It's Chriiiiiiistmas. Merry Christmas everyone.

[superflippy@mastodon.xyz]

@TheBreadmonkey This deserves a classic meme response.

[catmisgivings@stranger.social]

@TheBreadmonkey they've put the chocolates out in August. Who the hell wants sad melted chocolate in their stocking?

[grandpacore@beige.party]

@TheBreadmonkey It is way too early for the festive advertising. What I notice more though is you pay £12 (~$16) for a box of chocolate? What the fuck lol

[pdmckone@cosocial.ca]

@TheBreadmonkey

Retail is still using the Tescorian calendar, which has twelve days of Christmas rather than just the one. Because of the overlap, holiday shopping will occur earlier each year until the calendars realign in 2049.

Then, an international body, the Christmoidal Calendriat, will retire the Tescorian calendar in favour of the more familiar Walmartian version.

[bobthomson70@mastodon.social]

@eleanorrees @TheBreadmonkey I think you’ll enjoy “Roy Wood is Watching You” from Viz if you’ve not see it.

[stephenboylett@techhub.social]

@Grandpacore @TheBreadmonkey That chocolate actually contains cocoa. Real cocoa, not refined cocoa butter. It tastes amazing and has a wonderful velvety texture. Unlike some of the other products (oddly, all made by American owned companies) that taste like cardboard and have a texture like melting plastic.
You have to pay for quality.

[eleanorrees@mas.to]

@bobthomson70 @TheBreadmonkey "Pull this disciplinary cracker" - beautiful.

[grandpacore@beige.party]

@StephenBoylett @TheBreadmonkey That is Lindor chocolate, we have that too . It is mass produced and mediocre. Not worth that much.

[glutto@mastodon.social]

@TheBreadmonkey

Simply having a wonderful Christmastime!
In August.

[bobthomson70@mastodon.social]

@eleanorrees @TheBreadmonkey not even a one off. It’s a regular strip. Not in every issue though.

[stephenboylett@techhub.social]

@Grandpacore @TheBreadmonkey I disagree about the mediocre part. You are entitled to your opinion, however wrong I think you are.

But one thing you might want to consider. That price includes a 20% sales tax called VAT. That gets charged on most things we buy in the UK and pays for things like healthcare. It also pays for enforcement of food standards so we don't have to put up with genetically modified beef or mechanically recovered chicken.

In my opinion, Lindor is at least 10 times better than the crap Kraft try to convince us is Cadbury chocolate. Yet is only three times the price.