TET: Habemus Papam!

[Geneviev]

I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore.

[Farnhamia]

I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore.

Sure you can. The holiday is as much about family and friends as it is about Baby Jesus. It's not like he was actually born on December 25th.

[Ameriganastan]

I celebrate any holiday that feeds me. Sure Thanksgiving is a crock and Big J wasn't born on Christmas, but I get pie on both holidays. Good enough reason to celebrate for me.

[Duhon]

I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore.

do it like the rest of us christian-knowing pagans and use the date to nab yourself a day out shopping

or a date

[Geneviev]

I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore.

Sure you can. The holiday is as much about family and friends as it is about Baby Jesus. It's not like he was actually born on December 25th.

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

[Nakena]

I celebrate any holiday that feeds me. Sure Thanksgiving is a crock and Big J wasn't born on Christmas, but I get pie on both holidays. Good enough reason to celebrate for me.

Thats a very good reason indeed. Nothing wrong with reaping the benefits if they are offering themself like that.

[Geneviev]

I just realized that I don't know if I can celebrate Christmas anymore.

do it like the rest of us christian-knowing pagans and use the date to nab yourself a day out shopping

or a date

I'll be in a church all day either way.

I celebrate any holiday that feeds me. Sure Thanksgiving is a crock and Big J wasn't born on Christmas, but I get pie on both holidays. Good enough reason to celebrate for me.

Food is great. And it's one of the most important things in life.

[Heloin]

Sure you can. The holiday is as much about family and friends as it is about Baby Jesus. It's not like he was actually born on December 25th.

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

I don't think Jesus cares honestly.

[Geneviev]

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

I don't think Jesus cares honestly.

No. But all of the things I used to do will care.

[Farnhamia]

Sure you can. The holiday is as much about family and friends as it is about Baby Jesus. It's not like he was actually born on December 25th.

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

Okay, so make it about the ideas and not the divinity of Jesus. You know, love thy neighbor as thyself, be generous, don't be a dick. Or like Ameri said, make about food. Potato salad with frankfurter or wiener-sausages! Pea soup! Roasted duck or goose filled with plums, apples and raisins! Sausages! Ham! When I spent Christmas with Heinrich der Vogler and Queen Matilda, the King would go hunting and there was game on every table.

There are so many reasons to celebrate Christmas that aren't about Jesus as God.

[Heloin]

I don't think Jesus cares honestly.

No. But all of the things I used to do will care.

Christmas is fun, have fun.

[Farnhamia]

No. But all of the things I used to do will care.

Christmas is fun, have fun.

Exactly.

And, Geneviev, people have reaffirmed their faith for far more trivial reasons than missing Christmas.

[Geneviev]

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

Okay, so make it about the ideas and not the divinity of Jesus. You know, love thy neighbor as thyself, be generous, don't be a dick. Or like Ameri said, make about food. Potato salad with frankfurter or wiener-sausages! Pea soup! Roasted duck or goose filled with plums, apples and raisins! Sausages! Ham! When I spent Christmas with Heinrich der Vogler and Queen Matilda, the King would go hunting and there was game on every table.

There are so many reasons to celebrate Christmas that aren't about Jesus as God.

I don't think anyone could have that much food.

[The Free Joy State]

Sure you can. The holiday is as much about family and friends as it is about Baby Jesus. It's not like he was actually born on December 25th.

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

You can celebrate Christmas without it being about Jesus. People have done so for a very long time.

Think about what the spirit of Christmas embodies -- goodwill and consideration for others, a time to be with those you care about, a fresh start for the year ahead, a time to stuff your face with Christmas pudding... all possible with or without belief in God.

[Geneviev]

It's meant to be about Jesus. I don't think it would be the same.

You can celebrate Christmas without it being about Jesus. People have done so for a very long time.

Think about what the spirit of Christmas embodies -- goodwill and consideration for others, a time to be with those you care about, a fresh start for the year ahead, a time to stuff your face with Christmas pudding... all possible with or without belief in God.

You're forgetting the Messiah. Which seems to be worse without God.

All of those are nice, but I've always paid more attention to God, so I don't know how I will do anything now.

[Heloin]

You can celebrate Christmas without it being about Jesus. People have done so for a very long time.

Think about what the spirit of Christmas embodies -- goodwill and consideration for others, a time to be with those you care about, a fresh start for the year ahead, a time to stuff your face with Christmas pudding... all possible with or without belief in God.

You're forgetting the Messiah. Which seems to be worse without God.

All of those are nice, but I've always paid more attention to God, so I don't know how I will do anything now.

Eat, drink, and be merry.

Edit: Don't drink, under aged drinking is not good. Bad Heloin!

[Geneviev]

You're forgetting the Messiah. Which seems to be worse without God.

All of those are nice, but I've always paid more attention to God, so I don't know how I will do anything now.

Eat, drink, and be merry.

Edit: Don't drink, under aged drinking is not good. Bad Heloin!

It's not going to be underaged drinking four months from now at home.

[Heloin]

Eat, drink, and be merry.

Edit: Don't drink, under aged drinking is not good. Bad Heloin!

It's not going to be underaged drinking four months from now at home.

I'm shit at maths but that still means you'd be under aged for Christmas.

[Geneviev]

It's not going to be underaged drinking four months from now at home.

I'm shit at maths but that still means you'd be under aged for Christmas.

Less underaged, at least.

[Heloin]

I'm shit at maths but that still means you'd be under aged for Christmas.

Less underaged, at least.

I will not be responsible for encouraging young people to do things they shouldn't.

...

Again.

[The Free Joy State]

Less underaged, at least.

I will not be responsible for encouraging young people to do things they shouldn't.

...

Again.

Indeed. TET is a wholesome kind of place where the only thing we encourage young people to do is eat their vegetables and get a good night's sleep.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

R.I.P. Laptop
2013-2019

Idk how I'm gonna afford another one. Guess I gotta choose between finally having a bed and getting a working laptop.

[Saiwania]

R.I.P. Laptop
2013-2019

Idk how I'm gonna afford another one. Guess I gotta choose between finally having a bed and getting a working laptop.

The bed is probably a better investment if it'll get you good sleep.

In the laptop world, you aren't going to get much for $200 or less for a new machine. That's nothing. If you go up to $300 or more, you can get a pretty good machine that'd hold up to general use. You might be able to get a nice tablet or Chromebook for less (but that is a cloud based client where you just use it to surf the web or do Google Docs as opposed to storing anything locally or doing anything offline).

You can definitely get a good used laptop for under $150 on somewhere like Ebay. It'll be an older model, but it'd arguably have better specs if its a good IBM Thinkpad as opposed to an HP Stream 11 that's a newer model, but that'll suck far more still, if it has much less storage capacity and overall performance. The 32 GB of storage that comes with is an absolute joke, because Windows 10 alone takes up 22 GB and if updates are added in- under real world usage it just doesn't cut it.

The only way I can think of to make an HP Stream 11 useful in practice, is to get Windows 10 off of it in favor of a lightweight 32-bit Linux OS and relying on an SD card to add more storage to it. Out of the box, the lowest priced laptop offering at retail just really sucks from what I read; as to be hardly usable.

[Major-Tom]

Less underaged, at least.

I will not be responsible for encouraging young people to do things they shouldn't.

...

Again.

My motto has always been that you can't drink when you're dead. May as well while you're here.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

Good news is that I think I have fixed my laptop... For now...