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I mean, it's a waste of time and good money; it's just another day. Yeah, calendar wise it marks the beginning of a new year but does that matter to anything not human? No. And furthermore, I simply don't care either.

duh, It's a reason to drink. ;)

duh, It's a reason to drink. ;)
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I mean, it's a waste of time and good money; it's just another day. Yeah, calendar wise it marks the beginning of a new year but does that matter to anything not human? No. And furthermore, I simply don't care either.

May you have a Happy New Year

duh, It's a reason to drink. ;)
I don't drink, nor will I ever.

It's a celebration that unlike Christmas, everyone can partake in. :D

[B][I][U]HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :p

Why not enjoy life? It just gets in the way of success and it's a waste of time and money. :rolleyes:

I think it’s the human tendency to dump/forget their mistakes and start out fresh. We make New Year’s resolutions that most break before Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. But for a few...hours we feel great, the past is the past and we get a chance to be who we want to be, a person with obtainable dreams...it's hope. I think that's the psychology behind it, but most just find it an excuse to drink heavily, which by the way, is fine and dandy.

Cheers! :D

I don't drink, nor will I ever.
Well, I'm drinkin' enough for the both of us.

duh, It's a reason to drink...

And we need a 'good' reason?

And we need a 'good' reason?
I've never said anything about needing a good reason to drink...

We celebrate the New Year in order to help keep the western societies indoctrinated into accepting the arbitrary timekeeping system thrust upon us by the establishment.

And to drink.

It just seems to me like we waste too much money with celebrations like the ball-drop in Times Square; money that could be much better spent elsewhere. I'm not saying the overall celebration is a bad idea; just not that big of one.
And you'll all have to excuse me; I was tired as it was and in a mild bad mood, and just now I've been accused of being a white supremicist by the all-knowing figure that is General Curtis E LeMay, so I am very angry.

Well the reason why I think it is celebrated is because one it gives people a reason to party and two it means that the Earth has made one successful rotations around the Sun which in todays world that is quite an accomplishment.

It just seems to me like we waste too much money with celebrations like the ball-drop in Times Square; money that could be much better spent elsewhere. I'm not saying the overall celebration is a bad idea; just not that big of one.
And you'll all have to excuse me; I was tired as it was and in a mild bad mood, and just now I've been accused of being a white supremicist by the all-knowing figure that is General Curtis E LeMay, so I am very angry.

Ah, but that's the whole point. To waste money. Or more importantly, to generate revenue for businesses. Which is more or less the point of all major holidays.

And to drink.

We celebrate the New Year in order to help keep the western societies indoctrinated into accepting the arbitrary timekeeping system thrust upon us by the establishment.

And to drink.
You want to fight?

Well the reason why I think it is celebrated is because one it gives people a reason to party and two it means that the Earth has made one successful rotations around the Sun which in todays world that is quite an accomplishment.

It's true. I can't do that. At least, not without hitching a ride on the Earth!

Kudos to the Earth for making the trip around one more time!

It just seems to me like we waste too much money with celebrations like the ball-drop in Times Square; money that could be much better spent elsewhere. I'm not saying the overall celebration is a bad idea; just not that big of one.
And you'll all have to excuse me; I was tired as it was and in a mild bad mood, and just now I've been accused of being a white supremicist by the all-knowing figure that is General Curtis E LeMay, so I am very angry.
I told you that hair shirt you're wearing is going to be your downfall. Please, please DO try to relax a bit, ok??? :)

You want to fight?

Sure. How does next tuesday sound? High noon?

By the way, if for some reason, I don't show up on time, it's because I am on a different timekeeping system. Just wait for me until I do. :D

It just seems to me like we waste too much money with celebrations like the ball-drop in Times Square; money that could be much better spent elsewhere. I'm not saying the overall celebration is a bad idea; just not that big of one...
People go to Times Square. They spend money. The Economy is better off with this cycle.

Sure. How does next tuesday sound? High noon?

By the way, if for some reason, I don't show up on time, it's because I am on a different timekeeping system. Just wait for me until I do. :D
It might so happen I don't show up neither... coward as I am. But let's send angry cards....

I mean, it's a waste of time and good money; it's just another day. Yeah, calendar wise it marks the beginning of a new year but does that matter to anything not human? No. And furthermore, I simply don't care either.

My friend, it's called beer; you drink it. In very large quantities.

It's true. I can't do that. At least, not without hitching a ride on the Earth!

Kudos to the Earth for making the trip around one more time!

Yep Kudos to the Earth for not getting hit by something and congrats to us for not blowing it up and making all of this possible. lol

It might so happen I don't show up neither... coward as I am. But let's send angry cards....

Will you settle for venomous glares? :mad:

Will you settle for venomous glares? :mad:
Are you insulting me again? No glares, I won't settle for less than silly faces!

Are you insulting me again? No glares, I won't settle for less than silly faces!

Your wish is my command!
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My friend, it's called beer; you drink it. In very large quantities.
Drink it in large quantities? BRILLIANT! :D

I "celebrate" New Year's for about 10 minutes... five before the new year, and five into it.

I mean, it's a waste of time and good money; it's just another day. Yeah, calendar wise it marks the beginning of a new year but does that matter to anything not human? No. And furthermore, I simply don't care either.

I, for one, will take any excuse to celebrate.

I didn't celebrate the New Year. I celebrated the large quantities of beer.

Gawd damnit! His faces are sillier than mine could ever be! I suppose that is why he is Goofball...or Lunatic... or both.

The reason people celebrate New Year's is because it is the anniversary of Jesus's circumcision. If he was born on December 25th, his eigth day of life would be January 1. So basically everybody's celebrating a Jewish holiday:).

The reason people celebrate New Year's is because it is the anniversary of Jesus's circumcision. If he was born on December 25th, his eigth day of life would be January 1. So basically everybody's celebrating a Jewish holiday:).
>_> Jesus's birthday was sometime in March or April; Christmas was placed on December 25th to coincide with a Roman pagan holiday on the same date.

I, for one, will take any excuse to celebrate.
Amen, my friend! I'll drink to that! :D

Why do we celebrate anything?

Drink it in large quantities? BRILLIANT! :D

Meh, I didn't drink any more than any other friday night on the town, I just started earlier. I don't like new years because all the pubs/clubs in town have a cover charge, and there are too many kids around...

>_> Jesus's birthday was sometime in March or April; Christmas was placed on December 25th to coincide with a Roman pagan holiday on the same date.

Actually, I thought it was in August or July. Around that time in 3-7 B.C.E., there was some astrological event involving one of the planets (saturn, I believe), so that the alignment was special (in terms of the astrology). Not that that has anything to do with Jesus, but that alignment of the planets made it look like there was a bright star in the sky, which was actually just a planet you can't normally see. Which would go along with that three wise men story.

Or somthing like that.

You're right about the Roman festival, though.

Gawd damnit! His faces are sillier than mine could ever be! I suppose that is why he is Goofball...or Lunatic... or both.

It's nothing to be ashamed about. I'm in a class by myself. :cool:

I don't have to work.

It's a celebration that unlike Christmas, everyone can partake in. :D


Actually, it's a celebration only those who accecpt the Christian Calander can partake in. Since we currently use the Gregorian calander, created by one of the Pope Gregories (forgot which).

Basicly, we celebrate the current new year to keep Christianity's dominance in it.

Celebrate Atiku, the real lunar new year!

PS: A new year is an arbitrary thing, you can put it on any day of the week and use any system to calculate it, it makes no difference because time does not start, stop, start again.. and so on.

It doesn't mean anything. It's just an excuse to get drunk/stoned with your friends. At least, that's what it was for me.