18 Reasons To End These Traditions

By:: Cracked Plasticians

November 19, 2017

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Traditions are a beautiful thing. The thing is, if you think too closely about literally any of them, they stop making sense. For example ...

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CLASS REUNION? NO THANKS! I'd rather not spend a whole HI night pretending I remember I CAN'T REMEMBER you, pretending you weren't YOUR mean to me, or

17 Entry by Timon DJ Spajic

THE HANDSHAKE We just met, and we don't know what the other person did with their hands that day... HEY! Lets rub them against each other. CRACKED COM

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LET'S NIX THE TOOTH FAIRY It essentially teaches kids that they'll be rewarded for losing something. CRACKEDCOMT

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Celebrating the resurrection of Christ with colored eggs and jelly beans is one thing... But I've seen very few kids who aren't petrified by the idea

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IF YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH youR KID NOT TO OPEN CRAUN THE DOOR TO STRANGERS, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN LEAVING MILK AND COOKIES FOR A DUDE WHO BREAKS INTO YOUR

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CRACKED.OON Puom nighe Why do we Willingly spend hundreds of dollar on suits and dresses just to be in a crowd of awkward dancers?

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I'll never understand why we choose to salute the great men and women who died defending our freedom with 1n O in io sL str si SU SI sin crs SU SU SIN

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18 Reasons To End These Traditions

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GRACKEDCON No white after L.abor Day Summer lasts way past Labor Day in much of the U.S. Isn't it time We do away with arbitrary rules about things as

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We're required to ask, How are you doing? The correct answer is, Fine, thanks. Describing how you're actually doing will result in awkward silence

8 Entry by Manari Santiyaz

CRACKED co Why does the President take his Oath of office on a Bible? It would be more logical if it were the US Constitution, the thing that he is pr

7 Entry by Joyce Rogers

WHY DO BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS STILL COME IN BLUE PINK FOR AND FOR BOYS GIRLS IS THE SEX OF A CHILD SO IMPORTANT? AND... WHAT IF THE GRI BABY IS REALLY MO

6 Entry by Moses Armstrong

CRACKED COM Why does one adult need to ask another adult for a blessing to propose to a third adult? Modern marriage is a two person situation, SO why

5 Entry by Timon DJ Spajic

OPEN CASKETS ARE FREAKY. Being forced to go to a funeral and stare at a corpse makes me really uncomfortable. I'm getting cremated, just to make sure

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Let's spend thousands of dollars on our wedding So we can start our lives together BROKE CRACKEDCON

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Why does the most common first date activity consist of DOP oRLL just silently staring at a screen for two hours? CRACKED.COM

2 Entry by Joyce Rogers

BLESSING OR WISHING GOOD HEALTH TO SOMEONE WHO SNEEZES IS A UNIVERSAL CUSTOM. GESUNDHEIT! GOD TERVEYDEKSTI BLE55 you! DOMINISTIKU! PROSIT! SALUT! WHY?

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