wham49
12.21.21 | I am really bored at work, because I have checked out today, had to find something to do to get me till 3 without losing it, enjoy some time away form your every day crap and raise a few in the next few days my friends |
SteakByrnes
12.21.21 | christmas owns |
Demon of the Fall
12.21.21 | Yeah it sucks… well apart from the week off work, seemingly endless roast dinners and fuckton of beer/wine.
Oh wait, not too bad then! |
DDDeftoneDDD
12.21.21 | Very grinch of you |
Colton
12.21.21 | yeah christmas sucks luckily I'm working a 12 hour shift on it this year |
Hyperion1001
12.21.21 | November 1st to January 31 is the most awful time of year agreed. I really do truly hate Christmas, very happy my wife and I are spending the day alone and away from literally every other human. |
JayEnder
12.21.21 | Yeah, I've never felt less festive in my entire life. Just want this shitty fucking year to be over already so I can prepare for an even shittier 2022. |
Demon of the Fall
12.21.21 | I mean Xmas isn’t great in all seriousness (if I truly think about it), but I plan on getting hammered with the wife so can’t complain really. Family issues suck though. |
Hyperion1001
12.21.21 | fuck christmas hail satan |
Sinternet
12.21.21 | damn i wish all the pseudo-nihilists would just fully commit too actual nihilism rather than wha im depressed |
Asdfp277
12.21.21 | not gonna lie, love the christmas aesthetic tbh |
Pheromone
12.21.21 | i like christmas |
zakalwe
12.21.21 | Unfortunately it does become shite over the years.
All the festive stuff starting in November. ‘Book you Xmas dinner here’ posters in pubs in September for fuck sake.
The complete abandonment of Christianity. Even though it’s bollocks Church choruses, nativities and the ‘true’ message of Christmas and what have you really did make things more Christmassy.
The stripping back of lights, trees, and festive stuff in towns and cities to save cash and not ‘offend’ make things drab as fuck.
Consumerism in absolute fucking overdrive and bombardment of advertising is depressing as fuck. It’s like living in the US for a month.
No more carol singers, chestnuts, some bloke (probably a nonce) dressing up as Santa and going about the streets in a horse and cart dishing out presents.
It’s just all about what can I get and when can I get it bollocks
Fucking COVID knackering family get togethers doesn’t help either
|
Pheromone
12.21.21 | zak can i come to yours for christmas |
Asdfp277
12.21.21 | atheist christmas > zak's christian christmas |
zakalwe
12.21.21 | Only if you bring your funny bag |
bloc
12.21.21 | I'm just grateful for the time off work, don't care about much else |
ToSmokMuzyki
12.21.21 | Meeeerrrrrrrrrryyyyy Christttttmaaasssssssss :) |
Hyperion1001
12.21.21 | let’s have a Christmas plug.dj party then we can all be contrarian dickheads together hahahah |
rabidfish
12.21.21 | it's fun when you have money to buy stuff for the people you love :)))
imma get my mom something nice this year lol |
TheAntichrist
12.21.21 | ba rum mug |
Muzz79
12.21.21 | Well my Christmas has just been ruined by news that my brother has tested positive for covid and we’re close contacts. Me, my wife and 3 young kids tested negative yesterday, but in iso now till Sunday night. Thanks f**kn covid |
Demon of the Fall
12.21.21 | to be fair Zak’s points are all pretty solid. The rampant consumerism/advertising and the fact it goes on for months is a right drag. And yeah I’m no Christian, but at least a Christian Xmas has some meaning behind it. I’m not really sure why it’s even celebrated by most people anymore. Just an excuse for a family piss up I guess.
Me and the wife don’t even do presents, no point. Waste of money. |
wham49
12.21.21 | that's the spirit I was looking for Dudes!!!!
unless you were saying that you like Christmas if that is the case, then you know what to do |
Trebor.
