>Holiday
>April

America sure is fucktarded

Who cares? Apply yourself if you're so much smarter than other people instead of posting on /g/

>>17141079
Holiday in yurop, sure you are retarded too

>>17141079
America's holidays are just an excuse to fucking eat like a fatass

New Years? BEAR AND JUNK
Easter? EAT
Halloween? CANDY!
Thanksgiving? EAT
Christmas? EAT

I bought some Carvel ice cream cake for Easter tomorrow. It be delicious after the shortribs my brother has been preparing for 3 days.

>>17141069
I FUCKING RAGED
sharing similar experience

>go to relatives house for visit
>relative there telling me about tech
>she says she broke her iphone
>apple store told her it would never work again
>she was debating buying another one
>get iphone
>plug in
>recovery mode
>flash ios
>it works fine
>"you should work at an apple store"
>mfw

>>17141117
Holidays =/= days of remorse.
I am so glad euro trash knows the difference.

>>17141109

>Easter
>Any sort of 'holiday'

You're confusing a 1-2 day public holiday with a holiday anyone takes seriously

>>17141141
>shortribs
>3 days

Wat is dat?

>>17141069
>22y cousin comes over with her parents
>she has more waist then height
>comes over to the computer
>"Hey that's a cool song! Can I have it?"
>"okay whatever"
>she puts her phone next to the speaker and hits record
>"Thanks little cousine, I'll put on ipod"
>...

>>17141069
>Cousin comes over
>shes overweight
>she genuinely tries to be nice to me
>fucking pig

>>17141165
>Mfw 10 days holiday here

>giant enemy crab size buttertrolls
>don't know shit about technology
America is still America then.

>>17141165
Buddy, pretty sure businesses across the US closed for 'Easter Friday'. My packages en route were delayed because of it.

no one closes on "Easter Friday"

>>17141177
http://www.sousvidegeek.com/sous-vide-short-ribs.html

>>17141159
Remorse or not it's a holiday, fucktard. Lrn2etymology.

In fact it's one of the most holy days on the goddamn calender.

>>17141241
>accompanied by celebrations or festivities

>>17141226
Fuck! Do want

>>17141216

And that's all easter should be, a minor public holiday

>mfw amerifats use it as an excuse to eat
>mfw I have no face

>19 years old
>Livin' the dream at home while not being an anti-social neckbeard
>Parents go away for easter for a few nights
>House to myself, parents bought me shitloads of chocolate before they left and hid it in the house for me to find
>Mfw when I just ordered $1600 worth of computer parts
>Mfw they'll arrive this week and I'll be building my first rig

Life's good /g/ents, life's good.

>>17141266
>often accompanied

Missed that part dickwad. It is a holiday. Just because it's not happy one doesn't mean it isn't one.

>>17141266
That's because it's not a day of remorse. It's a celebration of lots of things. Like bunnies that lay eggs, or the son of the living god who is victorious even over death, if that's your thing.

>>17141225
>U.S. stock and bond markets are closed Friday in observance of Good Friday and will reopen Monday morning.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42717405/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/

where are you getting an extra $1600 bucks?

Easter shouldn't even be a holiday.

Fucking religion.

>>17141288
I lost it at

>House to myself, parents bought me shitloads of chocolate before they left and hid it in the house for me to find
What are you, some sort of trained animal?

>>17141152
Idiot.
"I'll pay you 50$ for it so that it can go towards you buying a new phone. I have an obsession with all the little gadgets and bits inside."
yfw iPhone for $50.

>found out this Sunday is Easter from this thread
>nothing changes

>>17141306

It was for fun.
What are you, some kind of orphan?

>>17141307
>said relative is hot
>fix 'broken' iPhone for her with wizardry
>SHE WANTS TO FUCK

>>17141117
>BEAR AND JUNK
>BEAR

>>17141300
>The day the son of God overcomes death
>Shouldn't be a holy day

Alrighty then.

>mfw I don't have a family and therefore I don't have to deal with family bullshit.

