• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Wait do people have some tradition of cutting off friends on new years day??

    I do it when they have reasonably offended me beyond recourse

    If you do it on new years doesn’t that imply you had to Dutch courage to do it, which could be impaired judgement? Or you waited with that boiling anger and frustration, never doing anything to alleviate it?

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      5 days ago

      Yeah, most people have one friend each year who gets “voted off the island” so to speak, normally after the week of wilderness-survival themed challenges that take place between Christmas and New Years

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      5 days ago

      For some people it’s about getting through the holidays, if you have kids it’s hard to know you’re going to absolutely fuck the next several months of their lives that were supposed to be extra good

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    4 days ago

    As someone unfamiliar with new year celebration and resolution. Could someone please explain the cutting people on new year part?

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    5 days ago

    I’ve spent the last ~18 hours using nearly every ounce of my willpower to NOT do this because I want to wait for the new year and I see this