• @TootSweet
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    4210 months ago

    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]
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      2610 months ago

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

      • @TootSweet
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        510 months ago

        🤢 You can have my share, then. Lol.

        • @Bazoogle
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          110 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      1910 months ago

      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.

      • @TootSweet
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        410 months ago

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

  • @EndOfLine
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    2410 months ago

    It’s a turkey for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

    • @A_AOP
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      10 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

  • @TheFeatureCreature
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    1810 months ago

    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.

    • RuudA
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      1110 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?

    • @TootSweet
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      610 months ago

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

      • doleo
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        610 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”.

  • mommykink
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    1610 months ago

    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.

    • @cbarrick
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      2310 months ago

      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

      • @papalonian
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        310 months ago

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

        Hey, including this one!

  • @AsudoxM
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    910 months ago

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