Presenting...... The perfect solution to the Starbucks red cup issue:

[dixiegrrrrl]

to http://www.plantingpeace.org/

[Vinca]

1. LOL - the fundies are going to love that idea.

[redwitch]

2. Oh My Gawd!

The coffee will make everybody GAY!!!!

[jmowreader]

35. No, that would be counterproductive

No self-respecting gay person would ever drink shitty coffee. If Starbucks were to turn their customers gay, they'd stop being customers.

[MADem]

3. I would really like to know when the hell people started DEMANDING specific displays on

their fast food containers? Like that's a thing? And it's the crime of the century if they're not accommodated by images of Santa and Jesus riding a red-nosed reindeer!

It's a fucking paper cup! I can remember back when getting a paper cup that didn't leak if you didn't hurry up and drink your damn hot drink was a BIG deal! And when some genius came up with the cardboard OVERSLEEVE--cue the choir!!!

Maybe they should go back to plain white paper cups, and let people write their OWN names on a holiday themed sticker, choose a cup size, attach the sticker to the cup, and hand it to the counterperson. That way, the customer is forced to do a portion of the work, freeing up the server to make more cups of coffee.

Stupid thing to make a stink about.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. I just remember waking up one day and there was some sort of a "War on Christmas" thing going on

that I still do not understand.

The movie A Christmas Story was quite like my memories as a kid.

Christmas was a season that started around Dec. 15th and ended Jan. 1.
That was it.
The towns I lived in put up decorations around the 15th, the stores were decorated in some fashion, you shopped between the 15th and Christmas eve, the stores closed early on Christmas Eve and did not open till teh day after Christmas.

You sent out Christmas cards after the 15th, with or without a religious theme.

The tree came down Jan. 2, accompanied by parent's hangovers from the night before.

And because it was such a limited season, when the tree WAS put up and plugged in ( with lots of tinsel and those big lights) it was a very special sight.
Now Christmas is in the stores by Halloween and Thanksgiving is limited to a shelf or 2.

[MADem]

12. Yes -- Christmas starts two days before Halloween! And WTF is "Black Friday?"

When did that become a "Screw the turkey dinner, I need to sleep outside Walmart to get that XBOX?" event where people get trampled to death?

I grew up in Europe and the holiday was more religious. If you had a tree it was small (and the neighbors got a kick out of them, particularly if you had American-ish decorations on the thing), the home's decorative centerpiece was the manger scene which was very elaborate in some homes. The big thing was advent calendars with treats behind the doors, and on the 6 of January, the Three Kings came and put presents in (and around) your shoes.

It's a great way to save money to incorporate the European traditions into the holiday in USA--the sale prices after Xmas are often substantial...! One gift on Xmas day, the rest when the Tres Reyes arrive!

[KittyWampus]

4. made me smile!

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Lol

[SoapBox]

7. That is Absolutely Fabulous!

OH how heads would implode!!!!!!

[Augiedog]

8. And the sultry looking waif on the cup must be Mrs. Claus....No?

[packman]

9. I Wish you hadn't posted that

because it just had to make me post the preacher against the sodomite Starbucks:

[pangaia]

18. This guy should run for president. He has all the required qualifications.

[Fritz Walter]

23. I'll bet he takes his coffee like he takes his men

Black and Strong

[femmedem]

10. saw this on twitter:

Rex Huppke ?@RexHuppke · Nov 9
I fixed the Starbucks holiday cups to make them more faith-appropriate.

[geardaddy]

11. Brilliant!

[MADem]

14. Rex Huppke, whoever he is, is a genius! nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Rolf!!!!!

There ya go..a fundy cup!

[L. Coyote]

13. Republican's stole the color red from Christmas, and now they can't handle red cups. I'm confused??

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. They think it is a Communist cup maybe? n/t

[L. Coyote]

22. I suggest they switch to green then.

Like that's gonna happen.

Maybe pink, no purple, wait purple is too blue. I got it, they can be the white party!

[Omaha Steve]

15. Love it!

K&R!

OS

[TygrBright]

16. A couple of local baristas are happy to accede to miffed customers' wishes...

The customers who, when asked their names (so the baristas can write them on the cups) respond with a smirk and "Merry Christmas!"

The baristas nod and write "Mary Kristmess."

I'm hoping they don't get fired...

amusedly,
Bright

[Fritz Walter]

29. Or they could write "Merry Xmas"

And then take the time -- and considerable patience -- to explain how early believers used the Greek character chi to signify their sky buddy. School them in their own faith system and then forgive them for their ignorance.

Perhaps not.

[Hortensis]

17. Stickers. We have whole books of them for the grandkids.

Cheap. Fun. Creative.

Not that that will stop Fox for a split second from seeing a nice selection of stickers as just another evil tactic in the War on Religion. On the contrary: stickers would offer CHOICE.

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. Was there some focus group meeting at Trumps' campaign

Where somebody asked "Just how stupid is the bases we're pandering to"?

After some discussion about ending a sentence with a preposition, they said "Let's find out!".

[L. Coyote]

26. They already know, they designed the stupid long ago

at the birth of advertising.

[christx30]

24. So these fundies pass by a

homeless person on the sidewalk. Nothing. While they wait to order, a news report shows 10's of thousands of Christians have been murdered by ISIS and other groups in the Middle East. Nothing. They get their order in a red cup. World War III.
Priorities. It's about priorities.

[fantase56]

25. starbucks could put this on a cup couldn't they?

[HomerRamone]

27. Nope--the rainbow of colors might indicate tolerance for alternative lifestyles nt

[ismnotwasm]

28. Better than this one I suppose...

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[Kalidurga]

30. If they did that I would go out of my way to find a Starbucks and order...

an over priced coffee. I might even go all out and get one of those over sugared concoctions.

[SheilaT]

31. Yes! It's perfect.

Of course, I've never gotten the obsession with over priced coffee in the first place. But then, I typically only drink one cup, Maxwell House Instant, every morning, and it's every bit as tasty as anything I've ever had. Most coffee in a restaurant is on the harsh side, as far as I'm concerned.

[niyad]

32. WBC will be screaming next.

[niyad]

33. "if the color of someone else's drink cup affects your celebration of your holiday (stolen from

the pagans, by the way) you have some serious issues that have nothing to do with the cups"

[niyad]

34. ah, time to remind the fundiewingnuts that they STOLE our holy day of yule/winter solstice

Also known as: Winter Solstice, Alban Arthan, Feill Fionnain, Yuletide, Midwinter, Sun Return, and Fionn's Day

almost every element that they celebrate was "borrowed" from earlier customs.

[malaise]

36. ROFL

My way is simpler - when the Fundies own a company, they can decide on the cup design and color - they do not get to force their views on others - fugg those fugging fuggs.