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Old 08-28-2022, 08:06 PM   #1
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Default PSA: Don't do Christmas

You're seeing Christmas swag in stores early because times are tough and corporations need you to have a pavlovian response to spend money. They've literally conditioned us to spend money when you see Christmas memorabilia since before we could even talk, and they want it sooner and not later.

Don't worry about feeding corporate America because a hundred years worth of peer pressure makes you feel guilty for not getting others gifts/"being in the spirit"

Take finicial care of YOURSELF this year instead.

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Old 08-28-2022, 09:59 PM   #2
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bruh it ain't even September yet im already seeing Halloween stuff hung up. But Christmas? Hell nah bro wtf
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Old 08-29-2022, 03:55 AM   #3
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bruh it ain't even September yet im already seeing Halloween stuff hung up. But Christmas? Hell nah bro wtf
Already seeing ornaments in stores

Radio was also playing Christmas music once an hour last month too. Granted, it was this sorta ironic Christmas-in-July but, but still

I also saw Halloween stuff like days before 4th of July at Family Dollar altho in our area that was the extent of it

Anyway long story short don't let yourself be peer pressured
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Old 08-28-2022, 11:09 PM   #4
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Default Re: PSA: Don't do Christmas

It's been a routine thing year after year that we don't set up a Christmas tree but celebrate it regardless. Why? Because:

a.) it's a lot of work to set up & take down a tree and people are lazy.

b.) trees (both artificial & real) are expensive, and have been getting more expensive. No reason to shill out the money for one when it can be used elsewhere.
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Old 08-29-2022, 12:42 AM   #5
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Ol' Chrissy? I barely even know her!
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Old 08-29-2022, 03:04 PM   #6
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It's been a routine thing year after year that we don't set up a Christmas tree but celebrate it regardless. Why? Because:

a.) it's a lot of work to set up & take down a tree and people are lazy.

b.) trees (both artificial & real) are expensive, and have been getting more expensive. No reason to shill out the money for one when it can be used elsewhere.
YOU WOULDNT DOWNLOAD A TREE
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Old 08-29-2022, 10:51 AM   #7
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Was in hobby lobby the other day, they've got an interesting mixture of Halloween, fall/Thanksgiving, and Christmas stuff all through the store lol.
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Old 08-29-2022, 03:35 PM   #8
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Typically stores set holidays up about three months out, it actually makes sense if you're seeing some stuff early / about now.

Dunno if I agree with the idea of skipping Christmas because corporate because TBH if you only align it with gift giving /receiving you're doing the holidays wrong imho.

I'm still gonna enjoy the holiday as I always have.
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Old 08-29-2022, 11:19 PM   #9
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christ is born MONSTER TRUCKS FOR my whole family
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Old 08-31-2022, 06:54 PM   #10
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This actually made me laugh REALLY hard
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Old 08-30-2022, 10:07 AM   #11
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i'll be celebrating hanukkah this year under the assumption that i'll get more pairs of socks
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Old 08-30-2022, 12:13 PM   #12
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As not Jewish person, the best part of child me's Hanukkah experience were the Rugrats specials on TV
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ok fr tho, anyone who falls for this shit is a victim of wallet natural selection at this point

they should not be trusted with a bank account
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Old 08-30-2022, 05:39 PM   #14
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ok fr tho, anyone who falls for this shit is a victim of wallet natural selection at this point

they should not be trusted with a bank account
Aren't you not even old enough to have an account on your own?

Do you really get to go off saying this rofl
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Aren't you not even old enough to have an account on your own?
oh I'm old enough to have one (I have friends my age who have bank accounts), I just don't have one myself

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Do you really get to go off saying this rofl
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oh I'm old enough to have one (I have friends my age who have bank accounts), I just don't have one myself



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Based off you not having one, actually, no.
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Wait, are you implying that multinational corporations exist and operate not in the interest of the consumer, but rather their own bottom line? Please do regale us with more of this extremely novel information!
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ok fr tho, anyone who falls for this shit is a victim of wallet natural selection at this point

they should not be trusted with a bank account
For those who can measure their age in decades, there's a little more to it then just seeing ads and impulse spending.

But all I want to really express are just two points:

•Don't feel pressure into overspending, you don't have to prove your love to your love ones every holiday season

•Don't feel bad if your love ones don't do shit for you this holiday because they probably just can't. Let people opt out without pressure

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Wait, are you implying that multinational corporations exist and operate not in the interest of the consumer, but rather their own bottom line? Please do regale us with more of this extremely novel information!
Sometimes you got to acknowledge the basics to help build to the point, man.
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Old 08-31-2022, 02:27 PM   #19
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Sometimes you got to acknowledge the basics to help build to the point, man.
Yeah, my apologies, I haven't been getting much sleep lately and yesterday I felt like being a snarky asshat without a legitimate reason.
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This is remarkably different than what the OP says. I agree with this significantly more.
I guess it is? Not really? Ok kinda? I suppose the OP is much angrier and that gives it a very different vibe. The second post is me coming back later and trying to distill what I actually think is the important take-away.

The intention is a little less take down capitalism or whatever and more "Put yourself first" at the very least. EDIT: this isn't to imply I'm suddenly not angry at the pressure corporate America and society at large likes to dump on people, tho.

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Yeah, my apologies, I haven't been getting much sleep lately and yesterday I felt like being a snarky asshat without a legitimate reason.
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