[Unpopular opinion] The “Happy new year” hype might just be a circlejerk to distract ourselves from our decay.

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While I obviously wish everyone here well for 2021, I think that the hype about new year's day, the celebrations, etc. mainly serve as a distraction from our own impending death (and the disabled crap years before it, accompanied by ), as well as the imaginary balance sheet that questions our achievements since the last yearly transition.

Warning:
High dose of critical thoughts. If you do not wish to spoil your good mood, maybe read this after your party is over.

What is more special about January 1st than, for example, July 27th? Maybe that the year counter in the computer screen's corner has changed. So what?

Yes, fireworks are beautiful (even though hazardous if handled improperly). Yes, celebrating with the family is beautiful. But at the same time, it might as well be an instance of .

People act as if new year's day were some special achievement. But it just is a result of the passing of time.

Assuming age 18 to 40 as the healthy years, each new year means ~4.5% less healthy life span than the new year before. After that, the the disabilities that never go away start accumulating, starting with reading glasses, until ourselves belong into the risk group for everything, which is especially bad unfavourable during this time.

Honestly, during the previous few new year's days, I always acted excited about the new year to avoid spoiling the vibes of people around myself. But I am sick of it. Every elderly semi-corpse couple in their walker that I see signifies that I am now one year closer to their disabilities. No thanks, I am not happy.

During childhood, each birthday and new year signifies growth and flourishment. But during adulthood, it just marks the passing of one more healthy year. The decline we see in who birthed us reflects the fate that awaits ourselves.

We are always told how valueable time is, yet society celebrates the passing of time? Sounds hypocritical to me. Also, I don't get why there is not such a hype about new month's day.

Everything stated above obviously also applies to birthdays (actually a misnomer, because birth is just on one day, but just as side note).

While I obviously wish everyone here well for 2021, I think that the hype about new year's day, the celebrations, etc. mainly serve as a distraction from our own impending death (and the disabled crap years before it, accompanied by [gaslighting](https://poal.co/s/Health/240813)), as well as the imaginary balance sheet that questions our achievements since the last yearly transition. |Warning:| |----| |High dose of critical thoughts. If you do not wish to spoil your good mood, maybe read this after your party is over.| What is more special about January 1st than, for example, July 27th? Maybe that the year counter in the computer screen's corner has changed. So what? Yes, fireworks are beautiful (even though hazardous if handled improperly). Yes, celebrating with the family is beautiful. But at the same time, it might as well be an instance of [terror management](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management). People act as if new year's day were some special achievement. But it just is a result of the passing of time. Assuming age 18 to 40 as the healthy years, each new year means ~4.5% less healthy life span than the new year before. After that, the the disabilities that never go away start accumulating, starting with reading glasses, until ourselves belong into the risk group for everything, which is especially bad unfavourable during this time. Honestly, during the previous few new year's days, I always acted excited about the new year to avoid spoiling the vibes of people around myself. But I am sick of it. Every elderly semi-corpse couple in their walker that I see signifies that I am now one year closer to their disabilities. No thanks, I am not happy. During childhood, each birthday and new year signifies growth and flourishment. But during adulthood, it just marks the passing of one more healthy year. The decline we see in who birthed us reflects the fate that awaits ourselves. We are always told how valueable time is, yet society celebrates the passing of time? Sounds hypocritical to me. Also, I don't get why there is not such a hype about new **month**'s day. ---- Everything stated above obviously also applies to birthdays (actually a misnomer, because birth is just on one day, but just as side note).

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