What exactly are you trying to do with this comment?
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toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
they’re hallmark holidays. it’s all marketing. santa was co-opted by coca-cola. easter was co-opted by nestle. most of the others (mothers day, fathers day, valentine’s day) are all just manufactured occasions created specifically to sell stuff.
irmoz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It does explain why Amazon (and every other company and by extension large parts of society) entirely focusses on “buy X for your mother/father right now” instead of even acknowledging hardships and difficult situations (abusive parents, dead parents, parents with dead children/miscarriages, people who want to have children but can’t, parents with difficult relationships with their children, …).
There’s no room for subtlety and compassion when money can be made.
irmoz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
True, but who asked for any of that? This post is venting about how the holidays remind them of abuse, not asking why the holidays exist. What’s supposed to be OP’s reaction?
“Oh, you’re right, i guess im dumb for being sad about holidays that only exists to sell cards. You’ve cured me!”
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sounds like you can’t handle multiple facets of a topic at the same time.
Mothra@mander.xyz 1 month ago
That’s true but OP is making a point that people who were abused by their parents are a relatively common minority, as opposed to people abused by Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny which, for sure, there may be some out there but probably not that many.
irmoz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Don’t bother, seems people just aren’t ready to be told they’re being insensitive