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Discussion Thread 🦊 Saturday 11 October 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You just need to stop going to the shops, then you won't have to deal with it. Also no Christmas carol exposure!

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Three reasons to love Christmas:

Spending time with the people we love
Partaking in our favoured vices
Whamageddon

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Penalty rates

I think I'm winning Whamageddon. My avoidance of shops means I don't have any Christmas carol exposure, I don't think I've heard that song for years.

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