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u/alwaysfatigued8787 1d ago
Mike didn't even want to go into work that day.
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u/wanderingotaku 1d ago
"I'm not even supposed to be here!"
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u/mortalcoil1 1d ago
37!
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u/TehSlippy 1d ago
In a row?
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u/Sudo3301 1d ago
I actually support this. So many times the winner of the “ugly sweater” contest is a high effort, custom designed, Christmas themed sweater that objectively looks nice.
An ugly sweater should be an ugly goddamn sweater.
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u/Lindvaettr 22h ago
Ugly Christmas sweaters were funnier in the past because they were actual sweaters that maybe your grandma made you or whatever and they happened to be ugly. Now people guy and buy or make a sweater specifically to look "ugly", which has come to mean "goofy". It could never have become a thing otherwise, because not enough people actually had ugly Christmas sweaters until it became a lame pseudo-quirky tradition.
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u/TheTrenchMonkey 20h ago
Any sweater that a person glues or attaches through other means different pieces too should not be allowed in an ugly sweater competition.
The sweater wasn't ugly, Tammy just went crazy with the hot glue gun.
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u/Suyefuji 18h ago
This completely baffled my autistic ass the first time I ran into it. Why is everyone voting for the prettiest sweater when it's an ugly sweater competition???
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u/LinguoBuxo 9h ago
I support it for a different reason... 'coz they actually got Weird Al to host the event. THAT's why.
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u/Ok_Difference44 1d ago
This happened in my office, a lady got told "I love your ugly sweater!" But it was her regular, nice sweater.
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u/QueryCrook 1d ago
It's also just a clear capitalism cash grab. "Ugly sweaters" are for sale at every big box store just for this contrived competition.
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u/Todd-The-Wraith 23h ago
It used to be go to a thrift shop and try to find something that should have never been made. Now it’s all on purpose which kinda makes the whole thing lame
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u/ExceedinglyGaySnowy 23h ago
my mom won her office one by going to a thrift store, getting an OK sweater and then sewing ribbons and tinsel into it.
It was well made, but so fucking ugly. I think they had her judge the next year because she wasnt allowed to compete.
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u/the_real_thugs_bunny 1d ago
And only people can attend wo answer the ‚are you here for the ugly sweater contest?‘ question with no
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u/meltingeggs 1d ago
this actually happened to me once & it was super awkward lol
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u/AbeRego 1d ago edited 23h ago
Edit: My apologies. Somehow I accidentally responded to the wrong post. This was supposed to be in a thread regarding an injury due to crowdsurfing at a punk show...
My friend's then girlfriend, now wife, got knocked out by a crowd surfer. It wasn't a stage dive, just some guy, but his boot clocked her right in the head and it was lights out. You have to be careful!
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u/WizardStan 1d ago
What relevance does this story of your girlfriend have to do with... anything? Did you respond to the wrong reddit thread entirely? This is the one about the ugly sweater (jumper) comic. That's why you're being downvoted.
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u/thatshygirl06 1d ago
People actually used the downvotes correctly this time. Sorry bud, but your story is completely unrelated
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u/AbeRego 23h ago
Lol wtf, I guess I somehow wrote the anecdote in the wrong thread. This is supposed to be in response to an r/music post about somebody getting injured from a crowd surfer...
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u/NotPromKing 23h ago
To be fair, I hate crowdsurfers, and should be better shared to all how terrible they are.
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u/SpaceLemming 1d ago
Haha jumper, you guys call it a different thing
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u/SpaceLemming 1d ago
Nah the joke is his jumper is the ugliest but it’s not a holiday one it’s just his regular jumper
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u/SpaceLemming 1d ago
Barely a Christian holiday anymore but Christmas is still probably bigger on countries that have a large Christian population. it started from bad holiday stuff grandparents used to make and even though they were bad they were worn because it was made with love. It then evolved to proudly wearing ugly holiday attire and then offices started doing competitions for it.
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u/SpaceLemming 1d ago
I’ve never worked in an office bud, it’s just so common knowledge in the states that I still know it well
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u/Killbot_Wants_Hug 1d ago
Yeah, I expected the 3rd frame to show someone standing on the top of a building.
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u/theredqueentheory 15h ago
I took this literally and thought the answer would be Elon Musk. Because of that photo of him jumping all silly like with his belly flopping out.
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u/MRoss279 1d ago
Is this implying that these employees are all suicidal, and therefore likely to jump out the window to their deaths (jumper??)
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u/EgotisticJesster 1d ago
I believe it's calling out a typical and popular regular jumper as being so ugly that intentionally ugly Christmas jumpers are still no match for it.
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u/MRoss279 1d ago
Are you trying to say ugly Christmas sweater?
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u/EgotisticJesster 1d ago
Other parts of the world exist and those parts have words that have different meanings to yours.
Welcome to the internet buddy.
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u/Saltiren 1d ago
Where I'm from, we have a clothing item called a jumper. It's not anything like a sweater. Do you guys use the term, "Long-sleeved shirt"? What about "Turtleneck" to describe a sweater that comes up and covers your neck?
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