>>17141350
Sad

>>17141300

Who the fuck cares?

I'm an atheist, but I sure as fuck don't complain about holidays, for whatever reason.

Why is /g/ is pessimistic about everything?

>>17141350
I'm sorry.

My family wants to have some barbeque for Easter for the first time. I don't fucking care but it's free barbeque.

>>17141350
so ronery

>>17141366
Cause it's cool.

>>17141344

>>17141350
I appreciate you trying to look at the bright side of this..

What wallpaper was it OP?

I get to stay home all day because all of my relatives are dead. Feels good man.

>>17141350
even we have families.

>>17141384
Sad

>>17141382
>Your face when it's some absolutely retarded uguu cartoon and we all know his cousin was just trying to be nice to a younger, emotional, relative.

>>17141394
Explain.

>>17141350
That's what you get for voting for Obama+Biden

>mfw I'm atheist but celebrate easter with my Gran, who is the world's best cook

>>17141350
;_;

>>17141329
>Fucking relatives.
We're not all rednecks like you.

>grandfather dies, have his wake
>cousin's husband's side of the family, bunch of trailer trash, comes to "pay their respects"
>5 min to talk to my mom and my grandmother
>go upstairs for hours and eat almost all the food that was catered
>leave
>find out about all this later
i have never been more disgusted by an entire family

>>17141379

If you honestly think one of the single most important events in a religion shouldn't be considered a holy day then I don't know what to say.

I'm an atheist so I frankly don't give a shit, but if you really think that it shouldn't be considered holy then you must believe there should be no holidays.

>>17141117
You say this like there's something wrong with it? A lot of us only indulge this level of eating on these days, so why not?

Anyway
>New Years? BEAR AND JUNK
>BEAR
I guess you meant beer. Since when does beer have a lot to do with New Year's? I typically toast a glass of champagne and myself and my friends have a "buffet" to eat off of with seafood and steak.

>Christmas? EAT
You forgot presents.

>>17141344
>implying god is real
Religion on /g/ is like a retard at MENSA.

>>17141407
Way to judge people, real cool bro. Nothing saying this 'relative' isn't an in-law.

>>17141424
Not the person your arguing with, but I would like to say that in a supposedly secular country, it really shouldn't be observed as a state holiday since it has little to no meaning outside of religion.

Very similar to OP's tragic tale

>Brother's friend shows off music on his phone
>Music was recorded from his phone's mic, most likely off of a Youtube video or something
>mfw

>>17141446
You can't prove that he's not real. Of course I don't believe is some magical guy in the sky with a beard buy I don't believe there isn't something much more powerful that us out there.

>>17141446
I don't believe in God, but it is possibly the single most important event in Christianity, so if there was a time to call something a holiday that would be it.

>>17141453
If you honestly believe there is nothing to learn (ethically, or otherwise) from religion then you are a sad man. I'm not saying it is infallible, these religions, but they are a starting point for developing morals.

>>17141483
A lot of animals are more powerful than us.

>>17141483
Yes, they are called blackholes

>>17141483
>You can't prove that he's not real.
Logic fail. You can't prove that I don't keep a magical invisible rabbit under my bed either, but that's not who needs to prove its existence.

Religious morons: failing logic and common sense since the first time some human looked at something he didn't understand and said LOL MUST BE MAGIC

>>17141365
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>>17141404

No need to take pity about it. There's no sadness in the absence of feeling.

>>17141494
Some people need religion to teach them right from wrong, fair enough. I never made a statement otherwise. I just can't understand why, if religion is supposed to be separate from state, that we observe holidays that have no secular value.

>>17141494
>thread goes from OP being a baby to
>lol amerifats to
>I have no family to
>religion is a starting point for developing morals

>>17141512
I can't prove that you have a magical invisible rabbit you have under your desk. So for all intensive purposes you do and don't have a rabbit under your desk. This is what quantum physics is based on.

