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Working in the mall on Christmas radicalized me.
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Jelly posted:Working in the mall on Christmas radicalized me. I worked at a mall in Houston, making coffee drinks for Christmas shoppers. I have never been treated so poorly in my life. I had to take regular breaks to go into the back room and cry.
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Dec 21, 2023 19:55
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just some christians in the holiday spirit, yall
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Dec 21, 2023 20:01
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Jelly posted:Working in the mall on Christmas radicalized me. You have my sword.
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Dec 21, 2023 20:04
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redshirt posted:You have my sword. and my bow 
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Dec 21, 2023 20:38
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Christmas makes all the children happy. And that is not. good.
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Dec 21, 2023 20:48
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my kids look real cute next to the tree 
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Dec 21, 2023 21:15
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i dont really think childrens happiness is worth the soulsucking consumerism that defines the holiday and victimizes a good portion of workers, in particular since if you wanted to lie to your children about where gifts come from, nothing is stopping you from doing it in july
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Dec 21, 2023 21:19
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Christmas owns. I love disappointing people by spending time with everyone, driving around all day, and yet it's never enough lmao Although if I get to go for a swim in the arvo it may be okay
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Dec 21, 2023 22:20
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Worf posted:i dont really think childrens happiness is worth the soulsucking consumerism that defines the holiday and victimizes a good portion of workers, in particular since if you wanted to lie to your children about where gifts come from, nothing is stopping you from doing it in july grinch alert
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Dec 21, 2023 22:21
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Worf posted:i dont really think childrens happiness is worth the soulsucking consumerism that defines the holiday and victimizes a good portion of workers, in particular since if you wanted to lie to your children about where gifts come from, nothing is stopping you from doing it in july Counterpoint: children's happiness is priceless, therefore worth it
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Dec 21, 2023 22:24
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Dokapon Findom posted:Counterpoint: children's happiness is priceless, therefore worth it counter-counterpoint: it's possible to make children happy without making life hell for retail workers and/or buying mountains of useless poo poo.
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Dec 21, 2023 22:25
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cruft posted:counter-counterpoint: it's possible to make children happy without making life hell for retail workers and/or buying mountains of useless poo poo. I don't understand the fixation on useless poo poo. Just buy poo poo that's useful instead! I served customers for years but I never hated them. I just said "thank you for your business"
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Dec 21, 2023 22:28
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Dokapon Findom posted:I don't understand the fixation on useless poo poo. Just buy poo poo that's useful instead! I didn't hate my customers either. But some of them made me cry. 
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Dec 21, 2023 22:30
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cruft posted:counter-counterpoint: it's possible to make children happy without making life hell for retail workers and/or buying mountains of useless poo poo. LEGO is not useless. it is fun
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Dec 21, 2023 22:30
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kntfkr posted:LEGO is not useless. it is fun Okay! My 19-year-old daughter does not need another "learn macrame" kit, though.
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Dec 21, 2023 22:33
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Maybe when I wrote "mountains of useless poo poo", y'all thought I meant 100% of gifts were useless poo poo. I didn't mean that. I meant, like, okay. Last night, we opened grandma's presents early, because we knew we weren't going to want many of them. Of the 14 items shipped to us, we kept the flashlight. Everything else got re-packaged into something that would protect it but make it obvious from sight what was inside, and dropped into the donation box. Hopefully somebody else will want these still-in-original-packaging items, because I don't need 12 pairs of tube socks, ms cruft doesn't need three of the style of shirt her sister wore 20 years ago, and jr doesn't need a Klutz™ Beaded Bracelet making kit in college.
