Minion Death Cult - The fact that these " Santa deniers" are on TICTOC tells me all I need to know!!! (preview)
Aired: 2022-12-09
Duration: 06:54


=== Gen Z Parents Refuse Santa (05:00) ===

[00:00:00]  Moving on.
[00:00:06]  Last, final, final story of the night.
[00:00:08]  A bit of a seasonal, some seasonal tidings for you folks.
[00:00:14]  Uh, this is courtesy of listener Oscar, who tagged me in this post.
[00:00:18]  Thank you, Oscar.
[00:00:19]  Uh, because of Oscar, I was able to find out that Slay what?
[00:00:25]  Why Gen Z parents are refusing to teach their kids about Santa.
[00:00:31]  And then, hashtag Santa isn't real is trending on TikTok.
[00:00:38]  Wow, I just realized that that means that, yeah, Gen Z's having kids.
[00:00:42]  You know?
[00:00:43]  Babies having babies.
[00:00:45]  Gen Z's having kids.
[00:00:46]  They got to decide whether they want to explain Santa Claus to them or not.
[00:00:52]  I feel like this is going to just open the door wide for discussion here.
[00:00:57]  I will say, having the hashtag Santa isn't real, you're overdoing it.
[00:01:04]  Yeah, it sucks.
[00:01:05]  You know, kids are on TikTok, right?
[00:01:07]  I mean, they're probably not like that young, but it seems like you don't have to fucking do the hashtag Santa.
[00:01:13]  That seems like some atheist YouTuber shit.
[00:01:17]  Like, hey, let's get the God isn't real hashtag going.
[00:01:22]  Yeah, it's not, it's just, you just don't need to do it.
[00:01:25]  Like, you know, if you really believe in that, then why are you thinking about Santa Claus at all?
[00:01:30]  Just move on.
[00:01:31]  Right, yeah, wow.
[00:01:32]  Somebody's living rent-free in the North Pole right here.
[00:01:35]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:01:39]  I don't know.
[00:01:42]  We've talked about this.
[00:01:43]  I'm a big proponent of Santa Claus.
[00:01:45]  I think Santa Claus is great.
[00:01:46]  I'm actually at a weird point right now where I kind of haven't brought it up because I just don't know where she's at.
[00:01:55]  You don't want to look stupid in front of your daughter.
[00:02:00]  Basically.
[00:02:00]  Basically.
[00:02:01]  Because I've been surprised with some things.
[00:02:04]  Because, you know, she is still only nine.
[00:02:06]  So there are some things.
[00:02:08]  I also think she's kind of smart enough to be like, I kind of got to do the Santa believing, because if we acknowledge it, that's just bad business, you know?
[00:02:16]  Yeah.
[00:02:17]  She's right in that sense.
[00:02:19]  But I go all in on Santa Claus because like my theory on that, we've talked about it before but it's been a while, my theory on Santa Claus is go all in on Santa Claus because it makes not believing in Jesus easier.
[00:02:33]  Yep.
[00:02:35]  I forgot that was your take.
[00:02:36]  That's a good take.
[00:02:37]  And you know what?
[00:02:38]  Wouldn't you know it?
[00:02:39]  People in these comments have exactly the opposite take.
[00:02:43]  So funny.
[00:02:44]  I love that.
[00:02:45]  Yeah, let's just go to it right now.
[00:02:46]  Nikki says, so this like pissed so many people off.
[00:02:49]  I just got to say that's the general reaction.
[00:02:51]  People are more upset about this than they've ever been.
[00:02:54]  Just some TikTok teen, TikTok 20 somethings.
[00:02:58]  You know, that they'll never meet in real life.
[00:03:01]  They'll never even see a single one of these videos.
[00:03:04]  Like, it will never interact with their lives whatsoever.
[00:03:07]  And yet, they're the most mad they've ever been about something.
[00:03:11]  Uh, in the comment section, you know, on Fox News and Facebook.
[00:03:16]  And, um, but yeah, there's reasons for believing in Santa.
[00:03:19]  There's reasons for instilling the idea of Santa in your kids.
[00:03:23]  Like Nikki says, the faith children have in Santa coming Christmas morning sets an example for those of us that are adults and children of God.
[00:03:32]  We should have that same faith every day.
[00:03:34]  I wished everyone could see the evil behind it.
[00:03:37]  So I'll just stop right there.
[00:03:40]  You're, like, you're intentionally comparing your religion to something we lie to children about in order to get them to behave themselves?
[00:03:49]  That's so funny.
[00:03:50]  Also, what a weird expectation.
[00:03:53]  I wouldn't touch it.
[00:03:54]  I wouldn't touch it, personally.
[00:03:56]  Yeah.
[00:03:57]  Part of the reason why my theory, I think, works is because the thing is, for her whole life, she's opened up multiple boxes and gifts that are signed from Santa with unique wrapping paper that I don't have.
[00:04:11]  Yeah, surely.
[00:04:12]  You know, and it's a tangible thing, you know, she still plays with the toys today.
[00:04:16]  You know, and then the thing is, one day, one day, like, like, okay, so I got the toys.
[00:04:22]  Uh, why, why is, why is mom dead?
[00:04:26]  Why did mom die though?
[00:04:27]  Like, I asked, I asked, I was really good.
[00:04:31]  I was like a really good, I was really good that year.
[00:04:33]  Um, I, I wrote the letter in advance.
[00:04:37]  Uh, you know, cause we caught it early on.
[00:04:42]  Why didn't... That's way... That would have been way cooler than some fucking K'nex.

