I Just Can't Believe This

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@marlina (154130)
Canada
December 17, 2016 8:08am CST
I just can't believe my eyes. Guess what I just saw on the web? A Valentine's ad on the right side of the screen where it was talking about Christmas. Can you believe it? Why do the advertising companies have to ruin everything? Don't they know about "each thing at its own time"? I am frankly disgusted about that, are you?
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@moffittjc (121729)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Dec 16
It's all about money and profits to these companies. The sooner they can get you to start buying things for the next holiday, the sooner they can get rich and laugh about it all the way to the bank! And for me, with each passing year it just disgusts me more and more, to the point where I am starting to shun materialism as best as I can, and simplify my life and get back to the basics. Life is so much more enjoyable once you can break free from the shackles of consumerism.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@moffittjc, same here Jeff, the shakles of consumerism is one thing that I am alsmost free of.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@moffittjc I gave up trying to keep up with the Joneses decades ago.
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@moffittjc (121729)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Dec 16
@marlina I am working on getting there myself. I'm getting close. I feel so much better about my life now, without all the stress and worry of having to keep up with the Joneses.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
17 Dec 16
I am also disgusted and right now I am seeing as "suggestion" two posts written a little less of one year ago the 14th of February with a Happy Valentine. I think they should do something to ban this practice.
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@marguicha (223802)
• Chile
17 Dec 16
I think that the suggestions have to do with the tags in our posts.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@LadyDuck, Disgusted is the right word to use here.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@LadyDuck Oh no! Please, not so fast!
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• United States
21 Dec 16
yea,but all these holidays are now about the selling and not the sentiment,so they push it as early as possible.
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• United States
22 Dec 16
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
21 Dec 16
Big marketing goes into that.
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@xFiacre (13151)
• Ireland
17 Dec 16
@marlina "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; ... A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
Yes, you are right about this one: from a song which I can't remember the title. @xFiacre
@xFiacre (13151)
• Ireland
17 Dec 16
@marlina The song is taken from Ecclesiastes chapter3.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@xFiacre I am sure I heard this in a song too.
@Traceyjayne (1784)
• United Kingdom
22 Dec 16
its the same with Christmas being in the shops in July. Totally stupid. Unfortunately you can not escape it all.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
22 Dec 16
I guess we could only escape all that nonsense if we would live on a deserted island.
• Trinidad And Tobago
17 Dec 16
Yes, you barely have been enjoying a particular festivity and then they intrude with something not even on the calendar yet. It annoying and insensitive.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@Gita17112016 , Yes, it is annoying, disgusting, repugning and plenty of other adjectives.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@Gita17112016 They know about it, but they still chose to do it. There is no hope there.
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• Trinidad And Tobago
17 Dec 16
@marlina How do you suppose we can get them to be aware of this?
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
18 Dec 16
odd isn't it?
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
18 Dec 16
I would say "more than odd", ridiculous!
@Juliaacv (51392)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
That is far too early, we still have Christmas and New Years ahead of that day, and they are both true holidays not special days like Valentines is.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
17 Dec 16
We have been seeing Christmas items in stores since Halloween. Yes, those who are greedy want to take over.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
Sometimes I feel like there are more and more greedy people out there.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
17 Dec 16
this has been gone on for years.They are now doing the New Years things.Greed is the word there for these guys
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
Greed, yes the mighty dollar seems to be the "most important thing" now.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Dec 16
really? it's.... too early, should at least wait until after new years eve!
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
@Jessicalynnt, It is totally ridiculous.
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• United States
17 Dec 16
What?? who's even thinking of Valentines this time of year. Do they expect Santa to deliver candy and flowers too?
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
That would be the over the top!
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
19 Dec 16
Yes, the marketers seem to rush all holidays. I saw yuletide items for sale in the stores back in October! Yuk.
@andriaperry (117146)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Dec 16
I know, we have hollow-giving-mas around here in the stores. So now its valen-ster
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
18 Dec 16
I guess it is all over the entire world now.
@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Dec 16
Just doing their job selling stuff. It does get ridiculuous though doesn't it?
@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
18 Dec 16
They're excited for Valentines! hehe
@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Dec 16
There are many morons this time..
@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
18 Dec 16
People were discussing christmas in september....so i get why they would get exited over valentines before time too.
@Nihil90 (343)
• Indore, India
18 Dec 16
They will squeeze up every nook and cranny for money. I feel so repelled that I installed an adblocker so that they do not bombard the webpage I visit.
@Ofirfir (29)
18 Dec 16
oh nooo what is hapennig????