(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, this is a time to reflect not only on what we are but where we could be.

Well Happy thanksgiving, but 95% of the rest of the world cares not a whit. What are you thankful for?

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: We all have our problems, different people, different places but problems nonetheless.

That is true for any time in human history and will likely be true in the future.
well done Captain Obvious.

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: What we need to do is focus on what we have, these things might seem quite small and unimportant but they are ours and for that alone we should be grateful.

Grateful to whom?

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: We could be like those we've all seen and thought I'm glad that's not me. Well if not for a break here and there we could be that which we are glad we are not, so remember the next time you are feeling unfortunate there is always those who are very much worse off and I'll bet that some of them are grateful for what they have no matter how little it might be. Eat well my friends and enjoy your family and friends because next year we may not have some of them, so count your blessings and at least think of those who have far less than you do.

And what will you be doing besides gorging on food that others have not? Personally, I have DD's to various charities. Child blindness, child victims of the Syrian conflict and so forth. You seem to want to stuff your face with excess because "christians".

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote:  Happy Thanksgiving,
 Godscreated

No. I will be wishing "Happy Thanksgiving" to those who deserve it TYVM. You forget that "Thanksgiving" is an american oddity celebrating a genocide.

No, thanks.

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, this is a time to reflect not only on what we are but where we could be.
We all have our problems, different people, different places but problems nonetheless. What we need to do is focus on what we have, these things might seem quite small and unimportant but they are ours and for that alone we should be grateful. We could be like those we've all seen and thought I'm glad that's not me. Well if not for a break here and there we could be that which we are glad we are not, so remember the next time you are feeling unfortunate there is always those who are very much worse off and I'll bet that some of them are grateful for what they have no matter how little it might be. Eat well my friends and enjoy your family and friends because next year we may not have some of them, so count your blessings and at least think of those who have far less than you do.

 Happy Thanksgiving,
 Godscreated

I do give every religion a hard time here, I wont apologize for that. 

But despite what some might think, I do have empathy for others. This Thanksgiving is going to be very new to me not having my mother here. I do get the celebration and family gathering bit and we all see different things in how to do it.

I cannot force you to think what I do, but I do get the gathering and love of family. And for that, I do wish you a happy holiday.

Have a good time tomorrow, but most importantly, DONT DRINK AND DRIVE.

(November 22, 2017 at 5:56 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, this is a time to reflect not only on what we are but where we could be.
We all have our problems, different people, different places but problems nonetheless. What we need to do is focus on what we have, these things might seem quite small and unimportant but they are ours and for that alone we should be grateful. We could be like those we've all seen and thought I'm glad that's not me. Well if not for a break here and there we could be that which we are glad we are not, so remember the next time you are feeling unfortunate there is always those who are very much worse off and I'll bet that some of them are grateful for what they have no matter how little it might be. Eat well my friends and enjoy your family and friends because next year we may not have some of them, so count your blessings and at least think of those who have far less than you do.

 Happy Thanksgiving,
 Godscreated

I do give every religion a hard time here, I wont apologize for that. 

But despite what some might think, I do have empathy for others. This Thanksgiving is going to be very new to me not having my mother here. I do get the celebration and family gathering bit and we all see different things in how to do it.

I cannot force you to think what I do, but I do get the gathering and love of family. And for that, I do wish you a happy holiday.

Have a good time tomorrow, but most importantly, DONT DRINK AND DRIVE.

What exactly are you "thankful" for?

(November 22, 2017 at 1:06 am)Godscreated Wrote: First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, this is a time to reflect not only on what we are but where we could be.
We all have our problems, different people, different places but problems nonetheless. What we need to do is focus on what we have, these things might seem quite small and unimportant but they are ours and for that alone we should be grateful. We could be like those we've all seen and thought I'm glad that's not me. Well if not for a break here and there we could be that which we are glad we are not, so remember the next time you are feeling unfortunate there is always those who are very much worse off and I'll bet that some of them are grateful for what they have no matter how little it might be. Eat well my friends and enjoy your family and friends because next year we may not have some of them, so count your blessings and at least think of those who have far less than you do.

 Happy Thanksgiving,
 Godscreated

I am extremely thankful for what I have.

My greatest worry is the very things that I have greatest reason to be grateful for, I may lose.

I am absolutely grateful in the meantime, but I still worry greatly.

And they say it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, and I agree with that, in fact I agree with that so strongly that it's almost a song of my life, but it is also true that it's easier to not have something to be grateful for in the first place than to have it and lose it. Once you've had something and you lose it it's hard to go back to living without it, but to never have it in the first place you don't know what you're missing.

