Tis the season

[alex_antonin]

Now that we've just celebrated Thanksgiving National Gluttony Day, the Capitalism religion's third favorite holiday, and Black Friday - Capitalism's second favorite holiday - is coming to a close, now we approach the highest holiday of the religion that is Capitalism: Xmas! When an old man in a red suit (a fat man, no less) somehow squeezes his fat ass down a chimney¹ (something most people don't even have anymore), gorges himself on cookies and milk, leaves behind shitloads of Stuff for good little girls and boys, and flies off in a sleigh pulled by his magical antlered minions. (Also I think there might be something in there about a baby Demigod born in a barn, but that might be another religion altogether.)

I may disagree with many of the tenets of the religion called Capitalism² (especially its tenets "A person's entire worth lies solely in the amount of money they are worth" and "No money to buy food, shelter, and other basics? Tough shit!") But I do like Stuff. And money. I *love* money. <subliminal>SEND ME MONEY NOW! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!</subliminal> So it's not all bad.

Anyway, for these reasons, and because it's almost December, I'm switching my default icon to the Hail Santa icon.

1 = Santa must be The Blob from the third X-Men movie: big and fat, but able to morph into a skinny guy at will in order to make it down the chimney.

2 = Capitalism bases itself off of "Survival of the fittest," ignoring the fact that humans got to their position by cooperating with one another. (Or despite their constant bickering, however you want to interpret it.)

Comments

[elven-ranger.livejournal.com]

Xmas = capitalistmas. Nuff said.

[alex-antonin.livejournal.com]

:-)