Why do normies consistently get upset when I show a distaste

most people have very rigid approach to how things should be done.

my mom cleans the floor every morning with a vacuum cleaner even tho a mop would be more effective, this is not something i can debate with logic

>>37566555
Card giving is a tradition and we all know what happens to those who go against tradition. It's also considered just the polite thing to do.

>Nice trips

>>37566555
yeah i sort of learned that from my parents
doing what people want you to do > logic apparently

>>37566555
Don't you go around questioning norms now. It never ends well.

Because they are consumer cattle, lacking any capacity for independent thought. Rejoice in the fact that you are above these subhuman livestock.

>>37566680
>It's also considered just the polite thing to do.
This is why I do it when other people expect it of me, sure.

But when I try and convince family to not bother wasting money on cards on my birthdays that I'm just going to throw away, they take offense. And when i ask why they try and make it about me being contrarian.

I've explained it as simply as

"When you buy those cards you're just spending money on stuff other people designed so you can give it to me and I can, at most, put them up for a week before taking them down and either throw them away or stick them in a box. If you want to wish me a happy birthday then just say it to me. I'd rather you save the money."

And yet this is baffling to them and they begrudgingly buy me a card anyway. And then they get mad if I point out I told them not to bother. I don't understand.

>>37566803
It's taken me 18 years to stop the cards. The only person I get a card for now is my mum.
She knows how much I hate them so it means more.