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Dec 24, 2019 10:50 AM
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SuntJack
Remember guys and girls...don't go to war, don't support the war. Going to war for peace is like fucking for virginity.
unannouncedguest
Retailworkes dealing with a breakup
pip1
Thanks, Pepsi
StoicOptimist
Too true, and thanks. Here's a hug, hang in there. 8) it's a hard time for a lot of us.
MentallyHilariousPusssyFooter
Mariah Carey made 60M USD just from royalties since the song was released in 1994.
BeardedCoach92
I had Christmas music on yesterday I was there I hours I heard it no less than 6 times
DisarminglyNuclear
Oof. Hard relate. Painfully hard relate from the right side of this handshake.
BitterPasta
Thanks for reminding! I haven't listened to it yet today.
shitzel
Joyeux Noel is a pretty great christmas movie about this.
CWrightPills
Lots of others hate that song. All for good reason.
DeuceTyrell22
This would've been better with the Arnold and Carl Weathers Strong arms
doublerdiner
A bit of a saccharine telling, but always fascinated me this hard evidence that there’s no logical reason for these people to fight.
tonybrio3000
Shake someones hand, don't let go, just keep talking.
CynicalPrints
And me. As a non-retail worker and happily married make, I too hate Ms. Carey’s only major contribution to Christmas
ReverendAurora
Let's be honest, only lasting contribution to culture in general.
theonlyusernamethatisavailable
Currently I am both at the same time.... ?
ThatWeirdAlienFromMars
I know how you feel. Christmas this year sucks
SGTSaunders
Coming from experience here, things will get better. I've been where you are and it was rough. Don't forget family and friends.
QuiteScottish
I glad I am out of retail or I'd be in the same boat.
FicusMagnus
Sorry to hear it
theonlyusernamethatisavailable
Make things worse that’s the song my mother plays on REPEAT because I was born Christmas Eve.. today lol
xcrit
When I worked at the apple store this happy couple came in christmas eve and bought a macbook. They needed it prepped because they were ---
xcrit
---moving to Germany on Christmas day and were getting married for new years. About an hour later the girl came back alone and crying---
chanakinskywalker
Where's the rest of the story
xcrit
---he broke up with her and he wasn't going to move. As I packed her stuff up while she cried "All I want for Christmas is you" came on.
FicusMagnus
I feel bad for her cause I know exactly how it feels
RackhamTheRed
Had to check the username because I thought this starts to look like one of those "abs I have no idea what I'm talking about" comments
airen
Did she keep the macbook? Or did the asshole take it too
xcrit
I let her take it since she was the one that returned to the store.
airen
Good for that, breaking up christmas even right before the wedding is just scummy.
KawaNyx
Just got ghosted so yay :D
Secsletariat
I hope you hadn't taken your present over yet.
notthesameasmyotheraccountss
I think it's best to just take ghosting for an answer. It's a pretty obvious answer.
MentallyHilariousPusssyFooter
I'm with tamawaster on this. People who ghost are immature fuckwads and you're better off. Treat yourself to a beer and Leah Gotti.
FicusMagnus
Well, my long distance girlfriend broke up with me 3 days before I was supposed to meet her again so we're on the same boat I guess.
KentMansleyWorksForTheGovernment
I moved home to get a masters in order to better provide and my gf of 5 years dumped me a month later so I get it...
darthmocap
Booze will never run out on you!! #untilitdoes
Iatesomecoffeecups
I got completely rejected lol
KawaNyx
Oof. Hey, you had the cajones to ask her out in the first place. I was still only friends :))
SaltyJustice
I lost my job and got broken up with all in one day ?
KawaNyx
Looks like you're gonna have a lot of free time :D
SaltyJustice
DumbShitIsMyTrigger
Well brace yourself, it's Christmas so there's two more coming
mindolluin
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SteveTheCatGuy
Snorted. Well done.
targette
Underrated comment
KawaNyx
Ayyyyy made my morning haha.
tamawaster
Dodged a bullet. I don't think it's valuable to keep around people who can't talk to you about what's going on.
KawaNyx
Update: sent me a message this morning. Cryptic af. Putting my clown shoes on
KawaNyx
It's a damn shame. We were getting along so well too. Maybe, she will still reply if I send one more message... :D
tamawaster
Adults talk, not ghost. There's also the part of what you did wrong (we all fuck up), try to crack it, improve yourself for next time.
notthesameasmyotheraccountss
The best would be to stop trying to contact. Most likely scenario she started talking to someone else she likes better, or life drama.
notthesameasmyotheraccountss
Either way, continuous contact without replies is a huge turn off and makes you seem mentally unstable. Ghosted = lost interest.
Bystandr
Christmas 1914. Leaders on both sides were worried if they allowed this to continue that the troops might decide not to fight, and so the
BeardedSciGuy
So the British started shelling the German lines for the days surrounding Christmas. No one wanted to come out but some would bust out.
chrizzle2323
*laughs in Russian*
Bystandr
practice was banned on both sides, yet the next year there were still some gift exchanges and temporary truces.
Freightshaker
The next year, the British launched minor attacks to thwart this threat to the war.
blurPilot
gif exchanges
RackhamTheRed
Didn't leadership on both sides also put forward a "get executed if this happens again"?
Randomman96
Also worth pointing out this was largely a British-German thing, since both sides were made up men far from home and fighting in a foreign--
Randomman96
country. On French-German lines the fighting continued, largely because French troopers were trying to protect their homeland.
uMatchew101
I believe there was one where both allies and axis stayed in a house for a night and went their separate ways to stay out of the cold in WW2
Inchpunch
Yeah it was accidental. Lost units both stumbled onto the same house I think during the battle of the bulge, can’t quite recall.
Freightshaker
During the Hurtgen Forest campaign, an aid station changed hands so often that medical personel just stayed in place and treated all wounded
Freightshaker
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
Imagine, both sides just... Stopping fighting. Refusing to go on. What are ya gonna do? Execute the entire front?
Freightshaker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_French_Army_mutinies
subbingaround
Wow.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
The French executed all responsible officers, so yeah.
secretdpp
France tends to not fuck around
simplefishy
Including surrendering
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
France fought incredibly bravely during WW1, they lost about 16% of their soldiers.
secretdpp
They are by any metric you want to measure, the most dominant military in history.
Mewmus
Especially surrendering
superkp
In GoT, Lord Varys (the spider) gives Tyrion a riddle: A soldier, armed and armored, stand before 3 powerful men. A king, A priest, and 1/?
superkp
and a merchant. All 3 of them bid him to kill the other 2. "by the authority of the heavens!" says the priest. By the legitimate 2/?
superkp
legitimate authority of the laws of our nation!" says the king. "By the fact that I pay you for your efforts!" says the priest. "slay 3/?
superkp
"Slay those other 2!" Now...Who dies? Who wins this power-standoff? 4/5
Bystandr
Well all sides did execute a few people that refused to fight, not limited to cowardice, either (conscientious objectors and mutineers were
Bystandr
also executed IE the French army protest, and the British firing squads. The events were publicized and families were alerted that the
Bystandr
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Bystandr
soldiers were shamed. They were made examples of that others might note their fate. That said: in the case of an army wide refusal to fight
Bystandr
such as this, it is more difficult to control given the movement really has no leaders. Im not sure how they would try to deal with it.