Are traditions important to you?

[Lazy Kitty]

Yes, especially the tradition where I eat pizza every Thursday.
I'm already looking forward to tomorrow...

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Traditions are... traditional. All a matter of opinion I guess.

My family has a tradition that the day after your born you get a taste of Coffee, been drinkin the stuff ever since. I enjoy traditions myself.

 

[KamachoMcSagget]

I love tradition, life's not as fun without them!!

 

[woodwalker]

To me, tradition is one of the worst reasons to do anything. Essentially it is a societal excuse to do something without having to think it through. This isn't to say that all traditions are bad, but to do something "because it's always been done this way" is an invitation to stagnancy, ignorance, and eventually persecution of those who question the tradition.

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QFT indeed. The only real tradition that I have is calling Christmas "Christ-My-Ass" and annoying my family members by telling them of the pagan holiday of Saturnalia and the similarities between it and Christmas. Also, the similarities between the Christian religion and EVEY OTHER FUCKING RELIGION.

 

[orangebandguy]

Nothing to do with religion, but the old Celtic traditions are fun enough to follow.
Wakes and so forth.

But what about Christmas? All those lovely presents, but without having to believe in God.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Don't care, never will care about traditions.

 

[high_castle]

I have no traditions, and I don't know why they're such a big deal with other people. They're one more social ritual that people like to have, but I don't know why. Especially when so many of our holidays are commercialized to the point of the actual meaning being lost (Christmas, Halloween, etc.) And others shouldn't be celebrated without an acknowledgment they're at least a little hypocritical (Thanksgiving). I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm a cynic, but I just don't understand holiday traditions. It's fine to get together with family or loved ones...but shouldn't you want to do that throughout the year? Not just at an arbitrary date society says should mean something to you?

 

[Wayte]

I'm not really big on traditions. Most holidays make little sense to celebrate for me, I just play along for the family.

 

[Puzzles]

Puzzles, you say a lot of stuff that I find contentious. If change is "normally for the worse" then that suggests that the average change has worsened the human experience. Unless you would like to go back to an earlier time, maybe cave-dwelling, maybe anywhere along the line of the first half of all changes in society, then you mean what you say. Otherwise, think your statement through again and get back to me.

Apparently I'm not funny. Don't take everything so seriously, it was meant to be a contradictory statement.

 

[Spitfire175]

I really like some old traditions, mostly those regarding hunting, food, coffee and sauna.

 

[Aesir23]

Each year my Dad, sister and I go on a trip during the summer. We'll usually leave at 8:30, stop in at Tim Horton's for coffee and a couple of donuts and then leave town for the next week and a half.

That and Christmas is always a fun time of year for my family

 

[Naheal]

If it's a good tradition, yes. If not, no.

 

[Skeleon]

Nah, not really.
I do follow some traditions like birthdays, Christmas, Silvester...
But overall I'm more for progress than tradition.

 

[Puzzles]

Oh. *blushes* Carry on sir.

It's not your fault, I always get in trouble because I can't express (on the net) that most of what I say is tongue-in-cheek, or atleast sarcasm.

 

[Caligulove]

if theres a swedish tradition for getting drunk and fornicating with those around you... then yes, I cherish traditions. And practice them at least a couple times a month if I can.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Not at all. And that doesn't mean that I don't have a few traditions of my own, it's just that I'm a very practical and pragmatic kind of guy, and I don't cling to tradition because it's tradition.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Not particularily.
I will take part as long as they are not stupid traditions, but none of them hold any real significance to me.