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So it looks like I'll finally be reading the Walking Dead comics. In addition to season 1 of The Walking Dead dvd that I knew I was getting for Christmas, among other things, I got surprised with The Walking Dead comics, Compendium 1, so the first 48 issues.
Kids today are very appreciative of any gift, just as long as it's a car or an Apple product.
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Every single one of them need a fucking belt across the ass, multiple times. :smh: :fp:
It's fucktards like these that are the exact reason the future of this country is fucked.
Belt hell. They're parents need to be shot. It's their fault that these fuckin' brats act like they do.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
its the internet..while theres plenty of idiots out there..how do you know most of those are truths and not jokes?
hey, Spike is showing Band of Brothers right now !
That too. If I had asked for a car for Christmas, my parents would have laughed their asses off at me.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I'm not ashamed to say, with how hard the economy has been on my parents and myself, I got very little for Christmas but that's fine. I don't really celebrate Christmas anyway and only do it because of my parents and my siblings. I have no need for presents during Christmas anyway because, if I want something, I'm going to buy it. That's just how I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
First, I call bullshit on all that bitching.
Second, I'm glad my daughter got an iPhone.
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Neither of my parents have gotten me any gift to speak of since I was 18 or 19. It doesn't bother me and it never has. The sum total of my gifts this year (from all sources) were probably about $50 and I could live without them (other than the picture of my daughter and the gift she made for me). The only one I buy gifts for is my daughter (she had a great Christmas). Christmas is for children. If you're over 12 to 14 and you get upset by being "slighted", you need a serious beatdown (which life will provide you soon enough).Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
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And I completely agree man. The only thing my parents usually buy for me is necessity things, like clothes or some type of household or kitchen appliance or something like that. Christmas is DEFINITELY for kids and it's always awesome to see their eyes light up when they get something they think is awesome for Christmas.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Christmas hasn't meant anything to me (besides a chance to be with my family and eat some awesome food) for a long time (since probably 12-14). My parents were always incredible with trying to provide great presents for me as a kid and I'm thankful for everything that they got me considering the knowledge I have of kids that had less than I back then. I always knew they did what they could with the money that they had.
your both party poopers, Christmas has an ultimate meaning but there is nothing wrong with wanting to give and get during that time.within reason of course..Chritmas is for more than children and theres nothing wrong with asking for/hoping/getting/giving a cool gift ! and i am bitter because the economy has made my last 2 Christmas' not as fun as I would have liked.
The only meaning and point of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, nothing more. Over the year and decades and centuries, Christmas has been transformed into a day of expecting to be getting gifts.
Would I be disappointed if I went a Christmas without receiving a single gift? Nope. I buy my own self stuff that I want, with my own money. The only reason I still receive gifts for Christmas is because my parents, my sister, my aunt and uncle, etc still buy gifts, regardless. No matter how many years I tell them I don't want anything, no matter how many years I don't give them a single thing that I want on a list, they still buy me gifts.
My birthday, my parents have finally given up on buying me gifts after telling them for years now that I don't want anything. Now I just get some money inside a birthday card. Now if only I could get them to give up on Christmas gifts as well. Personally for me, anyone that thinks less of Christmas in a given year, or thinks their Christmas was ruined, just because they didn't get the gifts they want, especially adults, they have some priorities to figure out and straighten out.
:D Same here. My parents stop giving me gifts when I was 14 or 15. By that time, I was old enough to realize how much the cost of living was and had no problem with it. I didn't get a car until I was old enough to go to work and pay for it myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Yep. Same thing here. These kids these days who act like you just physically assaulted them because you didn't buy them a car for Christmas or their birthday or something, like it's a god-given right in their eyes, make me want to hit my head against the wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by NatureBoy
Oh yes! Today is a great day! Just got some great news and I'm currently happier than a tornado in a trailer park. Once I get done with this midday air shift on our sister station in the next town over, leave a little after 2pm, make the drive back home through the driving snow, get back to the station at home around 3pm, drop off the station van, go inside, and pick up my brand new Pro Combat Navy football helmet that just arrived at the station today. :nod:
This perfectly sums about our modern generation of kids. I AM ENTITLED TO WHATEVER I WANT, WHENEVER I WANT IT AND I DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR IT AND IF I DON'T GET IT, IT IS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT. Here's a thought kids... do something good for someone else and completely forget about yourself in the process.Quote:
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Yes , we know what Christmas is the celebration of, thanks for stating the obvious, but saying its nothing more is just dumb,,do you spend an entire month consiously thanking God and Jesus for jesus being born ? NO, you dont and ,God has no problem with people getting and giving gifts or putting colorful lights up for a months period so why should you have a problem with it. I am not talking about the simpleton children who just worry about getting stuff and bitch if it aint what they want...theres nothing abnormal or childish about common sense people wanting a gift and giving a gift..getting a gift makes you feel appreciated.....and smooth, your post at the top of the page nullifies everything you said LOL..i dont see it say anywhere that you bought it for yourself...that you are reading a walking dead comic at your age is another story....
