Bah Humbug (another foul-mouthed rant)
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I reiterate. This is what we get for mixing big money with a holiday.
When my family and I get each other presents, we limit it to one present per person, so that we have more time to think of presents which have some meaning to them, and so that we can focus more on the fun times spent chowing down on more calories than I can burn in a year than the presents, which to me don't have as much meaning.
Oh, and... another thing I noticed about Christmas that drives me nuts is something I mentioned in the #cplusplus topic:
Seriously, the blinking drives me NUTS.
-Albatross
P.S: ...and I'm not even epileptic.
When my family and I get each other presents, we limit it to one present per person, so that we have more time to think of presents which have some meaning to them, and so that we can focus more on the fun times spent chowing down on more calories than I can burn in a year than the presents, which to me don't have as much meaning.
Oh, and... another thing I noticed about Christmas that drives me nuts is something I mentioned in the #cplusplus topic:
| Topic is Christmas decorations: An epileptic's worst nightmare. |
Seriously, the blinking drives me NUTS.
-Albatross
P.S: ...and I'm not even epileptic.
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Given the crappy weather we are having in the UK - my family have cancelled Christmas this year
(on the subject of Christmas music, I do like Christmas Carols sung by choirs)
(on the subject of Christmas music, I do like Christmas Carols sung by choirs)
I understand Xmas is a *big* occasion for US & Europe but here in Asian countries where most Chinese live, the Chinese New Year take reign. Instead of Xmas gift we have red packets.
This is especially prominent if your company do business in China. There is I think a 1 week holiday for them but not for my country.
So yes each country celebrate their own festival and occasion and let all of us enjoy.
This is especially prominent if your company do business in China. There is I think a 1 week holiday for them but not for my country.
So yes each country celebrate their own festival and occasion and let all of us enjoy.
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| In fact I'm somewhat disturbed that Christmas and Easter are national holidays. I thought the US was supposed to be religion neutral. (Although the Christmas and Easter celebrated in the US are closer to the Pagan versions of those holidays than the Christian ones -- so whatever) |
Aye to that. Furthermore, I hate how these so-called holidays are used as an excuse to sell a whole shipload of overpriced "festive wares". To me - and I'm not Christian (I'm a Pastafarian1) - Christmas is about having a fun time together, not buying overpriced crappy shit / going to a church to pray. Just thinking about an old man flying in a sled brings a frown on my face (imagine what would happen if I would be thinking about the
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
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| Just thinking about an old man flying in a sled brings a frown on my face (imagine what would happen if I would be thinking about the South Pole, the presents, the Elves, the Christmas trees, a red-nosed reindeer and potentially more stupid things). |
ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPLY SANTA CLAUS DOES NOT EXIST!?!?
@Rocketboy, woops. Changed it. :P It's probably a better idea to migrate to the South Pole though; it's actually a continent and although the ice CAN (not implying that it will, I am in fact not a "believer" of global warming) melt, there is still some land underneath.
What's there to not believe about global warming? Sure it's cold now, but "global warming" refers to the average temperature.
http://www.cheaperpetrolparty.com/Images/Global_Warming/Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png
Think of it like a pendulum. If you give it extra momentum, the extremities of its swing get further away. In the same way, the extremes of temperature on Earth are becoming more extreme.
http://www.cheaperpetrolparty.com/Images/Global_Warming/Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png
Think of it like a pendulum. If you give it extra momentum, the extremities of its swing get further away. In the same way, the extremes of temperature on Earth are becoming more extreme.
I do not deny the fact that it is actually getting warming; I deny the fact that it is caused by humans. How could we compare to the enormous power of a star - the sun? The past centuries, there have been periods of higher and lower average temperature the fluctuation is "natural" - caused by the sun. The few extra "greenhouse gases" (even if this theory has proven to be true) cannot stand up to this (primarily because we're talking about less than 0.01% here). Further reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle
Now, back on topic; just returned from church (only went there 'cause my mom was in the choir). I suddenly remembered why I converted to Flying-Spaghettimonsterism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle
Now, back on topic; just returned from church (only went there 'cause my mom was in the choir). I suddenly remembered why I converted to Flying-Spaghettimonsterism.
Even if the concentration of greenhouse gases is small (and I will admit that it is), it is still increasing, and we are still causing that increase. Isn't it worth erring on the side of caution, rather than risking doing (further) damage to the Earth? Even if we aren't causing climate change, we still cause deforestation (removing massive sections of forest, killing insects and small animals) and desertification (the process of turning grasslands into desert land) as well as poisoning water.
Even if our current rate of pollution isn't going to destroy the Earth outright, isn't it worth minimising the damage we are causing (and I don't think there is any point arguing whether we are causing damage)?
Even if our current rate of pollution isn't going to destroy the Earth outright, isn't it worth minimising the damage we are causing (and I don't think there is any point arguing whether we are causing damage)?
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