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tangentialone ([info]tangentialone) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2006-12-20 00:28:00


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Small, but special
On Ask the Readers on Lifehacker, there's a proud tradition of someone asking, "How do I do X?" and people responding with, "Don't do X! It's bad/offensive/stupid/MAKES YOU A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING."
Today(...er, yesterday), someone writes in:

This holiday season lots of people I work with or who I'm only loosely acquainted with have asked me for my mailing address so they could send me a holiday card. While I appreciate the nice thought, I don't really celebrate a traditional holiday like Christmas and I don't like giving out my address or getting more snail mail than I need. Call me a big Scrooge, but I'd rather these folks save a tree and their stamp instead of wasting it on a card to me. What's the best way to say "thanks but no thanks" to holiday cards?

A reasonable concern? Not everyone thinks so. (Second and fourth links are different comments by the same guy, but that's because his comments are Very Special.)


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ealusaid
2006-12-20 09:11 am UTC (link)
Since when is giving out your mailing address compulsory? Helloooo, stalkers.

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[info]delcj
2006-12-22 07:30 pm UTC (link)
icon love! is it gankable?

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(no subject) - ealusaid, 2006-12-27 03:14 am UTC

[info]ilpalazzo
2006-12-20 09:51 am UTC (link)
PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE YOU CARDS

YOU MUST ACCEPT THEM

RAR

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE TAKE THOSE CARDS


Jayzus. Some of these Very Special People really need a nice glass of water, a sit-down, and a brick to the face.

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[info]delcj
2006-12-20 10:12 am UTC (link)
the guy with the Very Special comments is like a Christmas card Nazi. why all the hostility against people who just happen to not want cards?

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[info]caffeine_fairy
2006-12-20 10:28 am UTC (link)
I AM BEING NICE TO YOU *SLAP*SLAP*SLAP*

YOU WILL MAKE MERRY ON PAIN OF DEATH

I go through this every year. Don't send cards, don't like recieving them. And there's always someone who acts like you've dipped their puppy in paint and roasted it.

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[info]caito
2006-12-20 09:34 pm UTC (link)
Damn it, now you've given me a craving for puppy paint roast. Mayhaps that's what I should have for Christmas dinner...

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(no subject) - [info]randomsome1, 2006-12-21 01:50 am UTC

[info]belafarinrod
2006-12-20 10:54 am UTC (link)
Gosh... How upset some people can get.

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[info]gal_montag
2006-12-20 11:10 am UTC (link)
Please don't send me a Christmas card = asshole
OMFG! UR AN ASSHOLE! JUST ACCEPT THE CARD BECAUSE YOUR FEELINGS ON THE ISSUE DON'T MATTER!!! =/= asshole

I learned something new today.

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[info]shallow_kid
2006-12-20 11:25 am UTC (link)
Urgh, with the Random Capitalization and the dumbass "singing". They're just Christmas cards, buttlick.

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[info]coffeebun
2006-12-20 11:26 am UTC (link)
Christmas cards = srsbznz, f'realz.

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[info]aerobot
2006-12-20 12:22 pm UTC (link)
Uh, last time I checked, 'no' is still an acceptable answer, y'know.

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[info]elemcee
2006-12-20 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Well, that's some militant etiquette, there.

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[info]nymeria
2006-12-20 12:59 pm UTC (link)
It's nice to know that by trying to save my American friends overseas postage this year I am a miserable excuse for a human being. O.o

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[info]janegraddell
2006-12-20 03:23 pm UTC (link)
WTF? Does God kill a kitten if they don't send out their quota of cards?

Are all the 'take the damn card' people employees of Hallmark?

I think he may be on to something, here...

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2006-12-20 05:36 pm UTC

[info]eli_eli_oh
2006-12-20 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Rather than trying to reshape the world in your image, why not get over yourself and allow the giver to express themselves in what is clearly an important manner to THEM.

When I rule the world with an iron fist, there shall be NO CHRISTMAS CARDS!

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[info]llama_treats
2006-12-20 04:59 pm UTC (link)
"I'd prefer not to receive a card, if you don't mind. But here's a printout of my Amazon wishlist! KTHXBAI."

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(no subject) - [info]jat_sapphire, 2006-12-21 11:34 pm UTC

[info]semirecluse
2006-12-20 05:51 pm UTC (link)
"Sounds like you're hiding a meth lab" is my new favorite infallible rebuttal.

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[info]seiberwing
2006-12-20 06:02 pm UTC (link)
Right, because everyone makes their own cards with loving care instead of getting ones from Hallmark with a penis on them.