>>17141519
Whoever needs some bullshit story about an invisible man in the sky always watching and judging you to know right from wrong needs to fucking grow the hell up.

That's the problem with religious idiots, they believe in childhood fantasies and Santa Claus-like morality. They are immature, stupid, and do not deserve a place in modern, enlightened society.

>>17141555
>for all intensive purposes
>This is what quantum physics is based on
You don't have any clue what you're talking about do you?

who cares its a holiday. an excuse to have a day off an spend time with family. oh wait i have to work. at least i get holiday pay. oh wait i dont because its a religious holiday. which makes sense because i get holiday pay on christmas... lets all move to sweden

>>17141555
>that faggotry

That's the time when smart people leave the thread.

Also troll, bye

>>17141519

Holidays are by definition not secular. And most holidays are only really days off from work. What secular value does Christmas have? Stimulating the economy?

For me it is rest period, for others it is day of reflection and introspection. Frankly, if you believe in God or not people should probably do the same. You could find some value in that.

>>17141512
It's almost like you never learned to read or something. Try actually reading all of what he wrote. Sure, it's a little bit broken, but it's really not hard to understand what he was trying to say if you aren't retarded.

>>17141574
Eh, I wasn't necessarily agreeing that some people need religion for morals, just saying that we'll let that point stand because I didn't feel like debating it. Most people looks to their "role models" for morals anyway, very few (even of the religious) follow the law written within the various religions. If that was the case, Christians wouldn't cut their hair or their beard and they would make their women sleep in the floor.

>>17141616
>they would make their women sleep in the floor.
>in the floor
So...wait...

>>17141382
It was Win7 default with the lake and mountain.

>>17141595
I've never had Easter off at any job I've worked (other than this one, and that's just because it falls on my normal day off anyway). That said, Christmas can't really be claimed by any religion because its become a bastard child of several religious traditions, combined with commercialism and secular fairy tales. That in and of itself makes it close enough to secular that I don't really see a problem with it. Easter on the other hand is only related to one religion, and other than the Easter Bunny has no secular meaning to it.

>>17141633
I'm too lazy to dig for the verse right now, but one of the verses of the bible basically says that women should sleep on the floor and allow the man to have the bed.

>Atheists complaining about holidays

You people will bitch about anything.

Well I have to say, the first 46 minutes of easter day have been pretty boring.

>>17141633
Oh, I didn't even catch that typo. Should've been "on the floor".

>>17141715
Its less bitching about holidays, and more bitching about the fact that religion has a stranglehold on what's supposed to be a secular nation. Holidays are just an example of that.

>im 22, go over to uncles house for easter
>im a bit chubby, trying to lose weight
>go over to my cousins computer
>"Hey thats's a cute backround! Can I have it?"
>"okay whatever"
>i take picture with my phone
>"Thanks little cousine, I'll put on facebook"
>visit /g/ later, see op's thread
>now plan to eat said cousin for easter

>>17141633
In the fucking floor. what part about it dontcha get?

>Work as a TA at a shit-tier podunk Catholic university
>Have three-day Good Friday/Easter weekend
>imokaywiththis.jpg

>>17141675
Fair enough. But I don't see why a secular state shouldn't observe holidays of its most prominent religion. Just because this holiday belongs too one religion it shouldn't be observed? Why? It is still time off for non-believers, it's a fucking win-win. I'd like to see Islamic holidays too.

>go to relative's house for bbq
>head to cousin's room to say hi
>see my little cousin watching a movie on his ipod touch
>he's watching the movie while sitting in front of his computer
I wanted to slap his shit so hard that day.

>>17141278
>easter
>foundation day of the one, true religion that runs the world
>minor holiday

>>17141820
some people don't want unpaid time off, bro.

I certainly didn't want my packages delayed for some bullshit holiday.

>>17141899
So should we remove all holidays? If no: which ones should we keep? Maybe the ones that are observed by a sizable chunk of that country's population? Oh wait, that would include Easter in America.

