Wrote this a bit ago, but never really got around to posting it. \u00a0So why not now that it’s in the middle?<\/p>\n
[Halloween]<\/a><\/p>\n [Thanksgiving]<\/a><\/p>\n [Christmas]<\/a><\/p>\n [New Years]<\/a><\/p>\n While I do enjoy time that I am not forced to put my interests aside and produce some kind of \u201cpractical work\u201d, during this time of the year it all seems to come at a price.\u00a0 And often that price is not even a direct benefit of the kind previously mentioned.\u00a0 I am talking about the fall to early winter holiday gauntlet.<\/p>\n This is of course a problem that is unique to my situation, but that does not make it any less irritating.\u00a0 There are four main offenders which I will briefly account as to why I would rather them be kept out of my awareness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> So this one is the extremely irritating because such a big deal is made out of it, and there aren\u2019t even days off associated with it.\u00a0 The primary problem is one of personal identity.\u00a0 It seems the main allure to Halloween is to be given a time period where one can assume the identity of something they are not.\u00a0 It seems such a focus on this would suggest that the identity that one has the rest of the year around has not been explored thoroughly enough to deter the needs for being something else.\u00a0 Even in the argument of curiosity, that could be reserved for meaningful thought experiments.\u00a0 On a secondary note this sanctioned assumed identity also comes with the principle that as being not ones true identity there is an exemption from following standard manners that most set for themselves.\u00a0 No need to elaborate but during this time, chaos ensues out of disorder.\u00a0 Which I suppose as a nihilist I can slightly endorse.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Let\u2019s be literal here.\u00a0 It is a time to give things to all that has been given to individuals in their current existence.\u00a0 But there are all kinds of problems with this.\u00a0 Who is one giving thanks to, if it\u2019s a deity then those objections are self-evident coming from the kind of person I am known to be.\u00a0 However, is it just thankfulness in general?\u00a0 Does this thankfulness imply some kind of world where everything could be worse?\u00a0 The problem is there is not a world where things are worse.\u00a0 The misery that is conscious human awareness aside, what proof is there to show that some other world exists where an individual\u2019s existence has not resulted in the aggregate toward the best outcomes? Though I will excuse, in the name of selfishness that this thankfulness really can only extend to the individual without considering the consequences of their actions upon society as a whole. By this I mean, in environments of limited resources (kind of like natives against explorers on conquest\u2026hint hint), perhaps the things that have been bestowed upon an individual or their community is at the detriment of those excluded from the circle of thanks. \u00a0That being said, and going back to the earlier point the thankfulness of those realities that are not this one.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nHalloween<\/p>\n
\nThanksgiving<\/p>\n