George Orwell wrote:People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Willen wrote:My avatar's still a turkey, and I'm in the US, so Thanksgiving Day hasn't passed yet.
But with all the Xmas decorations going up at all the stores and malls, you'd think you did.
George Orwell wrote:People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Garylisk wrote:Most retailers hit Christmas season right after Halloween. It's been like that for a long-ass time.


Abraham Lincoln's successors as president followed his example of annually declaring the final Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving. But in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with this tradition. November had five Thursdays that year, and Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving rather than the fifth one. In 1940 and 1941, years in which November had four Thursdays, he declared the third one as Thanksgiving. Although many popular histories state otherwise, he made clear that his plan was to establish it on the next-to-last Thursday in the month instead of the last one. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought an earlier Thanksgiving would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas.... Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would help bring the country out of the Depression. At the time, advertising goods for Christmas before Thanksgiving was considered inappropriate. Fred Lazarus, Jr., founder of the Federated Department Stores (later Macy's), is credited with convincing Roosevelt to push Thanksgiving back a week to expand the shopping season.
OtakuGray wrote:Sometimes anime can branch out to a younger audience and this is one of those times where you wish children would just go die.
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George Orwell wrote:People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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