tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post6602357245912968573..comments2023-10-31T07:23:17.922-04:00Comments on The Theos Project: AltruismJonathan Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-21978456481679179382006-12-19T15:18:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:18:00.000-05:00Very good comments.
Interesting that during the h...Very good comments.<br /><br />Interesting that during the holidays we do try to make up for lost time - or for all the bad things we did during the year.....it is also very much a cultural thing as well: the marketing, the songs, the commercials, the expectations of society...I can see that....And I also can see that being at rock bottom in your life during the holidays can seem even worse because this is the time that you are expected to be happy and jolly. So, giving people a pick-me-up seems as thought it would definitely be more appreciated.....Jonathan Erdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-32268328536488571372006-12-14T16:31:00.000-05:002006-12-14T16:31:00.000-05:001. We're getting a whole lot of stuff around Chris...1. We're getting a whole lot of stuff around Christmas...so it seems pretty mean spirited not to give to people who actually need to be given something. <br /><br />2. And over abundance of sappy songs on the radio (like the Christmas Shoes song, which incidentally is used as a scam to rip off affluent - but sappy - people around Christmas).<br /><br />3. Good marketing. We hear everywhere that, that is how we're suppose to feel.<br /><br />4. Precident. It's Mr. Nicholas' fault. He started it with his silly dropping money in girl's socks so they could afford to be married. It's all been down hill from there.<br /><br />But there is some merit to people saying it's worse for a family to be hungry during the holidays. Everything is worse during the holidays (hence the high suicide/depression rate). If you're starving the holidays are only going to make you feel even more pathetic and misrable. <br /><br />And I think people are trying to recapture what Christmas is all about. It is a time of hope, because of the birth of Christ. But people who don't identify with that or who find it old hat need something else to try and fill that void. <br /><br />Some of us just like shopping...even if it's for people we don't know.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-63664383626328077642006-12-14T15:18:00.000-05:002006-12-14T15:18:00.000-05:00I think the reason is 'cause it's the end of the y...I think the reason is 'cause it's the end of the year and no one wants to start the new year being the jerk they were all year long. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com