I see it every year. People overspending just to celebrate Turkey Day. They don’t even know what it is about. What it really is is over customerism for the food industry combined with something irrational gluttony
Man OP, every opinion you have is dumb, or is that all on purpose?
Yeah! Those poors shouldn’t enjoy partaking in a uniquely American holiday custom with an enormous outpouring of charity! /s
My family was intermittently on food stamps when I was growing up, and during those years my parents always found a free (or steeply discounted) turkey, and food banks always had enough fresh potatoes, onions, etc. to feed everybody. We barely spent any money, and it was an occasion to bond as a family as we all chipped in to prepare for the big meal. There’s really only so much poultry, potato, and reconstituted stale bread that you can eat in one sitting. The rest fed our family for weeks on leftovers.
If you want to target a holiday for “wasteful consumerism” maybe try American Christmas. But, even then, I’ve got a story for you…
This is a truly stupid take.
Please check the community this is in.
It is 100% fitting and I think most people don’t check the community
I mean, it IS unpopular opinion…
True, but there’s gotta be a line between “controversially unpopular” and “truly deranged (and therefore also unpopular).”
Yeah holidays are only for those who can afford it!
It’s an unpopular opinion pal. But if you can’t afford it then you need to reread the whole post and take notes
No I read it, I get what you mean. If it’s about gluttony you would be targeting everyone, not just the poors, because obviously we look at the extravagance of the rich and that’s where the waste is, but saw your nuance. Those dang poors celebrating thanksgiving? Disgusting. The only people who can be gluttonous and wasteful are the rich, am I right? Right.
This reminds me of those life coaches who tell you that you’re only poor because you’re lazy and you don’t think big enough.
Well, the truth is we all spawned with a different seed and life is just different for different people. And because everyone is trying their best, we should let people enjoy things. It’s only one day out of the year.
Also I get you are saying “you don’t need to like this opinion that’s why it’s unpopular” but I not only disagree, I also think that it’s particularly dangerous to rile on large swaths of people for things outside their control. And if you look into it, your financial situation IS largely out of your control.
So why isn’t your opinion “no one should be wasting money on thanksgiving “
If your view is that thanksgiving is wasteful why are you saying people on food stamps.
Like, I think sports are pretty wasteful. So I say that. I don’t say “Catholics shouldn’t play sports” because that makes it weird.
If you have the income it’s not wasteful. I’m saying if you barely can afford food you don’t need to over consume for a holiday. THAT’S WHAT I AM SAYING
I think you need to revisit the term “wasteful” in the dictionary.
Setting $100 bill on fire is wasteful regardless of if you have only that 100 or 100 billion.
Wasteful is wasteful.
Maybe find a different word to use so what you say makes sense. Otherwise it very wasteful of my time.
