Thanksgiving is a bullshit holiday* to end to bullshit holidays, my little Danish lamb chop. Be glad it doesn't exist in your country. :^\
Bee tee dubs, you want to know scary? My younger brother works for Walmart (wait, it gets worse) and you know what time he has to go into work for "Black Friday"? MIDNIGHT. I shit you not. Ah, the joys of a retail "Christmas"!
It's a theft a of Pagan holiday(s) (what else is new?) under the guise of some white-washed history (ditto). I'm fine with the idea that it's a time to give thanks (the idea of the Pagan "Harvest Home" festivals) but the happy horseshit about the pilgrims and the "Indians" powwowing makes my inner Howard Zinn scream.
But then, I'm biased. ;^) I'm of both "Indian" extraction (Sioux and Cherokee) and one of my ancestors has been traced back to one of the ships that followed the Mayflower (so yes, my ancestors sat on both sides of the Thanksgiving table as well as owning my other ancestors-- I have a depressing history) which I like to think is the early cresting of why my mother's family fights during nearly all holiday dinners. :^P
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Fucking Americans, always fucking things up.
(I'm angry because I can't celebrate it too)
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Thanksgiving is a bullshit holiday* to end to bullshit holidays, my little Danish lamb chop. Be glad it doesn't exist in your country. :^\
Bee tee dubs, you want to know scary? My younger brother works for Walmart (wait, it gets worse) and you know what time he has to go into work for "Black Friday"? MIDNIGHT. I shit you not. Ah, the joys of a retail "Christmas"!
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what the fuckD: that sucks!
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But then, I'm biased. ;^) I'm of both "Indian" extraction (Sioux and Cherokee) and one of my ancestors has been traced back to one of the ships that followed the Mayflower (so yes, my ancestors sat on both sides of the Thanksgiving table as well as owning my other ancestors-- I have a depressing history) which I like to think is the early cresting of why my mother's family fights during nearly all holiday dinners. :^P
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Holy shit, that's weird to think about:O. and I lol'd ngl. Then I felt guilty.
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