I'm thankful for being born to free universal health care and education, fantastic nature, and people who try to preserve these. And for people everywhere who do what they can to bring these to as many of us as possible.
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#52The people that fought and manned the factories in World War II.
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#53I'm thankful for my daughter and mother. And humanity (the average tends to be skewed on the positive side .. disclaimer ... i have required help very occasionally but have been pleasantly surprised .... i try to pay it forward nowadays).
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#54I'm thankful that I've managed to move to a better place than my hometown which doesn't have mountains and keep it going for a while, my supportive and chill gf, apartment in an awfully difficult market, physical health, these sweet Muji pens, discovery of some of the best hip-hop artists/groups over the last few months (MF doom, Danger Mouse, Del the Funky Homosapien, Mos Def, Jurassic 5), Underworld's new record, my family still mostly being alive, and finding a new job despite an atrocious employment record and recent ADD epiphany. Less thankful for misophonia, could do without that.
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#55That the world is getting so much better for so many people. Here's a Twitter thread from 2017 going over just a few of ways the world has gotten better: https://twitter.com/DinaPomeranz/status/933409395278573569?s...
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#56I'm thankful for my family. And for not living in one of those mafia run country where you don't have any freedom of speech. I'm thankful not to have religion force on me. I'm thankful for having well stocked supermarkets so I can easily feed my family. I'm thankful that our police and sheriffs are not our enemy or used as a tool of suppression. I'm thankful that when our news organizations get disgusted with corrupt…
And you never said where you live
Why does it matter? It's what s/he is thankful for.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
> That's amazing! I'm super happy for you and your family! > Your comment gave me pause because it reminded me that it is opt-in not opt-out. It is an election cycle, I wonder if we could convince one of the candidates to switch us to opt-out rather than opt-in for organ donation. While I am personally an organ donor, I don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of my organs post mortem.
>While I am personally an organ donor, I don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of my organs post mortem. Ahh you can't leave us hanging with just that. Can you elaborate more?
That's fair—while I think the state should be the owner of last resort (as in the case where no next of kin are available and the deceased did not leave a will or similar documentation of their wishes), I think the ownership of a deceased person's organs should transfer to their next of kin (if and only if the deceased did not express any wishes about their body post mortem), to be disposed of (in the legal sense) as they see fit.
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#58I'm glad I ended up in a career I love. I love the mental problems, I like the high pay, I like having work flexibility, I like my coworkers. And I feel blessed that alls these factors have remained positive across 5 companies. Life is good.
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#59I’m thankful for the heart donor who saved my newborn daughter’s life last week. My daughter contracted Coxsackie B enterovirus at 2 weeks old, and it scarred her left ventricle beyond repair. Her donor has given her a second chance. Another family had to make a heartbreaking choice at a devastating moment, and they chose to give life to my daughter and probably several other gravely ill infants. Check your organ don…
That is great! I contacted an unknown virus that basically destroyed my heart this year. Currently I do not need a transplant but will eventually. I'm thankful for not dieing and my sister for saving my life.
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#60To be reunited with the woman I married who had a mental health crisis and divorced me in the throes of it. She could have ended up dead or homeless but somehow managed to stay safe enough that when police intervened and called her family she was able to get the help and diagnosis she needed. We’ve been back together for nearly two years now but it’s really sinking in now how close we all came to losing her permanent…
Wow. Really happy for the both of you.