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[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 90 points 3 days 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 10 points 1 day ago (2 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

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Found the German :p

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago (1 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 0 points 1 day ago

Sure, and I'm not claiming otherwise.

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