Anyways, thanks for the lovely sentiment. Over here in the U.K. we don't celebrate Thanksgiving and I wish we had our own British equivalent because I think Thanksgiving is a beautiful celebration.

(November 22, 2017 at 6:02 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:

(November 22, 2017 at 5:56 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I do give every religion a hard time here, I wont apologize for that. 

But despite what some might think, I do have empathy for others. This Thanksgiving is going to be very new to me not having my mother here. I do get the celebration and family gathering bit and we all see different things in how to do it.

I cannot force you to think what I do, but I do get the gathering and love of family. And for that, I do wish you a happy holiday.

Have a good time tomorrow, but most importantly, DONT DRINK AND DRIVE.

What exactly are you "thankful" for?

We can make the history a separate issue here. I would not keep the name, but the idea of gathering for social events is normal.

I am thankful for my mom, and the fact that she made my life easier. I am thankful that tomorrow I won't be forced to attend church or a mosque or synagogue either.

I hate that some take Christmas day literally too. But I am not such a fucking dick that while I object to the logic of the history, that I am going to condemn anyone for having a day off and spending time with their family.

My favorite holiday is New Years Day because all the hype is over. So if I post ABBA's "Happy New Year" video, and I will, does that mean I want to kill everyone who doesn't like ABBA?

Point is, there is a time for arguing logic, blasphemy and simply wishing people well.

I could give a shit what they call tomorrow. To me it is an excuse to drink beer, and watch football.

(November 22, 2017 at 6:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(November 22, 2017 at 6:02 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: What exactly are you "thankful" for?

We can make the history a separate issue here. I would not keep the name, but the idea of gathering for social events is normal.

I am thankful for my mom, and the fact that she made my life easier. I am thankful that tomorrow I won't be forced to attend church or a mosque or synagogue either.

I hate that some take Christmas day literally too. But I am not such a fucking dick that while I object to the logic of the history, that I am going to condemn anyone for having a day off and spending time with their family.

My favorite holiday is New Years Day because all the hype is over. So if I post ABBA's "Happy New Year" video, and I will, does that mean I want to kill everyone who doesn't like ABBA?

Point is, there is a time for arguing logic, blasphemy and simply wishing people well.

I could give a shit what they call tomorrow. To me it is an excuse to drink beer, and watch football.

Sure, I can go with all of that. But the fact is that thanksgiving simply does not exist outside the US. Nobody else cares. Americans might believe that everyone else cares but nobody does. It is a peculiar 5% that does and not even all of them. 

Seems to me the you are in the same place as the Great British Empire from days of yore. Same blindness, same irrelevance. Same result. 


The US could retain relevance, true. 
but not when they elect a squirrel haired idiot as commander in chief.

Have Americans no idea how everyone in the international community views this?

Happy thanksgiving, GC.

(November 22, 2017 at 6:06 pm)Hammy Wrote: Anyways, thanks for the lovely sentiment. Over here in the U.K. we don't celebrate Thanksgiving and I wish we had our own British equivalent because I think Thanksgiving is a beautiful celebration.

Fuck no! Christmas starts in November, Easter starts in February and those once quaint and harmless little diversions; mothers day, valentines day, et al, are now festivals. Be gone with you sir!

I think Thanksgiving is nicer than all of those.

(November 22, 2017 at 6:30 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:

(November 22, 2017 at 6:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: We can make the history a separate issue here. I would not keep the name, but the idea of gathering for social events is normal.

I am thankful for my mom, and the fact that she made my life easier. I am thankful that tomorrow I won't be forced to attend church or a mosque or synagogue either.

I hate that some take Christmas day literally too. But I am not such a fucking dick that while I object to the logic of the history, that I am going to condemn anyone for having a day off and spending time with their family.

My favorite holiday is New Years Day because all the hype is over. So if I post ABBA's "Happy New Year" video, and I will, does that mean I want to kill everyone who doesn't like ABBA?

Point is, there is a time for arguing logic, blasphemy and simply wishing people well.

I could give a shit what they call tomorrow. To me it is an excuse to drink beer, and watch football.

Sure, I can go with all of that. But the fact is that thanksgiving simply does not exist outside the US. Nobody else cares. Americans might believe that everyone else cares but nobody does. It is a peculiar 5% that does and not even all of them. 

Seems to me the you are in the same place as the Great British Empire from days of yore. Same blindness, same irrelevance. Same result. 


The US could retain relevance, true. 
but not when they elect a squirrel haired idiot as commander in chief.

Have Americans no idea how everyone in the international community views this?

Dude. Wtf does that have to do with us being thankful?
“I’m thankful. Happy holiday.”
“Shut up, bitch. Nobody cares! Fuggin ‘murikans!”

The fuck.