Alternatively, we could stop lying to our kids from a young age. When you think about it, it's just normalizing the act of lying, which is kinda fucked up

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JusticeForPorygon 1 point 8 months ago

Honestly I never even thought about the lying aspect, I grew to dislike the concept since it's teaching kids that an old man is spying on them all the time.

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mnemonicmonkeys 1 point 8 months ago

True, but you get the same thing with religion. And unfortunately it conditions people to be comfortable with mass surveillance

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_deleted_ 2 points 8 months ago

He will live on in our memories and in our hearts.

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DeathByBigSad 2 points 8 months ago

Don't worry, the nuclear winter will cancel it out.

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robocall 2 points 8 months ago

I hate the whole idea of Santa

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DeathByBigSad 15 points 8 months ago

I actually think it's a great way to teach kids why religions are lies lol

Also make you start doubting every authority figure

At least that's the case for me.

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Broadfern 8 points 8 months ago

This is such a punk rock take and I love it.

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massive_bereavement 2 points 8 months ago

You can't surely be comparing Santa Claus to our Lord and Savior, one is a magical figure that judges us by seeing everything we do and promises reward or retribution.

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JusticeForPorygon 4 points 8 months ago

To be honest I'm not super comfortable with it either. It's something I grew up with but in hindsight it doesn't really make any sense to me.

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nesc -4 points 8 months ago

They probably won't be gone completely and it will take thousands of years, so for a while every version of Santa is good.

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