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b_b · 496 days ago · link · · parent · post: Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about Italian food is wrong
Love this line. For me, traditions that make me happy are the ones that I've developed with my kids over the past 5 years, e.g., going to our favorite bagel shop on Saturday mornings. Clearly that's not a cultural tradition, but it's a cherished moment that occupies like 30 minutes every week. I hope besides making me happy that it makes them remember their childhoods fondly. Big Traditions such as Christmas or graduation season, on the other hand, mean less than nothing to me.Traditions have always been and shall always be the method by which old people enforce their cultural mores on young people. That's all they fucking are. That's all they'll ever fucking be.