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The Decline of Holiday Formality: Boomers, Paper Plates, and Supermarket Catering
from #179 - Sal Vulcano | The Tim Dillon Show · #179
7 min
Tim blames the selfish baby boomer generation for phoning in holiday traditions, mocking paper plates, plastic cups, supermarket-catered meals, and potluck desserts like store-bought cheesecake and the infamous "dirt" dessert with gummy worms.
- Tim says the decline of holiday formality across generations has to stop now that older people are dying or bedridden.
- Baby boomers, a selfish generation that sucked everything out of the country on cheap credit, have inherited responsibility for holidays.
- Tim observes people using paper plates and plastic cups at holidays, treating family gatherings like GoFundMe advertisements for not owning glassware.
- Supermarket catering for Christmas dinner—buying food from stores where staff is on heroin—represents the degradation of the holiday.
- Potluck desserts reveal hosts who can't manage to buy or make dessert themselves despite throwing the party.
- No-bake Jello was marketed specifically to fat people who shouldn't go near an oven, a product designed for couch eating during Drew Carey Show marathons.
- A dessert called 'dirt'—whipped cream, pudding, cream cheese glop with crushed cookies and gummy worms—insulted guests while adults served it without embarrassment.
- When you host, you do the dessert; potluck desserts mean people half-ass cheap contributions they abandon and never defend.
- Tim recalls his childhood New Year's Day party where one dessert—Peach Melba—was the standard, not multiple options trying to please everyone and pleasing no one.
- His grandmother, nanny, and other family members cooked for days as a mark of pride; now people buy supermarket macaroni and cheese stirred up in an oxycontin frenzy in Long Island.
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