This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

whenever I hear someone say "arbitrary date" I cringe a little. It's not arbitrary! We use it to pretty much determine how we live, and it's become a pretty well ingrained part of our tradition of just shutting up and having fun, and a new year is as good a time as any to at least mentally turn things around. Having the "you're a new you and it's a new now" behind you to support your cause helps a lot, at least for me.

'Sides, nobody calls thanksgiving "some arbitrary conquista."*

*I have no idea what you celebrate on Thanksgiving.