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[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago (2 children)

For those of you outside the U.S. who don't know, Thanksgiving is basically a simultaneous celebration and revision of the genocide of the indigenous peoples of North America where people eat turkey and disgusting green bean slop.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, enjoy said green bean slop, especially with extra fried-to-unrecognizable onion strings

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

🤢 You can have my share, then. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

You can make it sound gross, but you may be damn well surprised if you ever try some of it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The backstory is revisionist bullshit, sure. But in modern reality it's basically just a yearly harvest meal to spend with your family and friends.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Just don't ask the racist uncle whether the backstory is revisionist bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

It's a turkey for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A turkey, a reference to Thanksgiving in the US which is tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

it's quite nice mix of a turkey and a lemming
I thought someone would answer quickly, 85 second in this case, so I was ready to put the flare that reads : [solved]

Thanks be given to you dear Leni.
Thanks also to @EndOfLine for the same

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Can't say I'm a fan of a country-specific holiday being featured like this in an intentionally neutral and international instance. Would have much preferred to see something for the trans day of remembrance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Well I'm the owner of lemmy.world, and I'm Dutch. But still I know what Thanksgiving is, and many users are from the US, so why not?

But I do agree we should also feature days like the Trans day of Remembrance. Maybe we could create a community-created list of special days?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah, a lot of Americans would be with you in that sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not really a neutral international instance though. Try posting non-US news to [email protected] and see what happens.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Try posting non-US news to !news and see what happens.

Well that's some high grade bullshit. "The World’s Internet Frontpage".

It'll go unnoticed, but I think it's appropriate to remind Americans that theyre co-opting terms like "news" to mean "American news".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a Turkey, a bird native to North America. In the US, it's tradition to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day, a major fall holiday in America which takes place on the lasy Thursday of November, which is tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

last Thursday of November

Ackchyually, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

This is different from the last Thursday, because 2 out of every 7 Novembers tends to have a fifth Thursday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franksgiving

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

because 2 out of every 7 Novembers tends to have a fifth Thursday.

Hey, including this one!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I asked this yesterday in the matrix room. It appears it's for the US Thanksgiving. It's a turkey btw.