On Christmas day, Patrick Shyu, a YouTuber with nearly 1.5 million subscribers and former tech lead for Google and Meta, provided one of the Christmas season’s most spot-on Ebeneezer Scrooge impres…
Twitter users slammed a popular tech YouTuber and former Google and Meta employee for his viral tweet claiming that saying, “Merry Christmas!” is “highly offensive” to depressed and stressed-out people during the Christmas season.
Trying to rain on the parades of billions celebrating the holiday, Shyu tweeted, “I find ‘Merry Christmas’ highly offensive,” and explained that there are mentally ill and depressed people who feel pressured to be jolly because of the holiday greeting. The bizarre post went viral on Twitter, receiving a hefty amount of criticism from those secure enough to spread Christmas cheer to their neighbors.The Spectator contributing editor Stephen Miller replied to Shyu, saying, “Nobody cares if you are offended.”Author and podcaster Dick Masterson mocked Shyu by wishing him a “Good afternoon.”
Australian journalist Téa Smith rebuked the content creator, writing, “Relax. You mean well, but you don’t speak for others. People who have Christmas trauma have agency and can deal. If they’re triggered by others’ happiness they need therapy. I say this as someone who doesn’t like Christmas. It’s good of you, but this ain’t it.”
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