Originally Posted by
Synthaxx
I suppose we should all celebrate every day of the week as well, because you know, it's anti social not to.
No. New years eve and new years day are just 2 more days, the same as every other. I spent mine playing Dota 2 with friends, but i could have chose to carry on playing BF3 alone, or carry on with coding projects. It doesn't mark a new beginning. It doesn't mark the end of bad times. It's just a load of bullshit with a ridiculous amount of social stigma attached.
Christmas Day and my own birthday are just 2 more days. I don't ask for anything on those days. I don't ask for anything, end of. I pay my own way in the house, and i don't ask for gifts just because it's one of those days. I don't actively celebrate either of those days either. I might spend Christmas day afternoon with family, but i regularly spend time with the family in the evenings (not every day, but 2-3 times a week), so it's no different.
All it means to me is that things will get back to normal within a day or 2, and i don't have to see any more "Order before X for Christmas delivery" for a long time.
I suppose we should also celebrate Sundays and Mondays by setting off fireworks, and drinking excessive amounts because it's the end of a bad week and the start of a new one, right? I mean, it only comes around once a week so we should make the most of it!
It's not that i don't appreciate what it's meant to represent, i just don't stand by the whole idea of "You're meant to be with friends and family or getting drunk on new years". It's not like i can afford to go out drinking anyway, but why would i do so when i also don't want to?
I did take into note the literal sense of "Anti social" when writing that by the way.
Don't do that. Don't try to compare ganking of online virtual characters in WoW to mobbing real living people in your workplace. Unfair play in a game is one thing. It's not illegal. It's frowned upon, yes, but it's not illegal. Mobbing people is illegal. It's not just frowned upon, it's outright illegal. If you wanna go and do that, and prove me wrong, then i'll expect to see a photo of your cellmate with the next post. Also, let us know whether he's got the top bunk or not.
What the OP wrote wasn't a complaint? If you read the OP's post, and then read the post you quoted, and then read the thread title, i'm sure your brain will figure it out for you.