How does that nullify what I said? They buy me gifts for Christmas no matter how many times I tell them not to. It's just called I knew what gifts they were buying me ahead of time, besides the Walking Dead compendium. The fact is, if they hadn't bought me what they did, I would have ended up buying it for myself sometime over the next few months. If I don't have the money for it, I don't buy it until sometime further down the road in the future. Again, if a Christmas came and went and I didn't get a single thing, would I care? Not a damn bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
And now that I am home, I have my new baby in my possession. The best $238.50 I've ever spent.
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Looks sharp! Money well spent IMO.
Oh yes it is. My collection continues to grow. I now have a game worn jersey and pants from the Army-Navy game 2-3 years ago, one of Navy's regular gold helmets that I got back in 2008 I think it was, and now this helmet. This helmet is HUGE as hell too. It's a hell of a lot bigger than my gold helmet. From what I can tell, I think it's Schutt's Air XP helmet, and it has the Skydex 2-Thermoplastic Urethane Cushioning (TPU) in it, which looks sweet looking inside the helmet.Quote:
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yeah big man LOL you didnt ask for it so that excuses it LOL ? if you didnt really want it you should give it back LOL...but you know what, even God frowns on rejecting gifts..within reason...if your getting a pound of Peruvian marching powder, you should give that back...and run before the cops show up
Well, it's difficult to try and give stuff back when they won't take it back, and they "magically lose" the gift/return receipts. :D That said, what I'm trying to say is I wouldn't be the least bit sad if a Christmas came where I didn't get a single thing, because "that" Christmas has come and gone for me. I celebrate Christmas these days for the true reason behind it, not the gifts and cool new toys like I did as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
However, as I still can't get my parents and family to realize that I don't really want anything for Christmas, no matter how many times I tell them year after year, they are going to continue buying me gifts each year regardless, so I end up accepting the gifts so as to not hurt them or their feelings by rejecting something they took the time or money to get me.
Otherwise, like I said, if there's something I want, I buy it with my own money. If I don't have the extra to spend on something, I wait until sometime down the road in the future when I do have the money and buy it then. Heck, I was just buying 2 or 3 DVDs for myself last Tuesday, because they were some DVDs that I wanted, and I had the spending/extra money to buy them.
So Christmas in terms of gifts and such, really no longer has any meaning to me, at least in terms of receiving. I personally love buying gifts for family and friends and seeing them smile or be happy at getting something they wanted. I have absolutely no problem doing that every year. As for wanting any gifts in return, I personally couldn't care less whether I get anything or not.
giving and getting gifts is and always will be fun for me
I don't think the current generation is any different from the previous generation, or really the one before that. There have always been entitled kids. There always will be. The only real difference now is that they were given faces and names thanks to Twitter. And, once that comic started re-tweeting them, I'm not entirely sure how many of them were legitimate.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
I got a decent amount of gifts for Christmas, but the real fun was in what I gave my parents, and spending the week with them. It wasn't the best week in the world (for personal reasons that I won't get into here), but I'm glad I stayed as long as I did. It was also fun to see the extended family and spend the little time I get to with them. As others have said, I didn't "need" any of the gifts I got ... anything I didn't get that I wanted will just be bought soon enough either way ... but my parents enjoy getting me gifts, and I'm not going to reject that.
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What he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
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:D that's great
lol kinda nsfw but hilarious
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No workie....
how bout now?
403 Forbodden. Linking is not allowed. What's the link to the picture?
For some reason it showed on Tapatalk but I will say, it's not worth too much trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
ya just forget it.
Anyone know how to get oil off of asphalt?
Pressure washerQuote:
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