PSA: Don't do Christmas

[radioamor]

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!

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by ToonE156

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

Originally Posted by radioamor

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.

[radioamor]

Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

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.

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by XelNya

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.

Originally Posted by radioamor

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

Tis all good

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

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.

You must have read a different opening post than I did. But like I said your rebrand of the OP is much more agreeable.

[ToonE156]

Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

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

That's actually a really good way of looking at it