>>17141941
>>it's a fucking win-win
>no it isn't
>>SO YOU WANT ALL HOLIDAYS TO BE CANCELLED? FUCKING GRINCH!

>>17141982

I simply asked if we should remove all holidays, and if not how to choose which ones to keep. If it is population based then Easter would have to be kept.

>>17141982
There is a solution:

Holidays every fucking day

>>17142014
Family-based holidays should be let off work, exclusively religious shit like 'Good Friday' should be fucking business as usual.

>>17142066
I don't know if you know, but Easter is generally celebrated with family. Maybe remove labor day. It's not religious, but it certainly isn't a family holiday. Sure, you can spend time with the family on that day, but you can do that with Easter too.

But apparently you believe it's association with religion means you aren't allowed to do anything on that day if you aren't Christian.

>>17142111
'Good Friday' isn't typically a family holiday, it's related to Easter, but it's a goddamn religious observance holiday, fuck THAT. Let them have Easter Sunday, I don't give a shit about Sundays.

>>17142138

I was raised Catholic, trust me you spend Good Friday with your family. And again, even if you aren't Catholic you can still spend time with your family on that day. What if we removed Good Friday and installed "Non-denominational Friday in April Holiday" for which people can spend time with their family? Then everyone's happy.

>>17142200
Sounds fine, as long as absolutely no businesses nor government services close down for it.

>>17142219
Then you wouldn't be able to spend the day with your family.

Is this truly a matter of you believing there are too many federal holidays? Or do you take issue with the fact it is of Christian origin?

>>17142270
I take issue with the fact that I can't do business on Good Friday, and packages that would've otherwise been delivered on the day get postponed until Monday or even later. Some of these motherfuckers aren't getting back to work until Wednesday.

>>17142293
You might say that delivery companies who don't deliver on some religious holidays wasted a perfectly Good Friday.

>>17142293

So, you don't like that people aren't working? Well then should we remove other Federal holidays as well? Or is just removing Good Friday, Passover and Easter enough to make it the PERFECT balance of federal holidays?

>>17142326
I've already given you that answer, other holidays don't really bother me, it's fucking Good Friday and exclusively Good Friday.

>>17142348
That seems rather irrational. Why only Good Friday?
>Because people don't work
There are other holidays where people don't work
>Because there are too many Federal Holidays
Should we remove other Federal Holidays as well? Which ones?

>>17142393
I've already given you that answer as well, funny how you've avoided that answer as you attempted to put words in my mouth. I'm not really interested in this circular argument.

>>17142418
Then answer me why only Good Friday. All the answers so far don't stand up to scrutiny.

Kind of looking forward to lent being over. I miss my three squares.

It's a holiday?

>>17142435
>don't stand up to scrutiny
>I've already answered all your questions
>you attempt to make this discussion a circular argument
That's standing up to scrutiny in my book, bro.

>>17141882
>religion that runs the world
>implying Easter means anything to the Jews

>>17141069
>It's not a sight for decent folk.

Don't know why i'm laughing at this.

>>17141320
foreveralone.jpg

>>17142468
Then what was your fucking answer? Was it because it's Christian, because people don't work, or because there are too many holidays already? Combination of the three. You are the one that skirted around the issue. You can't answer why exactly Good Friday and only Good Friday other than it being inconvenient to you.

>>17142507
>Then what was your fucking answer?
Learn to read, bro. I'm not assisting you if you're just going to fish for new answers you can spout illogic at.

>thread dissolving into yet another religion troll debate thread

Well thanks for contributing nothing and ruining yet another thread.

i'm out.

>>17142522
The answer you gave was you can't do business. If this the criterion for removing holidays then there wouldn't be any federal ones.

>>17141165
Quite a lot of people seem to take it seriously enough to celebrate it, go see their relatives or something of the like. I live in Europe.

>>17142552
Might want to read back a bit further than 5 posts ago. Fuck it, not interested anymore, you have nothing else to contribute, clearly.

>>17141197

>thanks little cousine

WATCH OUT