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[stayinthecar]

If you are given a gift (out of kindness) that you have no use for, does the concept of bei--

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Where did that come from?

((abuse this as you like! i am having lj issues and may be slow.))

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[nicetroll]

This is amusing.

[stayinthecar]

Is it? Why?

[nicetroll]

Because you have faith people actually give a shit.

[stayinthecar]

...I do not understand.

[nicetroll]

People are numb, my friend. They give gifts out of moral obligation and nothing else. To receive a present that you don't like, well aren't you a special little snowflake?

[stayinthecar]

Do you really think that's true?

[nicetroll]

Would you receive a gift on December 25th if there was no holiday attached to it?

[stayinthecar]

Not on this specific day, no.

[nicetroll]

Then why is it so different from any other day?

[stayinthecar]

A day specifically for gifts seems... both helpful and detrimental, actually. There is the perceived obligation of getting gifts, but also the convenience of everyone being able to trade at once...

[nicetroll]

That sounds like a you're trying to justify yourself. Would you give gifts to someone else on a day that wasn't a holiday?

[stayinthecar]

Yes.

[nicetroll]

Then why worry so much about giving gifts to someone on a holiday?

[stayinthecar]

I'm not. A friend was worried the recipient of a gift would hate it and I didn't understand.

[nicetroll]

God, that's stupid. Why bother giving them anything then?

[stayinthecar]

Excuse me?