12.21.21 | The stress from the holidays is usually not worth the merriment to me |
Sharenge
12.21.21 | ROFLMAO KICKING AND LOLING |
Sinternet
12.21.21 | winter festivals have existed long before the arbitrary christian reframing and will do so long after, it's literally just a celebration of family. community and hackneyed tradition, if you're burnt out you either take it way too seriously or actually buy into the consumerist crap |
LeddSledd
12.21.21 | oh bah humbug
stay jolly xmasbros |
brainmelter
12.21.21 | I like the weeks leading up to Christmas more than the actual day, but it’s all nice
hail satan[2] :)
|
ToSmokMuzyki
12.21.21 | true lets give up all holidays and just sing praises to our new god COVID ALPHA OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, CONQUEROR OF WORLDS |
ToSmokMuzyki
12.21.21 | Covidmas, where we celebrate the birth of covid, Covidester, where we celebrate 2 weeks to flatten the curve, Covid Lent, where we give up even more things to dedicate our selves to the Coof |
Trundle
12.22.21 | good thing we have Festivus for the rest of us |
DominionMM1
12.22.21 | we’re having prime rib for christmas dinner so yeah christmas rules |
Dedes
12.22.21 | Christmas is kinda ass for me since work goes into overdrive
So many goddamn antipastos and meat tray fml
On the bright side tho gonna hang with my older sis and brother who's been on duty for a good portion of the year. Gonna have some beers n shit. Good times.
Also sweet lord I love a good prime rib |
sixdegrees
12.22.21 | merry Christmas! |
grannypantys
12.22.21 | Christmas is the best holiday. Rent a cabin in the mountains, eat lots of food, see family you haven't seen in a while, drink wine straight from the bottle, give/get great presents.
What's not to love? |
sonictheplumber
12.22.21 | love christmas dude. you dont like gifts? hefty ass beers with crazy spices and shit? you dont like ham? |
fogza
12.22.21 | ok it's weird that a user called wham49 doesn't like christmas. like doesn't the one guy who was in wham make like a trillion pounds at christmas from people playing "last christmas"? |
Pheromone
12.22.21 | do u mean george michael |
fogza
12.22.21 | oh shit it was careless whisper that george michael gave ridgeley a writing credit on so he'd always be ok financially, totally got it muddled up |
porcupinetheater
12.22.21 | The porc Christmas tradition got the family running about the yard in assless chaps until our bare cheeks flush a festive red, upon which point we run wild into the house to sit in front of the tree trimmed with belts that we wrap around our necks like autoerotic asphyxiated ornaments. So much better with the frostbitten ass adding in an extra layer of sense play.
God bless us, every one. |
LeddSledd
12.22.21 | in the true Christian tradition no less
God bless indeed |
DoofDoof
12.22.21 | if you take away the gifts except for anyone 18 or under then Christmas makes sense and is alright, no adult needs christmas presents - it's a nonsense
then focus on just meet ups with people and having a drink, with hardly any religious meaning in the UK now it is back to basically being a pagan light festival and tbh in this grim damp freezing country it is a good thing to brighten things at least a bit. Would be a grim old trudge November to March without something to break it up
If they changed Christmas to 'non denominational light festival with gifts for kids' I personally would not give a crap |
Pheromone
12.22.21 | > no adult needs christmas presents - it's a nonsense
speak for yourself dweeb |
Shemson
12.22.21 | ‘some bloke (probably a nonce) dressing up as Santa and going about the streets in a horse and cart dishing out presents’
🤣🤣🤣 |
Demon of the Fall
12.22.21 | wholeheartedly agree with that, no amount of presents will fill the void in anyone who thinks they need them to feel 'special'. So much is wasted/excessive, I guess if you must just keep it small. It's very rarely necessary from a practicality standpoint either, adults can buy their own things and if they can't afford luxuries then it is highly unlikely their partners/families can either, so it isn't a 'practical solution' unless it's a charity event of some sort - even then, kids should be prioritised. |
EphemeralEternity
12.22.21 | Pros:
- Large quantities of sumptuous food
- Presents/Money
- Boxing day sales
- Break from work
- An excuse to drink half a bottle of Goldschlager during the day
- Good opportunity to burglarise homes if you are so inclined
Cons:
- Smalltalk with relatives that I forget even exist for 364 days per year
- Obnoxious Christmas jingles in stores
- Religious nonsense
- Christmas themed metal albums
