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Surviving the Hornet's nest

Desmond1979

This afternoon, I went to Lidl in town; getting oranges. It opened at 1 pm, but customers were allowed in at 12:50 pm. While waiting for the till to start, at one, the Christmas Music was on - Michael Bublé - and there were chocolate Santas; next to the till.

I had a bit of crack, with the other ones waiting, before I was allowed to get my oranges paid. But it still outlines the overkill of the Festive Period.

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  • By my calculation, approximately one sixth of my allotted time on this planet is pervaded and invaded by a concept known as "Christmas."

    I'm not absolutely sure what "Christmas" means these days......I just know that the bulk of that period is filled with irritation, inconvenience (for me and my chosen life) plus the demand for "the masses" to engorge themselves with consumerism and enforced merriment (neither of which I engage with personally.)

    I like "Christmas" (by my definition).....but it appears that my definition of "Christmas" is a bit like my definition of a "telephone".....ie MASSIVELY out-of-date.

    A telephone is no longer a thing used to speak with people remotely.

    Christmas is no longer a limited period of rest + a time for enjoyment and fun (aka crack, by the Irish definition) with family and/or friends, if you are lucky enough to have these things.

  • in reply to Number

    I find not watching or listening to any adverts helps, living in the countryside does too as there are fewer shops and no advertsing hoardings, although people across the road have decorations up already, flashing lights in the windows, I don't know how anyone can live like that.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Good to see you properly reinstated again.  Rest assured, I go to EXTRAORDINARY steps to avoid adverts.....and avoid being told "what I should see next" and "what will interest me next" and "who I like and what I like."

    A few of us still exist in this mental world.....it is nice to see that there are more here (in our cohort) that are common in the generalised population.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Good to see you properly reinstated again.  Rest assured, I go to EXTRAORDINARY steps to avoid adverts.....and avoid being told "what I should see next" and "what will interest me next" and "who I like and what I like."

    A few of us still exist in this mental world.....it is nice to see that there are more here (in our cohort) that are common in the generalised population.

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  • in reply to Number

    Thank you.

    The only "if you liked that you may like this" I take any notice of are some of the suggestions from kindle, I have found some good books like that, but other stuff, I just think, 'in what universe?' It's all supposed to be generated by AI and other sorts of machine learning, it dosen't know me at all, it dosen't even know that I don't listen to audio books, watch videos or play computer games and thats just the least random, why would I want to buy and air fryer when I'm looking at wellington boots?