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Dec 21, 2023 22:37
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kntfkr posted:grinch alert you're in the angry about christmas thread getting triggered by people that are on topic
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Dec 21, 2023 22:59
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Roleplaying Dad posted:My family always went out to eat for thanksgiving; no having to make 15 trips to the grocery store, no dishes, everybody got to eat what they wanted (including vegetarians, keto, gluten free people), but then I met my husband and he declared that was an unacceptable way to do Thanksgiving, and now I'm in charge of grocery shopping, cooking, decorating/undecorating, cleaning, buying welcome and good bye gifts, and running back and forth to the airport for 12 people over a four day weekend. He cooks a loving turkey. 🙄 If your husband wants a big, homemade Thanksgiving feast with tons of guests, he needs to be the one doing the work. He can be in charge of all the bullshit he deems necessary for an "acceptable" Thanksgiving, and you can take yourself out for a nice meal.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:36
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I hope to receive lots and lots of useless poo poo this year.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:36
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Worf posted:you're in the angry about christmas thread getting triggered by people that are on topic Dude accept the praise when you get it loving Christmas dude
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Dec 21, 2023 23:40
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Karate Bastard posted:loving Christmas dude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avmNCwY16Ps
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Dec 22, 2023 00:04
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"Useless" is also a pretty uncharitable word for a gift. It's up to you to find a use for it, not for the gift-giver to anticipate your every want and need. Goons are babies
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Dec 22, 2023 00:20
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Dokapon Findom posted:"Useless" is also a pretty uncharitable word for a gift. It's up to you to find a use for it, not for the gift-giver to anticipate your every want and need. Goons are babies if you need to convene a council to find a use for a gift, it is at best, bad, and a fair bet that its useless to the recipient. calling that out may sound uncharitable, but it can certainly be accurate.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:26
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Karate Bastard posted:Dude accept the praise when you get it a compliment is nothing but a verbal christmas present and i wont have it
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Dec 22, 2023 00:55
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Dokapon Findom posted:"Useless" is also a pretty uncharitable word for a gift. It's up to you to find a use for it, not for the gift-giver to anticipate your every want and need. Goons are babies Similar to how big baby China stopped accepting the United States' gift of to-be-recycled materials!
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Dec 22, 2023 01:12
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Santa Claus oppresses the proletariat.
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Dec 22, 2023 01:15
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Worf posted:if you need to convene a council to find a use for a gift, it is at best, bad, and a fair bet that its useless to the recipient. I will convene said council if you all make me. Don't make me!!
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Dec 22, 2023 01:18
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Linux Pirate posted:Santa Claus oppresses the proletariat. Post itt the pro-labor literature you're using to radicalize the elf on your shelf 
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Dec 22, 2023 01:23
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I bought my wife an ice maker, and if providing frosty beverages all year round isn’t spreading cheer I don’t know what is.
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Dec 22, 2023 02:17
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*bangs gavel Dismissed
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Dec 22, 2023 02:19
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It feels like it's about 50/50 any flight you book gets cancelled that day.
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Dec 22, 2023 03:02
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All the pilots are home with their families where they should be...
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Dec 22, 2023 03:05
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cruft posted:counter-counterpoint: it's possible to make children happy without making life hell for retail workers and/or buying mountains of useless poo poo. I'm not sure it is.
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Dec 22, 2023 03:43
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Because I am a failure in the genetic, conventional sense. I have no wife, no kids, I never will, I never will have that stereotypical Christmas morning where me and the wife have been up all night getting it ready, and the Son and Daughter come down the stairs of our well appointed home to cries of joy as the lad sees the Millennium Falcon playset, and the Daughter walks out back to meet her new pony.... Christmas reminds me of all that I am not, that I don't have, that I tell myself "I don't want", but is that true?
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Dec 22, 2023 04:19
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cruft posted:Okay! i work for a company that sells those dumbass kits (probably lower quality than the ones your daughter gets) so I'm happy to hear people actually buy them
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Dec 22, 2023 04:56
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redshirt posted:Because I am a failure in the genetic, conventional sense. I have no wife, no kids, I never will, I never will have that stereotypical Christmas morning where me and the wife have been up all night getting it ready, and the Son and Daughter come down the stairs of our well appointed home to cries of joy as the lad sees the Millennium Falcon playset, and the Daughter walks out back to meet her new pony.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ALzsH-yRs
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Dec 22, 2023 04:57
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Santa giving out gifts to good boys and girls and pure ownage to everyone else
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Dec 22, 2023 11:20
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Linux Pirate posted:Santa Claus oppresses the proletariat. 
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That explains the kid in the black Santa suit at FYE.
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