Facebook 2013-11-07 FB: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

[Pikonic]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

"I know the theme is supposed to be holiday, but schools sometimes put up holiday decorations--not that I bothered doing that with mine, but I mean, come on, use your imagination, people."

I'M LAZY!!!

 

[applecat]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

I Know the theme is supposed to be "Holiday", but Holiday cheer is often decorated around schools anyway, and education is most fundamental anyway.

Another thing... even if this were an acceptable bending of the rules, he didn't even put up any holiday shit in the school. Are viewers just supposed to "imagine" that the thing follows the theme?

If Chris can imagine it, why shouldn't the viewers?

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

I Know the theme is supposed to be "Holiday", but Holiday cheer is often decorated around schools anyway, and education is most fundamental anyway.

Another thing... even if this were an acceptable bending of the rules, he didn't even put up any holiday shit in the school. Are viewers just supposed to "imagine" that the thing follows the theme?

If Chris can imagine it, why shouldn't the viewers?

I wonder then, what Chris thinks is even the point of having a theme for anything.

Although of course, if some other contestant didn't follow the theme, Chris would scream about cheating and rule-breaking. So maybe themes to him are just a way to constrain other people and free up his path to greatness.

 

[tobacky_vapor]

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Not sure if stains or if mice are chewing small holes into his clothes

Those are tear stains.

Corrosive tear stains.

The tears of failure are quite potent and dangerous.

 

[CatParty]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

The tears of failure are quite potent and dangerous.

his body does cause rashes on some people

 

[applecat]

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So maybe themes to him are just a way to constrain other people and free up his path to greatness.

As, my dear Alec, is everything else in the world.

 

[4Macie]

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So you guys are telling me that this was suppose to be an admission for a "holiday" LEGO contest... well it's got various holiday colors mixed into it so I guess Chris thought it'd work.. though it's been so long since Chris was in highschool that he doesn't realize that a lot of schools aren't allowed to "spread holiday cheer" like they used to. Many schools aren't allowed to put up Christmas stuff or anything other than "Happy Holidays". Pretty sure they aren't even allowed to have "christmas parties". Halloween is still acceptable though.

 

[Shadow Fox]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

I Know the theme is supposed to be "Holiday", but Holiday cheer is often decorated around schools anyway, and education is most fundamental anyway.

Another thing... even if this were an acceptable bending of the rules, he didn't even put up any holiday shit in the school. Are viewers just supposed to "imagine" that the thing follows the theme?

TINSEL IS EXPENSIVE!!!

 

[Anchuent Christory]

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So maybe themes to him are just a way to constrain other people and free up his path to greatness.

As, my dear Alec, is everything else in the world.

AUTISTICS ARE ON TOP!

 

[Sakamoto]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

Not sure if stains or if mice are chewing small holes into his clothes

100% serious here:
I used to have pet mice, and those really do look like holes chewed by mice or rats.

 

[Pinhead]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

Pretty sure they aren't even allowed to have "christmas parties". Halloween is still acceptable though.

Typical of America, really. You can't have a celebratory religious holiday based around good will to others, but there's no problem in adorning the walls in skeletons, demons and spirits, while expecting free junk food from your neighbourhood.

It bugs me that Halloween has migrated to Australia somewhat, due to the onslaught of endless crappy American TV. Does nobody in America find it completely retarded that you have a day based around asking strangers for candy (you know, the thing that you're taught at a young age NOT to accept) with a demonic/spiritual theme?

I'll get off my soapbox, but I'm pretty sure it's just mental conditioning for children.

So how about that LEGO huh?

 

[Marvin]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

Pretty sure they aren't even allowed to have "christmas parties". Halloween is still acceptable though.

Typical of America, really. You can't have a celebratory religious holiday based around good will to others, but there's no problem in adorning the walls in skeletons, demons and spirits, while expecting free junk food from your neighbourhood.

It bugs me that Halloween has migrated to Australia somewhat, due to the onslaught of endless crappy American TV. Does nobody in America find it completely retarded that you have a day based around asking strangers for candy (you know, the thing that you're taught at a young age NOT to accept) with a demonic/spiritual theme?

I'll get off my soapbox, but I'm pretty sure it's just mental conditioning for children.

Christmas is thought of as a religious holiday, so there are legal issues they're trying to avoid. Halloween is a secular holiday. Accepting candy from strangers isn't as dangerous as you make it seem. Most responsible parents nowadays usually check their child's candy to make sure it's not tampered with or anything. Ultimately, one traditional day of fun a year isn't going to make or break the problems the western world has with obesity.