=== Believing in Santa vs. God (02:07) ===

[00:04:46]  I don't know why I said K'nex, but that's... Maybe I was, uh... Maybe I went back to my childhood there.
[00:04:51]  But, you know, it's like... That's not how that works.
[00:04:54]  That's a... It's gonna fuck him up.
[00:04:58]  Man, it's like... It's the same thing!
[00:05:03]  You don't want to bring attention to the fact that it's a very similar thing.
[00:05:08]  I'm not saying God is as fake as Santa Claus or whatever.
[00:05:12]  I just don't believe in him.
[00:05:13]  Okay?
[00:05:14]  And if I did believe in God at one point, and while I didn't believe in Santa, and I would say, no, that's a trick.
[00:05:22]  That one's a trick.
[00:05:23]  This one's real.
[00:05:25]  That was exactly... yeah.
[00:05:27]  Okay, let me read from this story.
[00:05:29]  This is on the Fox News website, though.
[00:05:32]  But when you open it, it just reads like it's news.
[00:05:36]  And so, the tone of this article totally threw me through a loop when I first read it.
[00:05:45]  Gen Z parents refusing to teach their kids about Santa claim it's, quote, traumatizing.
[00:05:51]  The hashtag quote, or the hashtag, Santa isn't real is trending on TikTok, as Gen Z parents say they don't want to lie to their kids about Santa.
[00:06:00]  And a sign of how screwed we are as a society, some, and that was like, one of the first, I was like, what?
[00:06:06]  Wait.
[00:06:07]  Yeah.
[00:06:08]  What?
[00:06:09]  Whoa.
[00:06:09]  This person doesn't play by the rules.
[00:06:12]  And a sign of house.
[00:06:13]  Harsh talk.
[00:06:14]  They have a video too, of Greg Gutfeld, right?
[00:06:18]  Like prominently.
[00:06:21]  And, I thought this was a great gut-filled piece.
[00:06:25]  I was like, maybe that's why it sounds so stu- like trying so hard to be funny.
[00:06:32]  In a sign of how screwed we are as a society, some Gen Z parents are refusing to allow their children to believe in Santa Claus.
[00:06:39]  That's a great way to put it.
[00:06:40]  Refusing to allow their children to believe in Santa Claus.
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