Things started to get into sus territory, but I quickly changed the subject. All went well.

That’s usually how I deal with family gatherings, they know I’m more to the left of them so I try to change the subject when things get political, lest I make an ass of myself and just be the lefty strawman.

For anyone dreading Christmas dinner, if changing the subject fails this is my foolproof way to deal with reactionary family members:

• No really, try to change the subject as if you’re bored of it. Look around the room as if to communicate “can we please discuss something else?”

• If badgered, say “yeah I am more left-wing, but let’s not get into it now, we can discuss some other time.”

• If you’re cornered, never play up the progressive angle, play up the nice angle. “It’s Christmas, can’t we just be nice even to people we disagree with for just a few days?”

• This is the Super Saiyan form for these discussion: “why are you bringing politics into Christmas?”

I sincerely do love Christmas, but I have the stereotypical conservative activist family members who have gloated a lot during thanksgiving over Trump winning and did the same for Christmas eve and I’m assuming Christmas day as well.

I finally finished the holiday cooking and baking last night, and today I get to be a treat elf in my silly hat

and have my favorite kind of social encounter: I appear bearing gifts, recipients are surprised and delighted, then I quickly gtfo 😂

then I’m going to go hang out with my little brother ❤️ (he turns 41 this week!) maybe play video games?

Merry Christmas ❤️ hope you have a wonderful day and don’t regret the wine too much! 😉

I ate so much shit yesterday that I couldn’t even finish my beer because my stomach was THAT full. And today I going to do it again.

I stayed up so late enjoying my freedom to stay up late tonight that I am probably going to hate my freedom to wake up about as early on Thursday.

Staying at home and hermiting it up for xmas. Just did homemade pizza and beer. All’s good.

Normal night for me, skipped the family gathering because they invited the anti-vaxxers and nobody masks.

Explaining how what Luigi did was self defense has been fun

Tooth abscess.

I had kidney stones earlier this year. 2024 is sentient and actually trying to kill me.

I took synthetic mushrooms and went to a place where I knew the vibes would be bad to report on the bad vibes, I think I do fun y haha things like this to try and force a sense of control over my own alienation that I don’t actually feel

Staying at my in laws place and I love them but my MiL 7+ hour Christmas music playlist is reaching hour 6 and I it’s getting a bit grating. I just wanna read 😭

Old people’s house crank the Heat up. Got the meat sweats because I’m detoxing and had to pace around wiping my face off and people are asking me what’s wrong. Delicious dinner though.

shitty food and shitty company

The in laws have left and we are watching “Mountain Magic Christmas” a hot mess of a Dolly Parton special

I’m the silly one that bothered to show up at the night shift at the plant like we’re all supposed to. Nothing like getting paid the same to do more work while everyone else does the smart thing and enjoys time with family.

Get to do it again tomorrow, and next week too.

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