Holiday madness

[planet planet]

I don't even have kids and this HuffPost column rang true. Why does every holiday have to be so over the top these days? We now have a majority of two full time working parent households and we're going to hold everyone up to a Pinterest standard? It's especially bad for those with kids, but even adult events have ridiculously raised standards (showers, Halloween, St. Patty's Day, even a non-themed party).

[jim]

I believe my generation is completely nuts. We went over the top with everything. Then we raised these monsters.

I am sorry.

[33anda3rd]

I wonder if the nerds at school will pressure her kids into making bad puns and being awkward on 5/4.

...we're going to hold everyone up to a Pinterest standard?

Can someone explain to me why Pinterest is a thing?

My interpretation of it is: here's a bunch of pictures of a lot of material [expletive] I like/want/covet. Also some celebrities I like/want/covet.

Calling Pinterest unnecessary and stupid might be a disservice to the words unnecessary and stupid.

[slide_into_first]

Just another example of absent leadership from the Corporate Lackey In Chief (tm).

[33anda3rd]

Multiple lackeys, I suppose, since this is a slide that's been happening for a long time. If you were to point to one example of extreme goofiness in the last 20 years by a Lackey In Chief it would probably be the one who spent a trillion in Iraq while the economy artificially inflated, artificially inflating the economy by going "Oh Hi 'Murica, here's tax money back go buy a new bigscreen television picture in picture you deserve it."

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I wonder if the nerds at school will pressure her kids into making bad puns and being awkward on 5/4.

...we're going to hold everyone up to a Pinterest standard?

Can someone explain to me why Pinterest is a thing?

My interpretation of it is: here's a bunch of pictures of a lot of material [expletive] I like/want/covet. Also some celebrities I like/want/covet.

Calling Pinterest unnecessary and stupid might be a disservice to the words unnecessary and stupid.

Pinterest is actually pretty useful. Mrs. AW has found some decent to good recipes. Also, it allows everyone instant access to folk remedies that actually work (eg, after making guacamole, put the saran wrap directly on top of the guac instead of over the bowl...I had two guys tell me that a while ago and their wives both found it on pinterest....when I got home, Mrs. AW told me to do it because, you guessed it, she found it on pinterest) and other stuff like that. It basically allows every one on it to be a suzy home maker as all the suzy home makers compete with each other to see who can post the best, most suzy home maker ideas.

If guys were on it, it would be like the OFFICIAL meat thread, only it would include how to repair broken [expletive], what tackle to use when/where you fish, and how to get an extra 20 hp out of your engine.

/here's my man card

[sighyoung]

I'm still shocked that anyone would think of sending anyone else a Halloween card or St. Patrick's Day card, or cards for any number of obscure and silly occasions of corporate-manufactured importance.

[Jocephus]

my mom usually sends me a holiday card with a fiver in it

[heyzeus]

my mom usually sends me a holiday card with a fiver in it

That's worth a footlong!

[IMADreamer]

Well we are the country of excess.