry people drink more alcohol after all. Good for business!
Playing it backwards will tell you where all the half off sales are. Playing it forward tells us everything and everyone is just fucking fine right here, right now.
For me, it’s Christmas.
All the commercial mess and feeling like I’m forced to be happy, feeling like something’s off with me because I’m not into the cheerful mood and not excited about the celebrations and food.
The damn food. Moments on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
lol you don’t have to eat or drink that stuff 😛
Birthday. I see my peers celebrate with friends, throw birthday parties etc, it makes me feel like a loser that I don’t do that. I’d always just eat birthday cake and do something fun with my parents. Usually as part of my gift, I’d ask for us to leave town and celebrate ‘on a trip’, just so that I could avoid the few people I actually talk to coming to congratulate me and seeing how pathetic I am. This year I’ll be in college, far from my family, which means I’m screwed.
I hate birthdays too. At least you have family. If I counted how many cakes my family gave me, I think I’d be 1 or 2. Well, that cake was for me AND someone else, so it wasn’t even MY cake technically…
Maybe you’ll make a friend in college? The few “good” years I ever had in my entire life was in college.
I’m sorry, from what I’ve gathered your family situation is really tough.
Well, I did make a few, they’re great, I’m not. I’ve been really depressed since I got here, and most of the time I’m having a tough time just keeping up with my classes. So I keep blowing them off and hiding in my room instead. I dread having to go out, even if I end up somewhat enjoying it when I do. I can’t imagine they’ll put up with me for much longer…
I don’t live at home anymore. Me being perpetually miserable is kinda on me now.
Why do you blow them off? If you like them, you’d wanna hang out with them, no?
You’d think that I would, but I really don’t. I do like them, I think. I don’t know why, but the only people I can spend time with without feeling awkward, or on guard, or like it’s a chore, are my parents. I really don’t get myself, I just know I’d rather stay in bed.
Oh yeah, I get the feeling. Miserable at home, even more miserable here. Why are you miserable?
What’s a holi day? Is that like, where everyone screams and throws lamps at eachother while you stand there looking like a confused car-bomb survivor? If so, I would have to say all of them are the worst.
A holi day is when everyone pretends they’re “holier than thou,” where they pretend they’re better than who they really are the 354 or so days when there isn’t a holi day.
That sounds painful, and not as honest as getting hit in the head with a lamp.
The effect is greatly accentuated if Jingle bells is playing in the background and the outside air temperature is below 15 Fahrenheit.
National Kazoo Day. At least it doesn’t have much commerical potential.
🙂
Birthday. Not for the lack of celebration. Reminds me that I’m still alive at an age I never planned to see.
Used to enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas when I was younger and didn’t know any better, now they’re just another date on the calendar.
Valentine’s Day never bothered me even when I was dateless.
Cat Appreciation Day makes me wanna knock stuff over for no reason then claw my eyes out.
Right after that I would do the famous attention seeking stop, drop, and roll.
All of them honestly all of it .
Birthday is the worst