Thanksgiving sucks

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Nov 21, 2022 21:59:08 GMT -5 schma said:

I live a long distance from most of my relatives so I typically only see them at Christmas. As such in the past 15-20 years I've only had a few actual Thanksgivings and a couple of those were with friends. I like turkey and the fixings so it's nice. I'm up in Canada though, so our thanksgiving is a bit different. There's no looming Christmas, Black Friday and the day off is a Monday. That said, I can see why some folks might not like it.

I didn't even make it to family Thanksgiving this year, met some new friends and ended up having Thanksgiving with them on the Sunday due to my work schedule. Delightful couple, bee keepers, very fun Thanksgiving that involved a LOT of alcohol haha

[ElmerFudd]

I haven't celebrated Thanksgiving with family since 2016. I stocked up on groceries last weekend since the stores will be a mess this week. Got the day off work on Thursday so will sleep in, eat a Hungry Man Turkey TV Dinner, and watch movies and football all day.

[No Longer a Produceman]

Usually spend Thanksgiving at my wife's aunt's house. This year we're celebrating her grandpa's 90th birthday and were planning on doing the buffet at his favorite casino. All that got postponed because me, my wife and our 2 kids all got COVID (still reeling from it over a week later).

As consolation, doing a tiny dinner at home until we can all get together safely

[Super Duper Dragunov]

f*** Thanksgiving.
f*** stupid brainwashed Americans.

This is pretty much every holiday except Halloween, because I love seeing a certain demographic get mad about stuff they didn't take 2 minutes to research.

Haven't celebrated it since 2012.

Also the same about pretty much every holiday except Halloween.

[James Fabiano]

My nephew is getting over the flu (and I can't believe I am "defending" the flu, but thank goodness it wasn't something worse...such is today's society and situation...) so we don't know if we have to adjust yet, and if so, how.

[James Fabiano]

Nov 22, 2022 9:35:37 GMT -5 Super Duper Dragunov said:

f*** Thanksgiving.
f*** stupid brainwashed Americans.

This is pretty much every holiday except Halloween, because I love seeing a certain demographic get mad about stuff they didn't take 2 minutes to research.

Haven't celebrated it since 2012.

Also the same about pretty much every holiday except Halloween.

I'll go easy on Thanksgiving. The latter epithet...some days I'll give you that.

[James Fabiano]

Nov 21, 2022 16:37:27 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

On a somber note, IIRC Thanksgiving 1983 was when we learned Mr. Hooper died...

In fact, this Thanksgiving will mark 39 years exactly since this episode aired.

I understand CTW's rationale for doing it on the holiday, but still, feels weird to break the news on a holiday. I don't really remember watching the episode on the actual day. Anyone who did, do you remember how it made you feel during Thanksgiving?

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Nov 21, 2022 16:37:27 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

And the title of this thread makes me wish Beavis and Butt-head "did" (huh, huh) Thanksgiving too.

“Thanksgiving Sucks” should be the title of the big Beavis & Butthead & Kirby crossover special.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

Only bad thing about Thanksgiving is that the next day I have the horror of Black Friday to deal with at work.

[Killah Ray]

I don't have horror stories of Thanksgiving because for the past 6 years I've hosted it at my house and anyone who even thought about acting stupid knew they'd get thrown out with the quickness...

This year is gonna be different since I'm recovering from neck fusion surgery so I can't cook shit this year...so my wife and everyone else is trying their damndest to try and make up for it...bought a Popeye's turkey for the hell of it and gonna see if it's decent (for 50 bucks it better be)...

[Perd]

My friend, who’s an idiot, once asked me "What’s that thing, that looks like a sideways tornado, tnTyou always see at Thanksgiving?". He was referring to a cornucopia, of course. But all I call it, now, is a sideways tornado. And that’s the only thing I like about Thanksgiving.

[Rave]

Pre-COVID, idiot brother and family decided they would host a yearly Thanksgiving get-together with their friends and a distant cousin we're all friendly with. This wouldn't have been so bad, had idiot brother's jackass best friend not been invited. I can't stand that guy. He's tried to get my rent raised with unsolicited comments at least twice now. I've wanted to punch him in the face for as long as I've known him.

The get-togethers ended with COVID, to be replaced with idiot brother and family inviting themselves over each year. This year, that "tradition" stops as well, as sister-in-law went on a trip to New Hampshire and came back with COVID.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Nov 21, 2022 10:47:18 GMT -5 chrom said:

Be grateful you have it, remember how great Bobunk was before it got erased and everyone forgot about it?

Only Salem the Cat remembers Bobunk.

[Sephiroth]

My thanksgiving was okay. I was talking to my brother thus morning and we are actually in agreement that, all kidding aside, we could both take or leave most holidays. On Christmas we’d like to see the family, obviously, but for how few of us there are left and how spread out we are it’s so much hassle to get together that a mornings video meeting would suffice. Thanksgiving and Easter don’t really mean much of anything at all. I skipped out on thanksgiving a couple years ago and wasn’t any less content for it. The idea of ordering Chinese on Christmas even has a certain appeal to it. We both would be just as happy if once a year or even every few years we just had a big family reunion.

[Cyno]

I watch the parade and dog show and eat with immediate family. Not really close to my extended family in terms of physical distance.