I feel this way about religion.

It is literally being bullied by a supernatural creature that doesn't even exist. Do X, do not do Y, else the entire wrath of the Almighty will be upon you.

And at the same time the Almighty can do absolutely anything they want - mass murder people, sleep with anyone, get everyone drunk, tell father to kill the son - because what, are you gonna defy or question someone who else destroys you and tarnishes your soul for the rest of eternity?

The good is replaced with compliance, because an authoritative voice says what's good and you better obey. 1984 type shit, invented millenia before.

Depends on the tradition and insight of those who are alive

Tradition as in "we do this, because our ancestors did" is insanity, no questions there

Not even original

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There's no original thoughts left

Anything done more than once is tradition.

I will eat lasagna every year for Christmas dinner until I am in the grave, and I am perfectly fine with the fact that I was bullied into this by all the Italian ancestors who came before me because lasagna is delicious.

Tradition is innovation that survived long enough to stop being questioned.

or

Tradition is a solution that forgot the problem it solved.

Yours feel unnecessarily disrespectful.

In a modern society, generation by generation, we choose what tradition is acceptable to keep and what is not. We've abandoned many more traditions than we have kept, so they aren't inherently sacred and unquestionable.

Anyone who wants to keep a tradition that causes harm is just malicious.

But there were plenty of traditions out there that just add richness to a culture, that stuff is good as long as no one gets hurt

Saw this on Reddit years ago. Looks like posting it has become something of a tradition!

Beau of the Fifth Column introduced me to this quote, not sure if he started it.

Tradition is brainwashing younger people that they should keep doing what you did even after you're gone.

Not that every tradition is bad, or that everything should be done differently. Humans learn from the previous generations, that's a fundamental of our existence. But the way some traditions are imposed onto the young despite all issues with them sucks. It's about balance and not being dogmatic, I guess.

It’s the living people who carry on traditions

Were you browsing 9gag in the shower or what?

Tradition is loving your ancestors’ wisdom.

I like this one. It's an amusing way to think about it.

Tradition is something silly. Endlessly redoing the same things at a fixed time just because...