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superaliengirl
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26 Nov 2018, 8:43 am

Things get stressful, and you have to have a good mood throughout the whole holidays. That's annoying. Plus no alone time. But in general I think it's nice, I enjoy the holidays. Nothing is ever perfect.



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26 Nov 2018, 8:59 am

I think realistically speaking deaths, injury, and damages happen the most around this time of year due to the changes in the weather.

Think about it, all that cold forces people to stay indoors and breath germs on each other causing illness to spread.

Heavy snow and rain causes a lot of traffic accidents and damages to one's property.

And this is also the time of year when depression greatly effects the less fortunate because they don't always have the money to buy food and presents for their loved ones so it probably raises both the crime rate and suicide rate.

Yeah bad things really DO happen to a lot of people around the holidays. :roll:



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26 Nov 2018, 9:34 am

Piobaire wrote:
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Bad things always seem to happen to people around this time of year. Would you guys agree with me?

No.
(1) Things happen. Whether they're "good" or "bad" depends upon the value we impose upon them.
(2) Things happen all the time; 24/7/365. The way of things doesn't give a rat's ass for something as arbitrary as the Gregorian Calendar.
(3) This time of year there is a very strong cultural expectation, inculcated from infancy onward, that everything always be happiness, tinsel, and light.
My problem isn't what happens. My problem is my interpretation of what happens, and how it doesn't resonate with my unrealistic expectations of what I think should happen.


Very good points. Bad things happen, no more or less on any particular day. And expecting that a holiday will be just wonderful is not realistic.

My personal philosophy is that every single day is sacred and a gift and blessing. No more one than another.


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26 Nov 2018, 9:38 am

blazingstar wrote:
Piobaire wrote:
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Bad things always seem to happen to people around this time of year. Would you guys agree with me?

No.
(1) Things happen. Whether they're "good" or "bad" depends upon the value we impose upon them.
(2) Things happen all the time; 24/7/365. The way of things doesn't give a rat's ass for something as arbitrary as the Gregorian Calendar.
(3) This time of year there is a very strong cultural expectation, inculcated from infancy onward, that everything always be happiness, tinsel, and light.
My problem isn't what happens. My problem is my interpretation of what happens, and how it doesn't resonate with my unrealistic expectations of what I think should happen.


Very good points. Bad things happen, no more or less on any particular day. And expecting that a holiday will be just wonderful is not realistic.

My personal philosophy is that every single day is sacred and a gift and blessing. No more one than another.


As I have already stated in the previous post there are actual legit reasons why bad things tend to happen around the holidays.