Merry Fucking Whatever

[peloquin]

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i would have said "just give me some fucking stamps that say happy christmas on them you cunt"

[toasty]

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i went to the post offce last week for christmas stamps for our cards. i was asked ""religious or non?" right after i asked for CHRISTMAS STAMPS.

I actually think that is a fair question. Just because I'm looking for "Christmas" stamps doesn't necessary mean that I want stamps that have a nativity scene, biblical imagery or "Happy Birthday Jesus" on them. I would consider a stamp that had Santa Claus on it to be a Christmas stamp, too, but Santa doesn't have anything to do with the religious component of Christmas. The "Christmas" cards I plan to send out this year couldn't be less religious. They're still Christmas cards, though.

[peloquin]

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fair point!

[Lorn]

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Merry Christmas!

[Kobe]

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great rant, toasty shame that so many people are too self fucking absorbed to see it that way

Whichever side you fall on with this debate, I think we can all agree that it is really fucking annoying. But ultimatly I think it is symptom of a deeper problem that does not go away on Dec. 26. Religious issues, tolerance and intolerance all seem to be more in the open these days than in recent memory.

We're on the brink of a religious world war, imo. But I will still have to get up and go to work tomorrow morning, so Till then, Merry everything, happy all that shit too.

[picklemonkey]

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i would have said "just give me some fucking stamps that say happy christmas on them you cunt"

secondthat. it's christmas... just give me something that reflects it somehow.

[Jenks]

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The post office thing brings up something that i just don't get..

how often do you open a letter and before opening say..."oh wow, what a nice stamp!!"

When the clerk asks me what kind of stamps i want, i just want something that'll get my letter from A to B, poop on it if that works, i don't care. I've been behind people in the line at the post office when they've got "the stamp catalog" out and they're searching for the perfect stamp. sigh. I wish i had a Pitney Bowes machine at home and i'd rid myself of stamps all together.

And speaking of stamps, they just went up again, to 39 cents. Is it harder to deliver mail these days? You would think with technology, the mail system would be more efficient, and stamps would decrease.

[peloquin]

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The post office thing brings up something that i just don't get..

how often do you open a letter and before opening say..."oh wow, what a nice stamp!!"

When the clerk asks me what kind of stamps i want, i just want something that'll get my letter from A to B, poop on it if that works, i don't care. I've been behind people in the line at the post office when they've got "the stamp catalog" out and they're searching for the perfect stamp. sigh. I wish i had a Pitney Bowes machine at home and i'd rid myself of stamps all together.

And speaking of stamps, they just went up again, to 39 cents. Is it harder to deliver mail these days? You would think with technology, the mail system would be more efficient, and stamps would decrease.

email imo

[picklemonkey]

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gas?

[toasty]

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And speaking of stamps, they just went up again, to 39 cents. Is it harder to deliver mail these days? You would think with technology, the mail system would be more efficient, and stamps would decrease.

I think it is kinda the opposite. Technology has improved, so people use the mail less. They've got to make up that revenue somehow to make those economies of scale work.

That's my guess, anyway.

[Jenks]

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gas?

how about competition?

back in the day, there were not many options other than the USPS. Today, with fedex (which rules btw), ups, etc etc...the USPS isn't the only option. Profits are down, stamps are up. imo.

[peloquin]

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post office lines suck

[neoee]

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The post office thing brings up something that i just don't get..

how often do you open a letter and before opening say..."oh wow, what a nice stamp!!"

When the clerk asks me what kind of stamps i want, i just want something that'll get my letter from A to B, poop on it if that works, i don't care. I've been behind people in the line at the post office when they've got "the stamp catalog" out and they're searching for the perfect stamp. sigh. I wish i had a Pitney Bowes machine at home and i'd rid myself of stamps all together.

A-f'n-men! Why do they even bother printing more than one stamp?

When I lived with my parents the mailman would be too lazy to walk up the driveway to knock on the door so I always got the orange slips to pick up my package at the PO. Yet the UPS guy would jump over the brick wall to deliver the package. So I'd end up at the PO waiting in line for 20 minutes like twice a week behind aforementioned types. If I had a choice I would never use the Postal Service, or Fed-ex for that matter. UPS just leaves the packages at my door, no signature required. Last month they even left my new laptop sitting at the door, which I paid $2200 for.

Luckily the house I bought has one of those community based mailboxes where they can stuff packages in the bottom and leave the key in your box, so no more waiting in PO line bullshit.

[dek0021]

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I am offended that any of you said the words Christmas, Channukah, Kwaanza, or The. Let's think other others here people!!!!!!!!! I am gonna go back to plunging this pole farther up my ass now. Talk to you all soon.

[Garrick]

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it is the american way these days to complain about anything. if we make everything neutral, we are going to be living in a vey bland country. almost like someone is telling us we should all be the same race, color and speak the same laguage... black and white, imo. gay, imo.

merry christmas everyone.


great topic toasty. i hear our mayor here got SLAMMED for writing a christmas card that had a "holiday tree" in it.... not a christmas tree. ridiculous.