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(no subject) - [info]shadowkitty, 2006-12-20 06:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-20 06:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sharps, 2006-12-20 11:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sharps, 2006-12-20 11:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-20 11:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sharps, 2006-12-21 01:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-21 04:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jerel, 2006-12-21 05:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sharps, 2006-12-21 08:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady7jane, 2006-12-21 01:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-21 04:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]panthea, 2006-12-20 06:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2006-12-20 06:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]itsirtou, 2006-12-20 06:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2006-12-20 06:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-12-20 06:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]itsirtou, 2006-12-20 06:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2006-12-20 08:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2006-12-20 08:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jerel, 2006-12-21 05:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-21 04:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darkstarrie, 2006-12-22 06:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-12-20 06:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]amxjm, 2006-12-20 07:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ilpalazzo, 2006-12-20 08:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2006-12-20 08:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jat_sapphire, 2006-12-20 09:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-21 04:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2006-12-20 09:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-12-21 04:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rachel_pi, 2006-12-21 04:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2006-12-21 05:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rachel_pi, 2006-12-21 05:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ghostmaster, 2006-12-21 04:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2006-12-20 06:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]catslash, 2006-12-21 04:43 am UTC

[info]edgyspice
2006-12-20 06:25 pm UTC (link)
If you told me you didn't want to get a Christmas Card I'd think you really NEEDED one badly so I'd probably send you one anyway and then send you 2 or 3 extra ones anonymously!

This really, really pissed me off for some reason.

'course, I'm a life-hating Scrooge.

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(no subject) - [info]amxjm, 2006-12-20 07:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2006-12-20 08:12 pm UTC

[info]smo
2006-12-20 06:41 pm UTC (link)
The whole point is the THOUGHT; and that someone's taking their Time to send You out at least a small bit of Good Will and positive vibe, regardless of the specifics.

Way to Randomly Capitalize words There, dude!

P.S. If I'm getting a small bit of Good Will, can I have it be Casey Affleck? He was my favorite part of that movie.

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[info]rosehiptea
2006-12-20 08:10 pm UTC (link)
Wow, maybe having friends only on the internet does have some advantages. My friends who do want to send cards post on LJ to ask for their friends' addresses, and I don't give them mine. Win/win.

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(no subject) - [info]mindset, 2006-12-20 08:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2006-12-20 08:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bubosquared, 2006-12-21 10:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2006-12-21 05:36 pm UTC

[info]pantyless_angel
2006-12-20 08:33 pm UTC (link)
So unwanted X-mas cards override someones right to privacy? I don't feel comfortable handing out my Email address unless it's to close family or friends.
What makes people think it's ok to hand our your home address willy nilly just because some one has tagged a fucking card into the mix?

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[info]isntitironic
2006-12-20 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Based on my own experience, I'd tell him to go ahead and try but be prepared for lack of results.

This year I thought I'd pre-empt my gift neurosis by telling everybody thanks for the thought but I'd prefer not to get any presents this year. So far, the general result seems to be making everybody determined to give me twice as many things as usual and to make sure they're extra expensive. THANKS GUYS. AGGRAVATING MY NEUROSIS IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE MY HOLIDAY BETTER!

Er... sorry. *mops up*

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(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2006-12-20 10:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jerel, 2006-12-21 05:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]greenling, 2006-12-21 09:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]bubosquared, 2006-12-21 10:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]twoiskewl, 2006-12-21 09:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2006-12-24 08:44 pm UTC

[info]pyrrah
2006-12-21 12:13 am UTC (link)
God forbid you don't celebrate Christmas, or something O_O

I don't mind people wishing me a Merry Christmas on campus/stores/coffeeshops. I actually like the festive mood of the holidays. However, colleagues and some friends tend to give/send me religious Christmas cards, which I feel very awkward about accepting :/

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[info]serai
2006-12-21 07:23 am UTC (link)
Am I the only one here who thinks getting Christmas cards is no big deal? So what if someone wants to send me a shiny piece of paper? I'll open it, look at the picture (pretty!) and then either stick it on my shelf because I like the person that sent it, or I'll toss it out. Wow, what a bother, can my heart stand it?

And please with the not-Christian thing. I've been a pagan since the 70s, and I don't have any problem with Christmas cards. Talk about getting upset over nothing! Now if I were getting cards that said "You'll burn in hell if you don't pray NOW!" then I'd get kinda pissed. But a picture of some holly, a glass ornament or a pretty lady holding a baby? Not what I call insulting, that.

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(no subject) - [info]wankismyfandom, 2006-12-21 10:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vergilsparda, 2006-12-21 09:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2006-12-22 04:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2006-12-22 05:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mastervex, 2006-12-22 06:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2006-12-23 03:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]serai, 2006-12-23 01:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2006-12-23 03:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]serai, 2006-12-23 05:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]runrunmarch, 2006-12-23 07:51 am UTC

 
   
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