MAIN THREAD: Happy Thanksgiving! And General Discussion

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

So......  I missed making a Halloween thread.  Big whoop, it's overdone these days anyway.  People obsessing over zombie walks and the stores stocking shit for it all the way in July, and......  

Well, you get the idea.  If I have to keep going through the store every year and seeing a sea of Nightmare Before Christmas and slasher movie character merch I'm going to start vomiting.

Piss off, Jack! 

Anywho.

No, today we're going to make a thread about the more or less forgotten holiday in between the merchandising juggernauts that are Halloween and Christmas.  Thanksgiving.

Yes, yes, I know the controversy.  We sanitize the overall big picture of the settlers coming in and eventually laying waste to the Native America..... - Oh, my apologies.  It's Indigenous Peoples now - with happy, cartoon images of pilgrims and Indian.....  Er, Indigenous Peoples, sitting around a table sharing a feast of turkey and other delectables all with a pretty cornucopia spewing veggies out its maw. (I know, the pic doesn't have the cornucopia. Suck it). 

But it took on another meaning through the years.  It became a general feeling of giving thanks for all your blessings and the appreciation and positive vibes that come with that.

Which is what, I think, it should be about.  Giving thanks (It's in the name. Durr).

Yes, I understand there are a lot of people who go through horrible tragedies or hardships and don't think there is anything to be thankful for. But isn't having another day in this roller coaster of life something to be thankful for in and of itself?

Maybe things will turn around. Maybe the next day you'll experience something that makes you smile. Maybe you have a laugh, or an epiphany, or just find some beauty in something you've never seen before.  Aren't the little things worth being thankful for sometimes?

But enough of my sentimental yappin'.  I finally tracked down the Spinal Tap anniversary poster I was looking for at a decent price a while back and have yet to put it up.  Getting that desired piece of cinematic merch is one thing I can be thankful for since it's going up in my living room right next to the Spinal Tap 2 poster that's already there.

So chat about Thanksgiving (and Halloween if you must since we missed it) and any other damned old topic ya want.  Happy Thanksgiving to all! 

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