It’s what you get when you put at least half a dozen traditional festivities, customs and good old commercialisation and put them in the blender.

Originally Christmas celebrations were 12 days. It’s still accepted to keep an decorations up until the 12th day, so that means you can start taking things down on Epiphany

Yes and no

The Telco can say between what antennas you are. In urban areas with lots of antennas that’s still pretty accurate to almost say what building. Especially with 5G the number of antennas and accuracy go upto in some cases centimeter/inch accuracy so better than GPS. That last case would be in a mall with small antenna in each corridor.

In rural areas with data switched off that’s more like somewhere in that square mile, way worse than GPS.

Meanwhile in Romania there is a measles epidemic because less people vaccinate their children.

Their precious economies can’t survive beyond 2050. Damages from climate disasters will be big enough to make every economy shrink and make the Great Depression look like child’s play.

Not for a lack of trying, but nothing small scale works well.

I work with people in three different time zones. There is always someone having a flower festival, religious day or national holiday. Nobody gets offended for forgetting a holiday or if they did they don’t last long.

Taxes are gone.

Everybody: yay!

Police: protection money and speed traps it is

Everybody: oh no!

The heat index — a combination of temperature and humidity — hit 58.5 degrees Celsius (137 Fahrenheit) Tuesday morning in Rio, the highest index ever recorded there. Actual temperatures dropped slightly on Wednesday, but were forecast to rise again to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) on Thursday.

Yeah, that’s Celsius.

“The riskier the road, the greater the profit.” ~Rules of Acquisition #62

When it’s propaganda and misinformation dressing up as free speech, yes.

I have a coffee joke but you’d roast me for it

I have a chocolate joke, but it’s too dark

That’s what schools with zero tolerance policies teach children: hit the bully with extreme prejudice as you’re punished anyway even for defending.

If somebody starts with that “call me doctor” stuff, I’ll insist they’ll call me engineer. It’s also a legally protected title.

All over Asia every time the temperature in the evening goes from scorching to bearable for me, everybody there starts pulling out sweaters and jackets.

Pushes daughter out the door

“Go and make some grand children. You have quality dad material right there.”

“Daaaaaad!”

It’s only Christmas after Saint Nicolas.

(Sorry mom & dad, nothing personal)

Retirement and a nursing home are no longer economically feasible and my landlord doesn’t allow additional residents, so good luck out there mom & dad.

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