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Sort of related, but anyone else notice that people want things to be normal so badly that you can say all kinds of crazy shit and people will just ignore it? Like you can make jokes at work or with family about Stalin and sending people to gulags and they'll just be like, "Oh that pooh is so zany."
I feel like IRL this is actually way more common than libs getting all indignant or argumentative.
Though it works the other way in that usually people can say pretty awful shit and it gets ignored, too.
I also see how early many people put up their christmas lights this year (not stores, but houses) and I can't not read a desperation for normality in it. Like i started seeing some before thanksgiving.
tbf my folks used to put out lights when it was still above freezing and wait until December to turn them on
That's what my family did growing up, I think my dad struggled with the lights in the dark and cold for one year, then the next he set them up in August and left them until we moved
Where I've lived, you were considered a rednecked hick if you left the lights up past like January
The Hallmark Channel is currently the third-highest rated in the USA. People fucking love Christmas.
Ngl im usually one of those people I want Christmas lights up when I’m eating Thanksgiving dinner
I've definitely played the game before where I ratchet up the insanity of my statements from 'pretty normal' to "your boss will be first on the wall" and shit and
people will just try to ignore it rather than stop to ask. Or maybe they do think I'm insane and just aren't acknowledging it, lmao
The question of if coworkers agree with their unhinged rants or are just worried about causing a scene weighs heavy on the mind of the poster.
I will not stop