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Let's talk about Christmas, Thanksgiving be damned
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 07 Dec 2013, 03:13 ---It amazes me that we seem to have a culture where it honestly isn't seen as weird that people pay for things they don't want or need with money they don't have.
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Fixed that for you.
Lines:
Found out what we're doing for Christmas! My bff/nextdoor neighbor invited us and my mom over for Christmas dinner. I'm so excited. Thanksgiving was a little sad because it was just three of us and now we'll get to have a if fun dinner. :-) And apparently my bff's husband's family shares the tradition of seeing a movie on Christmas day, so we'll probably do that with them, too! Huzzah! This pretty much made my day yesterday, as I've been in such a slump lately.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 07 Dec 2013, 01:59 ---I used to rail against the commercialisation of Christmas but I've come to the acceptance of it as part of our culture. After all we commercialise everything else to breaking point, Christmas isn't so special that it doesn't deserve the same treatment.
[snip; signed, Pat]
Yet the heads of each branch of the faith could easily command the ear of the media and the people to openly condemn and divorce themselves from this. It's a shame that they don't have the spine to do so.
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Dude, the corporate machine is already well aware of the fact we hate Black Friday. They just don't fucking care because they know you're not going to do anything about it. I saw a matching pair of car commercials the other day that beautifully highlighted this. First one I saw was two men, neighbors, talking to each other. First guy says to the second guy, who has a black eye, "Jeez, what happened to you?" and he responds "Black Friday. Got up early. Saved hundreds. How'd you make out?" or something. First guy says back, "Oh, you know. Slept in. Saved thousands." And he turns to look at his brand new Cadillac or whatever the fuck. And the women's one (because men and women aren't allowed to talk to each other on TV, duh) is the same idea, except substitute "black eye" for "messy hair, no makeup" and all that good lot (because women are never violent ever and all that matters is their looks, duh).
On a related note, every time I hear a sleigh bell, it's like the full moon to a werewolf. I fucking hate sleigh bells in commercials, in music, on a goat, in a boat, I DO NOT FUCKING LIKE THEM SAM I AM STOP WITH THE UEFHEOIJRGF SLEIGH BELLS FUCK YOU
Barmymoo:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 07 Dec 2013, 03:44 ---
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 07 Dec 2013, 03:13 ---It amazes me that we seem to have a culture where it honestly isn't seen as weird that people pay for things they don't want or need with money they don't have.
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Fixed that for you.
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Well, that too, but I'm really talking about the fact that it is seen as completely normal that we buy houses for thousands and thousands of pounds/dollars and then spend our entire lives paying that money back, or get an education which we will be paying for throughout or working lives, and also that people get a new sofa because they want one but they can't afford to pay for it yet so they will pay for it next year, for more money.
I'm not saying I don't do this too - I have a scary amount of student debt (I got my first "you're due to start repaying!" letter the other day... fortunately since I have an income of -£2500 I won't have to actually make any payments) and I will probably take out a mortgage. It just seems so odd.
Blue Kitty:
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