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[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 89 points 8 months ago (39 children)

Tradition is always the worst reason to do something.

If you had any other reason to do something, you would use that as an excuse.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I wouldn't go that far. Some traditions can be a positive that help give people a sense of shared community: christmas trees, presents and gluhwein for christmas, turkey for thanksgiving, etc

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There are better reasons for all those things.

"Because the decorating the Christmas tree is fun and it looks pretty"

"Because it's nice for me to give and receive gifts"

"Because Turkey tastes good"

[–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Those are also all the reasons those things became traditional in the first place.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 0 points 8 months ago

Sure, and I'm not claiming otherwise.

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