Bitter, cynical, realistic: why I hate the holidays
Just had a little debate about this. It's still on my mind and I have an hour before I have to leave for work, so why not rant?
The holiday in which many people celebrate buying love, a.k.a. "Singles Awareness Day (SAD)," or as most people refer to it, Valentine's Day, is fast approaching. I would definitely consider myself a bitter person. I'm not going to act like my hatred for this commercialized bullshit isn't because I'm single. It's definitely apart of it- It's not the only part, however.
Valentine's Day truly offends me for many reasons:
1) It reminds the people who have no one that loves them that they are unloved.
2) I don't fully believe in love. It has too many gray areas and abstractions for me. I wish I had another word to express how I feel toward people because "love" doesn't cut it for me.
3) It isolates the single people from the taken people.
4) An asshole pedophile-like bastard dressed as a baby with an arrow does not symbolize any feelings I have toward anyone besides my wanting to kill his stupid ass via one of his arrows.
5) My family has been trying to buy my affection for years. All they had to do was hug me and not tell me how ugly I am on a daily basis, but this is too difficult. Thus my hatred for accepting gifts.
6) I am most likely- 99% sure- that I'm not getting married. This holiday literally has no meaning for me.
7) It encourages straight love so ridiculously it's not even funny. I think this holiday sets gay rights back at least 20 years.
8) Pink, red, and white get annoying when they are seen so much. Too damn girly for me.
9) Stars are better than hearts. The end.
10) The PDA during this one fucking day of the year is unnecessary. ALL PDA is unnecessary.
Reasons why I hate holidays in general:
1) I don't need to engorge myself with chocolate, cookies, or other fattening foods anymore than I already do.
2) They isolate groups of people based on ethnicity, religion, age, socioeconomic status, and marital status.
3) Why is everyone obsessed with buying shit for people to convey how they feel? There are other ways.
4) Making the economy worse for the people who can't afford things already... Seriously.
5) Do I even need to convey the fact that there is always someone who is lonely during the holidays? People without hopes and who are probably suicidal because they have no one to celebrate with... It's just wrong. Suicide rates are high during the holidays. Anyone think about this stuff? Nope.
I like being the Grinch, Scrooge, and every other cynical character who likes to ruin holidays. I just don't feel that any of this is worth it. The only holiday I think is anywhere near acceptable is Halloween because anyone can do it. Get a pillow case and throw on some crazy outfit, even if you don't buy a $30 fucking costume that you won't wear the following year. All kids get something on that day and there isn't as much of an isolation between different types of people.
Find me a holiday in which all people can be included and in which emotions and affection are actually expressed instead of bought, and I'll be right on board with it. Too bad people can't simply say, "I really care about you" without gifts, decorations, colored themes, and being fake as hell with everyone around them. Seriously, whenever a family is fighting, most of the time they'll pretend like everything is ok. My family does it all the time for holidays. I just want someone to be REAL during the holidays. Say something like "Yea, it's a special time of the year, but you're still a prick." That's real.
I think I like Arbor Day the best. It's so random. Trees are awesome. Anyone can appreciate trees; we get our oxygen from them. Even fucking Flag Day is like "If you're not American, D.I.A.F." If 4th of July wasn't Georgie's birthday or full of fireworks, I would hate it too because it's the same as Flag Day, "Americans are best."
Jesus wasn't white, you bastards. Read some books and get rid of all your impostor Jesus decorations. Fuck!
Fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck!!! Ahh!
I'm spent. I feel so much better now.
Please don't judge me based off my opinions or by this entry. I'm just pissy because people offend me and I always find myself asking people to just leave me be during the holidays and they just won't. Maybe they'll get it now.
If you agree with me, disagree with me, feel neutral, or have no feelings at all, let me know! I love debating.