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   Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 21:58:49 JST Deniz Opal

   When we tell children that Santa will distribute presents based on how "good" or "bad" they are, then the kids witness that presents are distributed based on which economic situation they happen to have been born into, what are we really teaching kids about "good" and "bad".

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 22:10:59 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Ben Curthoys

     @bencurthoys 😭😭

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     Ben Curthoys (bencurthoys@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 22:11:00 JST Ben Curthoys

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     @selzero

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     Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈 🔞 (black_flag@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 22:24:55 JST Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈 🔞

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     @selzero Lies. The whole Santa myth teaches dishonesty.

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 00:15:39 JST Deniz Opal

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     • mapto

     @mapto @bencurthoys that material possession is not a result of virtue?

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     mapto (mapto@masto.bg)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 00:15:42 JST mapto

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     • Ben Curthoys

     @bencurthoys @selzero so what is the message you send to children around you then?

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     Court Cantrell will not comply (courtcan@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 01:55:19 JST Court Cantrell will not comply

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     @selzero A friend of mine recently theorized that no matter the original purpose of giving children gifts at Christmas, it has become a way for parents who aren't millionaires to pretend to their kids that we're not poor.

     I've been thinking about that a lot.

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 20:41:19 JST Deniz Opal

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     • GinevraCat

     @GinevraCat @courtcan correction, he said " we soot moof"

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     GinevraCat (ginevracat@toot.community)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 20:41:20 JST GinevraCat

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     • Court Cantrell will not comply

     @selzero @courtcan I had the issue with the Tooth Fairy. A friend’s kid got R50 for each tooth - there are 20 of the suckers in there dude! What are you thinking!?!
     My kids got R5 per tooth. I told the kids it was franchised out by postal code so we had a different fairy owning our section to our friends’ fairy.
     “We should move”, my kid muttered.