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Ask Slashdot: What Is Your New Years Eve Tradition?

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skade88 writes "What does the Slashdot community do to celebrate New Years Eve? Does your city do something cool and unique to celebrate? Do you celebrate with fireworks in front of your house, or in your favorite MMO (WoW, Minecraft, etc.)?"

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  1. None of the above...maybe by Jetra · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Little bit of Minecraft. Some YouTube. Mostly trying to beat Ordos Missions in Dune 2000 (PC)

  2. BEING AWESORME by For+a+Free+Internet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Slashdort: Today is a great day for all the readers of Slashdort, because we will make linquini and boil a Linurx in a stew of Windors. Hooraye! COMMUNISM NOW!

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  3. The same thing we do every New Years by unreadepitaph · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get uncontrollably drunk and yell at fireworks.

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  4. A day to relax by zvar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Today's Devil's Panties said it best I think.

    "We could stay at home and drink hot coca in our pajamas."
    I would add 'while sitting on the couch watching movies with my wife' to that though...

  5. A vow of celibacy by erroneus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Each new year I take a vow of celibacy as my father before me and his father before him. It's a long standing family tradition.

  6. My Dad shot rifles into the air on New Years... by gestalt_n_pepper · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...to scare away the evil spirits. "Haven't seen any this year, have you?" he would always ask. "Must have worked," he opined further. This story was told to a Mexican cabbie who in all seriousness replied that my father was being silly, and that all you had to do was throw water out the back door to scare evil spirits away for the year. Who knew?

    FYI, my father was an electronics engineer whose tongue was often so far in his cheek that it might have protruded from the vulgar aperture.

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    1. Re:My Dad shot rifles into the air on New Years... by arth1 · · Score: 4, Informative

      fair enough... i'm sure the danger is much less than if someone shot you directly

      Don't buy lottery tickets today, it's just not your day.
      From the blurb to the article in question:
      "Most (77%) were hit in the head. The mortality rate was 32%, which is significantly higher than for all gunshot wound victims in general seen at the same medical center."

    2. Re:My Dad shot rifles into the air on New Years... by arth1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      So if you want to celebrate your 2nd amendment rights, do a Cheney and aim at someone, rather than doing an afghan and shooting in the air?

      Well, as my old drill sergeant said, "Do not ever pull the trigger unless you are aiming it at a target. Ever."
      What about warning shots, one of the guys asked. He was told that this applied to warning shots too - you aim and fire at the ground, and better not miss.
      The same rule held for blanks, "full family" setting, suppressive fire and empty chambers. Woe be unto any poor sod who pulled the trigger without aiming.

      I think it was a very good rule.

  7. Pet owner by kthreadd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I spend most of the evening looking over a very scared dog.

    It would be highly appreciated if those of you using fireworks waited until midnight.

  8. Waiting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    for these kinds of posts to pop up on Slashdot. And comment on them.

  9. being older and wiser... by jddeluxe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...I stay home to avoid the drunks and police...

    1. Re:being older and wiser... by roc97007 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Me too. It's a tradition in my immediate family not to travel during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. Those are dangerous times to be on the road, and you don't want your holiday memories to be of sitting in the emergency room or dealing with a death in the family. (Been there, did that, never again.) We take time off in January to see close relatives and May to see the ones that are further away.

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  10. Oliebollen & Appel flappen by ickleberry · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lekker gezond!

  11. Two things... by jordonwii · · Score: 5, Interesting

    1. I play BZFlag. Don't know why, but it's become a tradition for me.

    2. Use a handheld spotlight I have to signal a house on one of the hills around me, ever since about 4 years ago, I randomly shined my light up there, and they signaled back.

  12. I call it "Monday Night" by RyoShin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Today is Monday, tomorrow is Tuesday. Tonight marks one complete rotation (roughly) of our planet around our sun.

    I have no idea what my community is doing, but I plan to treat it as any other night, with the exception that I get tomorrow off. As I've grown older (27, for reference) and gotten out and lived on my own I find that annual celebrations hold little meaning to me, including my own birthday. If I'm going to celebrate, it's going to be for a relevant, contemporary event. If I'm going to make changes to my life, it's going to be when I realize those changes need to be made, not some arbitrary date. If I want to get together with loved ones, I'll do it when the urge strikes (at least, in so far as those I want to spend time with are also available.)

    (Of course, I've no friends, no close relatives, and am anti-social, so my view could be skewed.)

  13. Commit my code by Darinbob · · Score: 5, Funny

    I commit all my outstanding code. Then I wait until the next year to fix the build.