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Bavarian Castle Christmas Fantasy and Quitting Family Holidays

from Bavarian Cream Pie · #127

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11 min

Ray declares he's done doing holidays with his family and wants to spend next Christmas in a Bavarian castle, spiraling into an elaborate, absurd sexual fantasy involving a long-lost brother, while Tim needles him about family obligation, the Obamas inviting him, and travel logistics.

In this bit10 moments
  • 15:41Education fails to prepare people for anything because it's just generic bullshit and clichés
  • 16:44Tim stopped doing homework in sixth grade despite being smart enough to pass everything
  • 17:11Schools romanticize writing jobs while demonizing blue-collar union work like carpentry and plumbing that are actually more stable
  • 18:00Tim's morgue job paid premium rates because he dealt with the dead and had to clean shit out of corpses
  • 18:48Tim announces he's done with Christmas and his family—next year he's spending it in a Bavarian castle instead
  • 19:18One family is moving out of state, and going to another state for a holiday doesn't make sense
  • 21:47Life is about being happy, not watching his aunt drool and Viking out while his family steals from his coat
  • 22:28Barack and Michelle Obama invited him to Christmas and he turned them down to do one more year with his family
  • 24:24Tim's family stopped loving him years ago—they talk once a year just to make sure he hasn't killed anyone
  • 25:44Even if you're fucking your family, they still don't love you—they're just in it for the fuck
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