 

[QI 541]

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No one really thinks of Christmas as a religious holiday except for the people trying to get us to stop saying "Christmas".

 

[Marvin]

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No one really thinks of Christmas as a religious holiday except for the people trying to get us to stop saying "Christmas".

Well yeah, you're right, to most people it isn't, but that's at least what the concern is, anyway.

 

[Pinhead]

Re: FB 11/7/13: Chris wants Lego to notice him.

Christmas is thought of as a religious holiday, so there are legal issues they're trying to avoid. Halloween is a secular holiday. Accepting candy from strangers isn't as dangerous as you make it seem. Most responsible parents nowadays usually check their child's candy to make sure it's not tampered with or anything. Ultimately, one traditional day of fun a year isn't going to make or break the problems the western world has with obesity.

Oh, I understand all that, and it wasn't really about the obesity issue. I wouldn't class myself as a Christian but considering how deep occultism permeates western culture through music, imagery and other forms of media (whether people are aware of it or not), and ultimately, the underlying power structure being based around occultic practices to at least some degree, it bothers me just a little how the demonic imagery is promoted as fun.

I don't have a problem with the idea of dressing up, and I don't even have that much of a problem with the door-to-door candy thing (my main beef being that it contradicts one of the first thing a child is taught). Because the people partaking aren't looking too deeply into it -- they're just having harmless fun. It's like celebrating Christmas doesn't neccesarily mean you're celebrating the "Mass of Christ". It's just that, whether they're aware of it or not, they're being mentally conditioned at least on a very minor level.

However, considering the realities of what's going on in the world, such as war, famine, and the aforementioned underlying power structure, it's a very minor issue, so don't take this textwall as any sort of frantic declaration of Doomsday, I'm not going on a big anti-Halloween campaign, it doesn't bother me that much. I just mainly find it interesting on a cultural level how the meaning of holidays change over time.

Doomsday is coming, but it won't be through plastic horns and bedsheets.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

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Oh, I understand all that, and it wasn't really about the obesity issue. I wouldn't class myself as a Christian but considering how deep occultism permeates western culture through music, imagery and other forms of media (whether people are aware of it or not), and ultimately, the underlying power structure being based around occultic practices to at least some degree, it bothers me just a little how the demonic imagery is promoted as fun.

Why does it bother you? It's just make-believe. Dressing up as a demon or monster is no different than dressing up as Iron Man or a celebrity or something.

 

[AtroposHeart]

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I am not sure how Halloween got into the conversation, but I am a Pagan and witch. I can tell you from research that celebrating Halloween isn't anymore 'occultic' than celebrating Christmas. All modern holidays ,even Christian ones, have Pagan origins. The Bible actually tells you not to bring trees into your home, that is a Pagan tradition and even Santa Claus has some origin with Odin.

Easter is from the Goddess Eostore and her festival was to celebrate spring. So Halloween is no more 'eviler' than any other Holiday.

From Jeremiah 10

Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.

 

[teheviltwin]

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Christmas is thought of as a religious holiday, so there are legal issues they're trying to avoid. Halloween is a secular holiday. Accepting candy from strangers isn't as dangerous as you make it seem. Most responsible parents nowadays usually check their child's candy to make sure it's not tampered with or anything. Ultimately, one traditional day of fun a year isn't going to make or break the problems the western world has with obesity.

Oh, I understand all that, and it wasn't really about the obesity issue. I wouldn't class myself as a Christian but considering how deep occultism permeates western culture through music, imagery and other forms of media (whether people are aware of it or not), and ultimately, the underlying power structure being based around occultic practices to at least some degree, it bothers me just a little how the demonic imagery is promoted as fun.

You know that "demonic imagery" is often just the previous religion's gods right? Like Pan or the Green Man.

 

[Himawari]

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And there are religious nutjobs that do flip their shit over Halloween and allowing it to be celebrated in schools because it's the Devil's work and bullshit like that.

Children are taught from a very young age all sorts of safety rules for trick-or-treating - don't go up to houses that don't have lights on, only go to the houses of people you know, don't accept candy that isn't in sealed packaging, etc. (One time when I was little I got a lollipop that had a tiny rip in the packaging, and I refused to eat it, even though my parents told me it was probably fine.) And most responsible parents accompany their children trick-or-treating, or send their children in a group that has the supervision of a trusted, responsible adult.

Also, at least around where I live, collecting money to donate to UNICEF is nearly just as big a part of trick-or-treating as collecting candy.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

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Well what about Easter? A day that was about Jesus Christ moving that damn boulder, turned into a giant bunny leaving eggs.


And kids today are too fat, lazy, and spoiled to go trick or treating.