Jeff Bezos and the Clankers Killed Christmas

I remember being little and how amazing Christmas was. Waking up to the excitement of opening presents on Christmas morning, it was magical.

As a teenager and into adulthood, I stopped caring about Christmas and most holidays. I actually kind of hated them. Having to deal with my family and siblings, who always seemed to have a mission to piss me off. Every year, one of my brothers would do their best to aggravate me.

I never stuck around for very long. I usually just showed up for a little while and then left to hang out with friends.

As we got older and I started to have nieces and nephews, I started enjoying holidays like Christmas more. Watching the kids get excited like I used to was great. I enjoyed getting them presents. It was also a good payback time. I loved finding presents that would be loud and annoying to my brothers.

Once I got married and had my own kid, I actually got excited about Christmas. I couldn’t wait for my son to be old enough to have that Christmas morning magic. I felt like a kid again watching him run out to the Christmas tree to see all of the presents under it.

It’s almost Christmas now, and he’s getting so excited for it. We even have our elf on the shelf that he loves. The first thing he does when he wakes up in the morning is look for the elf. I love how excited he gets for it every day.

Christmas is being Ruined

Recently, I have been getting so frustrated trying to Christmas shop. Everything I look at to buy either looks like cheap junk or just straight-up fake. It’s everywhere you go now. And if you try to find something decent, it’s three times the price.

Amazon is the worst offender of them all. It’s getting so bad that I don’t even trust buying brand names I recognize on Amazon.

Every product that I look at looks like a knock-off of a knock-off. And it will probably give my kid cancer.

Now, with all of the AI, it’s getting even worse. It’s getting harder to tell whether product images are real or fake. In the past, I used to judge how well they were able to Photoshop images together. It was easier to clearly see if they faked the product size and functionality.

It was also easier to judge them by the product description. If they clearly didn’t have a grasp of the English language, I usually passed on buying. AI has solved that problem for them as well.

I don’t trust the comments from people much anymore, either. That was compromised long ago, and now even worse with AI.

It’s Not Just Amazon

Amazon’s not the only offender. The department stores aren’t much better. Everything is either overpriced or trash.

My wife was Christmas shopping at Target, yes I know, our beloved Target. She was sending me pictures of the toy trucks to get my son. They looked like the same cancer-riddled garbage from Amazon. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t just buy this junk from Amazon and put it on their shelves.

I Hate Christmas Again

It really sucks. I’m starting to hate Christmas again. I know my son will be excited no matter what we get him. He doesn’t care how good a product is, he just wants a new monster truck.

But I know it’s garbage. It makes me mad that I can’t find decent things for him. The toys we buy him now barely hold up.

My parents still have toys from when my siblings and I were kids, and our kids play with them. They are still solid toys that have lasted decades.

I guess the biggest issue I have with it is that it’s a huge waste of money. I can’t stand spending money on complete junk that’s going to break two days after Christmas. On top of that, my son will be upset that his brand new toy broke.

Christmas will be ruined.

Fuck you, Jeff Bezos.