you're home for the holidays: irritating relatives, enforced sing-alongs, and furtive nips of liquour when bringing out the trash

it is an accurate simulation of capitalism at least - it's obvious pretty much instantly who's going to win, and then you spend what feels like a lifetime going through the charade of making out like any other result is possible

The history of Monopoly / Landlord's Game is fascinating if anyone doesn't already know about it.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-landlords-game/

Geez, Tracer. That sounds awful.

Commiserations, Tracer. And congrats for not completely losing your shit at FIL.

My mom asked my fam in a call with my 17 y/o— who is an old, wise soul— “what are you all doing for the Eve?” And the kid answered “Christmas Eve is when we all go out to dinner at a Syrian restaurant and get in a massive fight.”

The nerve. I mean, yeah, last year was rough, but ay, kid, that lambshank was free for you. Respect, pls.

So tonight we went to restaurant Damascus and we did indeed end up shouting at each other. Twice. I was bitter, but NOT. MY. FAULT.

^this story is true, but mainly I so missed this thread. I don’t generally nip anymore, but I could use one.

On the one hand I guess it's nice that after two years we're finally seeing people again but also thank fuck for beer

tis the season for the numbing comforts of brown liquor

Can’t really drink much anymore so…emotional eating?

Today we have all generally been reading or napping or both. But cocktails later.

pictures!

have moved in to coffee, in keep with brown beverages

already dreading christmas at home, first time in 3 years, as my cousin and her brattish kids will be visiting down under way. she's also dictated that we go out for christmas lunch and i've just seen the vegetarian option is

"Meatless Farm Plant Based Festive Chicken Roast (v)(ve)"

(from down under way)

Meatless Farm Plant Based Festive Chicken Roast (v)(ve)

I didn't know Sigur Rós had a new album out

Itchy Roooooooooast

https://www.discogs.com/artist/505-VVm

(turns out Meatless Farm is the brand name)

work christmas menu just been sent around and the vegetarian option in that is "Shicken". which i can't help but read as "shit chicken"

i am home. they are watching the (frankly racist) Australian border control programmes on TV.

dad counting the "English" players in the Liverpool vs Arsenal lineup

Sitcom text one of my folks sent me today: "Just a heads up... I have a feeling your spouse got you a very nice Xmas present"

oh... cool I have basically zero days to possibly trash my gift decision!