. . . in their time and place, but the universe is ever changing.
Comment on Tradition is just bullying by dead people
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Tradition is the experiments that worked.
Delta_V@lemmy.world 2 months ago
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
read shirley jackson’s “the lottery” and tell me a) how was their tradition an “experiment”; and b) how did it “work”?
NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 month ago
I’m not comparing actual tradition (setting up the Christmas tree to celebrate the passing of the shortest night) with a made up story.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
ok…how was the “real” tradition of christmas (which stole the original tradition of the tree) an “experiment,” and how did it “work”?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 month ago
Shirley Jackson didn't write any stories about towns where nothing happens. Survival of the fittest twist.
snooggums@piefed.world 2 months ago
Tradition is the thing we convince ourselves to keep doing because it was done before.
The things that worked are the things we keep doing without calling it a tradition.