- Everyone seems to act a little bit more brain damaged than usual |
Demon of the Fall
12.22.21 | yes
don't need 'em
absolutely not, hell on earth
fuck yes
idk what this is but probably yes
the victims would disagree but discard this/obvs joke
I don't have this problem anymore, but otherwise yes
fuck yes
nah, pretty neutral towards this tbh - it's a religious festival, or could/should? be
easy to ignore
I feel this may be related to pro #4 |
Pheromone
12.22.21 | Pros:
- my next door neighbours rounning round in assless chaps
Cons:
- the smell
|
Grungil
12.22.21 | A good time to get into coma. |
tommygun
12.22.21 | Pros: nothing
Cons: everything
It's a huge scam lads |
ToSmokMuzyki
12.22.21 | damn this thread went deep |
Dedes
12.25.21 | Good food
Good beer
My families pretty sweet aside from my dad whom I suppose I'm obliged to see once a year
3 days of no work
Christmas rawks cawk |
MO
12.25.21 | Christmas is one of the best times of the year!! Been a good one so far |
Demon of the Fall
12.25.21 | It’s been aggressively okay so far. Like I’m not sure why this couldn’t have been like any weekend but yeah it’s decently mid-good |
Demon of the Fall
12.25.21 | I suppose just lower your expectations just enough to exponentially increase enjoyment. |
dedex
12.25.21 | i just like to get drunk with the fam y'know |
sonictheplumber
12.25.21 | gift giving is an expression of love. does nobody here have friends or family |
Hyperion1001
12.25.21 | actually been a pretty great day honestly I hope everyone else had a good one. |
sonictheplumber
12.26.21 | its been fun. im also skippin work tomorrow cause fuck it |
Hyperion1001
12.26.21 | hell yeah brother |
Dedes
12.26.21 | Bro go for it stick it to those corporate slugs
Or uh
Whomever you work for |
Divaman
12.26.21 | Really, it's kind of what you make of it. Kept it low key, had a pleasant day. |
Emim
12.26.21 | It's a paid holiday for me so I get to kick back in front of the fire, have a drink, and get paid. |
wham49
01.01.22 | well we lasted way longer than you can hope for, but we are finally getting a snow dump tonight
I would not mind if we get a couple inches once a week even, but every frickin time it snows we get 9 inches minimum, it blows tryin to clear all the snow in the morning |
bloc
01.04.22 | Best holiday ever. Didn't do shit. Just gamed the entire time. |
rodrigo90
01.04.22 | That's what Peter Steele said. |
wham49
11.07.22 | and it starts again, 2 months before the dreaded day, we are seeing the commercials and the movie marathons starting, give me a break
first gift idea from my daughter is going to cost me 1000, on a whim she wants it, so of course my wife will force us to get her it, althogh she has 2 already
the thing is I would get her a new computer, but becasue it is christmas she wants the most expensive one she can find, which she dont need, especially since she already has one |
Shemson
11.07.22 | Honestly mate, Christmas done wrong can put families into debt they never recover from and the cost of living is the worst it’s been for a long time this year (speaking for the Uk)
I never got what I wanted for Xmas because my family couldn’t afford it but I knew they did their best to provide all year not just at Xmas and I turned out alright so if your daughter doesn’t need a new computer don’t get it mate |
botb
11.07.22 | Any major holidays with two sets of divorced parents like my wife and I have are absolutely exhausting |
wham49
11.07.22 | thats me too, botb, I have to go to 5 places on the day, 3 the day before and another floater before or after that, so I have to celebrate CHristmas 9 times not counting my own house that morning. totally sucks
I dot mind spending money on especially my dughter but it seems like the only reason she wants something expensive is becasue it is Christmas and she can ask for whatever she wants, and has to ask for something |
Josh D.
11.07.22 | I also dislike the time of year that includes the holiday. |
wham49
11.07.22 | Astros number 1 |
Josh D.
11.07.22 | That's right. |
wham49
11.07.22 | lol, ya but everybody hates them |
Josh D.
11.07.22 | good |
Divaman
11.07.22 | But...but...but...eggnog! |
botb
11.07.22 | I fuck with cold weather activities and gift giving and generally not being a dick to other people (unless it’s on sput cause that’s just what we do), just miss me with the wacky religious aspect and the everyone trying to see each other and half of them hate each other so you have to work around that on the same 2 days |
unclereich
11.07.22 | my favorite holiday tied with halloween. I love decorating my home and getting a tree. the best part is gift giving, cant get enough. merry Christmas to you all! |
Josh D.
