Comments on Vanilla Garlic: Too Much PC: Curried Popcorn

Dude, right on re: random Ramadan representation d...

2012-01-01T19:03:12.521-08:00

Dude, right on re: random Ramadan representation during the winter holiday season. Like, why? I'm Muslim, born and raised in the US and I'd think it would be weird. Plus, us Muslims are used to being non-conformist =).

I have to say though, it does warm my heart to see businesses recognizing Ramadan - definitely make it a point to visit those places more.

Happy New Year!

I agree! I have been ranted at for wishing someon...

2011-12-27T09:31:39.817-08:00

I agree!

I have been ranted at for wishing someone "happy holidays" and received the rationale that saying HH is evil and that it needs to be merry Christmas because it is all about Jesus...and on and on. When I blinked and calmly replied that I was not intending to be offensive, noting that not everyone is Christian, I received a further rant about how I was helping to take Christ out of Christmas. I asked if the person would prefer me to wish them a greeting based upon my beliefs instead of the dreaded (neutral) happy holidays. When receiving the affirmative, I gave a big smile and said "O.K., then, I wish you a very Happy Chanukah!" Then turned around and left.

I just don't get that attitude. I love the holidays and love learning about others' traditions. I have sung many Christmas songs - I was even a red-headed, female, Jewish Santa one year for a very fun presentation of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer!

I think the curry popcorn sounds really yummy. I have never heard of it, but you mentioned cumin and I could immediately smell it mentally.

Thank you again!

I guess my family "celebrates" Christmas...

2011-12-26T11:13:01.059-08:00

I guess my family "celebrates" Christmas, but really, we just use the holidays to gather around and share a nice meal. Dragging religion into it complicates it so much.

Merry Christmas everyone. =D

2011-12-23T12:02:26.448-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. =D

I now say "Happy Holidays" solely to pis...

2011-12-23T08:13:14.291-08:00

I now say "Happy Holidays" solely to piss people off. I'm grinchy that way.

Awesome post and comments! Happy holidays everyon...

2011-12-22T13:10:21.903-08:00

Awesome post and comments! Happy holidays everyone, no matter what you are/do/celebrate!

This was an awesome post. Thank you for it. Wishin...

2011-12-21T14:19:55.833-08:00

This was an awesome post. Thank you for it. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas.

Kate: Awesome. Elise: And to you! =D

2011-12-21T12:53:19.935-08:00

Kate: Awesome.

Elise: And to you! =D

Merry Christmas Garrett!

2011-12-21T12:35:59.395-08:00

Merry Christmas Garrett!

Ironic that I'm reading this while we watch &q...

2011-12-20T22:05:22.803-08:00

Ironic that I'm reading this while we watch "Red State."

Well put, G.

Annonymous: I get many of your arguments, but as f...

2011-12-20T19:31:35.411-08:00

Annonymous: I get many of your arguments, but as for the gift giving, well, it's just a time to show people you care. Nothing more than that, if you want to give gifts at other times, so be it. However, a holiday kind of makes people remember to take time to slow down and think of others.

Frankly, I'm a strong believer that any religi...

2011-12-20T18:08:26.159-08:00

Frankly, I'm a strong believer that any religion should be kept out of schools. I wouldn't mind Christmas decorations, but only if they put up decorations for other holidays when they arrive as well.

No seriously, religious doctrines should never mix with education. My country's people are mainly fucked up because people got indoctrinated instead of educated. They can't afford to send their kids to school so they send their five year olds to learn how to read the Qur'an in Arabic. The results? Too many bigots who'd point their fingers at me and yell "Ew, Christian" for wearing an ankh, and maybe several who thinks they can get away with murder as long as they pray to their Gods before carrying out the crime.

Am I the only one who finds that fucked up?

Being raised muslim in a country where Christians ...

2011-12-20T17:51:43.419-08:00

Being raised muslim in a country where Christians are acknowledged, but discriminated; I never understand the point of Christmas. Then again, I don't care much about any holiday, I don't even care much about birthdays. I mean, I'd respect other people's eagerness to celebrate and I am not going to diss them for it; but eighteen Aid'l Fitri celebration with my dad's extended family one Christmas with my now husband's family made it clear that I never would want to deal with them.

And that's not because I'm an atheist, either, I just really don't understand the hype of gift-giving obligation only on certain days of the year. I gift people random shit whenever I damn-well please.

