Yes, you are a part of this. You belong here.
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Hey, a bunch of us are going to hang out here Christmas Day on [email protected] and chat like we're at a party, you should join us!
It’s not just you man. You need some good chosen family to spend the holidays with in a way that makes sense to you.
A part of what?
The rituals make no sense to me at all. Everyday rituals are also weird, bearable. But to take time off, and then do, this. It exaggerates the feeling of non-belonging.
A lot of people aren't into this. A lot. They just stay quiet because they've been told they're wrong to not be into it. You're not alone here. Just do what makes you happy and wait it out. That's what I'm doing
People to me are mostly alien. I have no idea why they do most of what they do.
There are many who don't belong. I guess you can nominally belong to that group like I do?
They walk onto a wall 2 times. I say: there's the wall. Watch out.
They rather watch a tv novella where someone else walks into the same wall. They conclude: it's a normal thing to do.
They walk onto a wall a 3rd time.
Whats that about?
Maybe it makes them feel better about themselves?
The only interesting people are the ones that are different. The self awareness to question is a type of intelligence filter.
I look at this time of year as the official peasants vacation block on the calendar. I'm not bothered that it exists, or the ways stupid people are exploited. I think the fact we are only given the most useless and shortest days are the biggest thing to gripe about.
Even in a biblical context, while the date of Jesus' birth is not disclosed, the circumstances of the story preclude any possibility that happened at the winter solstice. It was simply adopted as such because of the preexisting festivities of the winter solstice. The entire holiday as a Christian thing is only tradition and not biblical. Technically, no one belongs with this one. Every ritual surrounding the xmass celebration is adopted from extra biblical sources too.
I'm atheist, but find it funny that the whole thing is a sham. The sad part is how the months following are peak suicide season in most of the west. What should be a vacation is a massive tax.
Why not?