11.07.22 | grow up |
SharkTooth
11.07.22 | Christmas is okay, i just hate the songs associated with the holiday
Also I'm not Christian |
unclereich
11.07.22 | merry Christmas :) |
Egarran
11.07.22 | I like the season, I just wish we could do it without all the stressful presents. |
Uzumaki
11.08.22 | Working retail ruined a lot of the spirit of the season for me |
unclereich
11.08.22 | I enjoyed the Christmas rush and telling entitled scrooges the gift they waited the last minute to get was sold out. |
wham49
12.21.22 | here we go again, Christmas puts me in such a shite mood, I was tired of it 2 days after HAlloween when they started playing those same old tired christmas movies over and over and over |
Colton
12.21.22 | i thought i hate that Wonderful Christmas Time song by Paul McCartney but then I listened to it with headphones and realized it’s actually really good. such a bizarrely structured tune, so many odd details and this spacey sorta drugged out vibe that actually makes it really interesting to listen to |
notagenius
12.21.22 | grinch |
wham49
12.21.22 | it makes me sick |
wham49
12.21.22 | i would say the grinch s the corporate crap that makes it no fun, since nov 1 12:00 AM there has been nothing but christmas commercials, music, and movies 2 months of that crap about spending all your money on garbage or you are a bad person just got too much to stomach about 10 years ago |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | Christmas is nice, but it doesn't feel the same anymore
@wham agreed on the Grinch
|
IsisScript80
12.21.22 | "I was tired of it 2 days after HAlloween when they started playing those same old tired christmas movies over and over and over"
There are a billion-and-6 streaming services and channels that allow curated content... really easy to avoid if you actually want to. |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | @Rowhaus I had to ban Christmas everything from my mom until December
I wanted to do St. Patricks day on Easter just so I could show them how stupid it was |
YoYoMancuso
12.21.22 | i feel like my attitudes about Christmas 100% correlate to the quality of my life. the music and capitalist BS is lame, but spending time with loved ones is priceless |
wham49
12.21.22 | the only loved one I would want to spend time with and I do is my daughter, but she has been corrupted by the corporate machine, so she will be in a bad mood, becasue there will be one thing she wanted that she didnt get I'm sure. Me and my wife put a couple grand into her Christmas, and somehow my wife makes me feel guilty that CHristmas wont be good enough for her
i just want it over with so i can start saving for the next christmas |
anode
12.21.22 | Christmas is for kids. Can’t believe adults even consider taking this seriously |
IsisScript80
12.21.22 | ^ That's a real neckbeard statement. |
Colton
12.21.22 | that’s a “metalcore in my pie chart” statement if I’ve ever heard one |
anode
12.21.22 | It’s more of a crappy upbringing statement where I don’t particularly want to spend time with my wacko family and find gift giving completely pointless. If I want something, I buy it because you know, I’m not a kid |
Colton
12.21.22 | yeah the neckbeard part is when you project your own childhood issues onto the world at large in a judgemental and condescending fashion |
anode
12.21.22 | Lol |
Josh D.
12.21.22 | holiday sucks |
wham49
12.21.22 | Astros number 1 |
Josh D.
12.21.22 | Yes |
anode
12.21.22 | I’m trying to imagine a world where I enjoy coming together with my family and I suppose that would be nice and the piney Christmas tree smell and excuse for eating and drinking joyously sounds good. Still the music, commercialism and gift giving I don’t think I could ever see past unless it’s for kids |
anode
12.21.22 | I’m just glad they beat the yankees |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | @rowhaus She was compliant, but started watching Christmas movies after Thanksgiving |
gschwen
12.21.22 | I wrote the review for #2 |
Egarran
12.21.22 | Santa is a gateway drug to Jesus. You must protect your children from this at all costs. |
Hyperion1001
12.21.22 | I’m trying really hard not to be a grinch but damn I hate this holiday. |
henryChinaski
12.21.22 | Didn't really care about it for the last 10 years or so, but my nephew was born a year ago and he makes Christmas awesome again |
anode
12.21.22 | ^ as it should be mate
Paul McCartney is a bonafide genius for being able to make even a Christmas song pleasant |
wham49
12.21.22 | in a few years it will suck again, |
MoM
12.21.22 | “Violent Night” was a fun time. Might get some of y’all in the Christmas spirit! |
anode
12.21.22 | Can’t stand counterparts |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | >>>only Counterparts fans hate Christmas
Man what's with all these basic djent metalcore bands with all these basic ass names
Volumes
Prompts
Novelists
Structures
There can only be ONE Northlane, JUST ONE! |
anode
12.21.22 | “All the good names have been used already!”