And there isn't single bone in me that would tolerate people who believe that everyone are required to have the same beliefs as them.

"Curried popcorn may not be a yule time class...

2011-12-20T15:24:04.749-08:00

"Curried popcorn may not be a yule time classic", true, but I was amazed to see about 6 different types of curry flavoured popcorn when I was at a cinema in India :)

Thank you so much for making me laugh on a day I r...

2011-12-20T15:13:10.007-08:00

Thank you so much for making me laugh on a day I really needed it! I'll try the popcorn.
Happy Holidays:)

MOST EXCELLENT POST Garret! I kept cracking up abo...

2011-12-20T12:46:39.156-08:00

MOST EXCELLENT POST Garret! I kept cracking up about the safety scissors bit. I am totally going to try this over the weekend, i've been on a curry kick as it is. Thanks for your endless enthusiasm and witty snark. It always makes my Tuesday! Merry Christmas! -Tara

Sam: Gelt right now would be awesome. burnttoast...

2011-12-20T10:32:25.151-08:00

Sam: Gelt right now would be awesome.

burnttoast: Fox theater of their minds. Love it.

Parker: It would be an interesting animated special.

Soku: WHELS? I'm not familar with the terms. *off to google*

"Teachers, please, celebrate Christmas in the...

2011-12-20T10:26:50.096-08:00

"Teachers, please, celebrate Christmas in the classroom. I encourage it. But make it educational. Talk about the history of the holiday. And don't just do Christmas but Yule, Kwanza, Lunar New Year, Divali, Ramadan, Passover, and so on. Put the decorations up and expose children to all the various celebrations and joys that people have and the ways they give thanks for the blessings in their lives. Enlighten them to other people."

Thank you, thank you, thank you-- I couldn't agree more. Happy Holidays to you!

omg i choked on my coffee at "man on man ball...

2011-12-20T09:59:36.896-08:00

omg i choked on my coffee at "man on man balls-touching action" -- effing BRILLIANT!

PC has gotten a tad out of control. While I'm...

2011-12-20T08:53:06.993-08:00

PC has gotten a tad out of control. While I'm all for recognizing that other religions do exist (even if I myself have no faith), it's either crazy people shrieking about "Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays!" or the Freedom From Religion group suing a city because they have a Christmas Tree in the court center (though I do agree government buildings shouldn't be putting up religious tokens of any type, a tree is so vaguely religious by now it's almost not worth arguing over). However, where I live, I'm surrounded by WHELS and other frighteningly religious types, so I tend to be drowned out by crazy people who are dead certain the gay liberal mentally deficient contingent are taking their baby Jesus away. Sigh.

Popcorn, though! I live next to the town that produces Fireworks Popcorn, which has quite a few types of corn kernels. If anyone gets into popping their own, it's definitely worth it to experiment with types other than the big cheap jar of Reddenbocker at the supermarket; I prefer the thicker, chewier type myself.

loved this post. specially "The district is s...

2011-12-20T08:48:50.497-08:00

loved this post. specially "The district is sort of like the Grinch who stole Christmas, only this time the Grinch has been smoking crystal meth for two weeks and is now wearing the freshly carved skin of Cindy Lou Who before terrorizing the townspeople of Whoville." :)

Love your writing. It has amazed me how the white ...

2011-12-20T08:01:06.015-08:00

Love your writing. It has amazed me how the white American Christians (yes my ethnic group) have gone from Divine-Decreed Masters of the Universe in the 1950s to Threatened Disadvantaged Victims in current times. Not that their socioeconomic status has changed, or that they are really threatened, except in the Fox theater of their own minds.
Happy holidays. Or "Happy, happy, Joy, joy." Or whatever.

I hate PC-holiday business. When I was 8, my cra...

2011-12-20T07:59:11.303-08:00

I hate PC-holiday business.

When I was 8, my crazy brownie troop leader canceled our Christmas Pageant for our "bad behavior". (She was crazy, but not as crazy as my friend's troop leader who embezzled all of the cookie money and went AWOL to Vegas). I was the first to protest this travesty, and I'm Jewish.

I usually say Merry Christmas to people, if you know, the celebrate Christmas (either religiously or non.)... For everyone else, it's "Happy Festivus!" or "Merry Kwanzaka!" "Huzzah, Chrismukkah!" or occasionally, "Happy Hannukah, do you have any chocolate gelt on you? I'm craving like whoa".