Posted by sigismund on December 19, 2010, at 1:34:57
In reply to Re: Poll of the day: holiday parties, posted by obsidian on December 18, 2010, at 22:23:49
There is a special and terrible style of communication at parties. It has never been clear to me why I find it so painful. I'd much rather go to church. I wouldn't rather go to prison, but you get the idea. I think it is the fact that people are so determinedly upbeat and superficial. I find it physically and mentally painful. I left the country to avoid this sort of thing and won't be back until it is all over.
I don't mind drunken parties where people talk about politics and Marxism and serious retro subjects like that.
One of the better things about getting old is that I will be able to talk about dying at parties. That will liven it up for me, if not for them.
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