- metalcore bands probably |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | @anode they only use one braincell when it comes to names
Here, I'll come up with one:
STATIC SPINAL CORD (US)
^Look at that shit |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | >>>2012 convo fr
You inspired me to look at an old conversation
I looked at the Northlane discussion on their first LP, and oh boy, this Betaaqualie dude was goddamn salty
I love old forum comments, because they had no chill at all |
MoM
12.21.22 | Man, i miss Verb the Noun band names |
Demon of the Fall
12.21.22 | I went all out this year and bought absolutely…
FUCK ALL! (gifts wise). Not a single damn thing, take that rampant consumerism! |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | @MoM Classic name format, you can't do any wrong with it
Stroke the Beast
Fondle the Sack
Take the Herpes |
anode
12.21.22 | You mapped out your gameplan yet for your response when everyone else gives you gifts? |
MoM
12.21.22 | Puts the Lotion
Scratches the Itch
Pierce the Veil |
Demon of the Fall
12.21.22 | They won’t
It is known |
Vinnymcscoop
12.21.22 | Divorce the Wife
Drink the Beer
Take the Drugs |
MoM
12.21.22 | Consult the Doctor
Call the Dermatologist
Fight the Eczema |
IsisScript80
12.21.22 | Enjoy the Festivities |
MoM
12.21.22 | Pet the Dog
Drink the Nog
Rudolph the Fog
The haiku of our age |
ToSmokMuzyki
12.21.22 | What the Fuck
Is going
On |
Sinternet
12.22.22 | i dont understand people who are so against gift-giving and such
no one expects you to fork out hundreds on every person, it's not a contest. it's a chance to show your appreciation for someone by getting them something they would appreciate as a nice little treat. no one in my family earns much and we've never spent hundreds to get ridiculously expensive gifts, now everyone is of adult age its rare we spend more than £20 on each person, we just get small things like books or records and a box of chocolates or a bottle of whisky or something. sure it's different with younger children but being clear to them what you can and can't actually afford and making sure what you get them is stuff thats worthwhile and meaningful and not cheap tacky stuff even if theres less of it. hell you dont even need to pay for stuff when you can make things, my mum knitted me a scarf 15 years ago as a christmas present and i still use that all the time. the only excuse i can think of as valid for not enjoying christmas is if you have a shit family, which sucks, but its also not fair to go about proclaiming how much you hate everything about it when other people are just trying to enjoy the holiday. |
ToSmokMuzyki
12.22.22 | PREACH |
MoM
12.22.22 | [2]
The holidays rule. Major happy vibes. |
Demon of the Fall
12.22.22 | 'it's a chance to show your appreciation for someone by getting them something they would appreciate as a nice little treat.'
what if you don't appreciate them? Me and the wife have an agreement, so that's fine. I don't have much in the way of family and barely see any of them. I guess it may fall under the qualification later in your comment actually
I don't have a 'family Xmas', it simply doesn't exist anymore and helps fuel the complete disdain I have for this time of the year in general |
Egarran
12.22.22 | > its also not fair to go about proclaiming how much you hate everything about it when other people are just trying to enjoy the holiday.
Sure, but when a thread has this title you shouldn't go in expecting joy and forgiveness. This should be a safe space, man.
Make an I love Christmas thread. |
Demon of the Fall
12.22.22 | yeah, it wasn't exactly cryptic, lol
I reserve my right to vent, hail Satan!
(idk why, but you can't really say 'hail the Devil' (even tho I'm a Brit and Satan isn't the Brit term), 'Devil' just doesn't work in this context. Hmm... probably due to the origins of the term / internet meme bollocks, or it could simply be down to the way it does/doesn't flow) |
anode
12.22.22 | Yeah you’re right sinternet. I think it’s nice people get some value out of Christmas. It just ain’t my thing. On the topic of gift giving, I just wish there wasn’t this expectation for adults at least to give gifts. I’m happy to give people stuff when I think of something or it makes sense, why does it have to be on Christmas? Or someone’s birthday for that matter? It always forces me to give or get something I don’t really care about and feels like a waste because receiving material items means practically nothing to me |
DDDeftoneDDD
12.22.22 | Okay Grinch |
gschwen
12.22.22 | You could always take someone out to dinner |
ToSmokMuzyki
12.22.22 | on the other hand all these shitty drivers can go to hell agreed |