There are many ways to create a vibe for a wedding. One Brooklyn
couple who married in Joshua Tree, California, skipped the strict
dress code and string quartet and went straight for the psychedelics.

"We hate conventional weddings, and we basically wanted to do
everything antithetical to what that entails," the bride, a journalist
who asked not to be identified, tells me. "So we thought it would be
hilarious if rather than choosing meat, fish, or vegetarian on the
RSVP, we have people choose their drug."

They offered choices of cannabis, mushrooms, or palo santo (which is
not a drug but a wood native to South America that's burned in
spiritual practices and also sold in bougie general stores --
basically the "thanks, but no thanks" option) via a Google form.

"It had an element of surprise and delight for our guests," the bride
says. "And combined my passions of complicated Excel spreadsheets,
crafting, and dabbling in drugs."

<https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/mushroom-microdoses-at-weddings.html>

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JAB <here@is.invalid> writes:

There are many ways to create a vibe for a wedding. One Brooklyn
couple who married in Joshua Tree, California, skipped the strict
dress code and string quartet and went straight for the psychedelics.

I'm personally scared witless by psychedelics, but I nonetheless highly
support this alternative wedding. What a wild time.

A far tamer version: was reading on Reddit of all places where a couple
invited all their friends to an enormous and elaborate costume party and insisted everyone show up in costume. Then it turned out to actually be
the couple's own wedding. All the guests of course looked hilarious, and it looks like everyone had a great time. Needless to say the wedding
photos are a hoot!

There's a good book called _Everything is Bullshit_ that tears down a
number of customs. The White Wedding is one of the victims - turns out
much of what we consider "standard" for weddings was invented about a
hundred years ago by an industry poised to earn billions of dollars off
of "must haves" like the diamond ring, the white dress, and so on.

I'm perfectly in favor of finding fun ways to do it differently. More
fun and less money: sounds good to me.

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On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:29:32 -0400, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

The White Wedding is one of the victims - turns out
much of what we consider "standard" for weddings was invented about a
hundred years ago by an industry poised to earn billions of dollars off
of "must haves" like the diamond ring, the white dress, and so on.

Marketing folks also attempted to have little boys dressed in pink,
and girls in blue....back when both wore "uni-sex" clothes.

I suspect "Christmas" is another business mans' manipulation.
Where did "Happy Birthday" come from??

Both were invented...by an egocentric person...

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On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:29:32 -0400, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

There's a good book called _Everything is Bullshit_ that tears down a
number of customs. The White Wedding is one of the victims

How about July 4th fireworks...???

Sidebar - Interesting, I'll bet those domestic "terrorists" celebrate
4th July with fireworks. Irony...big time!

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