Let's be thankful for being alive. EDIT: "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." –Carl Sagan
I wonder what Carl Sagan would say about Black Friday.
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#22Hackernews is simultaneously the most cantankerous and, imho, highest quality response on average public forum on the net. I absolutely love it here and sincerely appreciate this place. I feel like I’ve grown up on this site in so many ways.
I am continually humbled by not just the consistent quality of content but also the comments. It’s a testament to the moderators that this site has maintained this level of quality for so long.
I am thankful and happy to use thanksgiving as an excuse to express that notion.
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#23Happy United States Holiday to you too good fellow. I hope to live to see greetings for obscure Ghana holiday on the front page as well.
Yeah I got karma to burn, but this is the hill i want to die on. Too many a good place went to ruin due to eternal septemberites coming from one place geographically and inadvertedly creating a monoculture. I get that ycombinator is US based, but hacker culture is so much more than just US.
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#24I really do not understand why someone's comment about how Native Americans view thanksgiving, and my response to it, got flagged. Is it off topic? Is my concern for consumerism over Black Friday not relevant? I understand it's not a cheerful subject but there are many historical aspects of this holiday that are in fact not cheerful. I found it unsettling to see pure positivity when to me this feels like a day of mourning. I thought it appropriate to discuss, or is there some rule in violation?
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#25HN is the best place I've found to discuss medical stuff in a serious and sciency manner, for which I am endlessly grateful.
You might like https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ and Slate Star Codex.
Ah yes, the people who keep promoting ivermectin despite a mountain of evidence that it doesn't do what they wish it would. The idea that something is effective in one place but not in another, because although similar it's different in several important ways, seems to just be too much for them. It's unfortunate, really. It's also amazing to me that these people don't seem to have thought of the most obvious proof that it doesn't work: a publicly traded American big pharma company is saying very clearly "do not buy our product for treating COVID-19".
One of the most distressing things to me about the last 2 years is the bright line that has been drawn under the innumeracy of the general population of the world.
https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use...
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#26I really do not understand why someone's comment about how Native Americans view thanksgiving, and my response to it, got flagged. Is it off topic? Is my concern for consumerism over Black Friday not relevant? I understand it's not a cheerful subject but there are many historical aspects of this holiday that are in fact not cheerful. I found it unsettling to see pure positivity when to me this feels like a day of mou…
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#27First thanksgiving in the US. My wife and I have stocked up on some of the worst looking pre-made things from Safeway to easily make tomorrow so neither of us have to cook. Excited to have a long weekend :) Enjoy yours too!
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#28hows this thankful thing work? is it a specifically Christian thing or is it secular? I'm peripherally aware it has something to do with (North American first nation) Indians and early settlers plus it tends to involve feasting on turkey and pumpkin dishes.
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+is+thanksgiving
If @usnectus1 asked this here is because they wanted to initiate a conversation about thanks giving in this very light-hearted post (which, gasp, happened). It's not like they are spamming or cluttering a technical post with an "easily googleable question".
This year I'm thankful I don't have to deal with that kind of behaviour outside the internet.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> is it a specifically Christian thing or is it secular? As far as the US holiday is concerned, it's secular, by which I mean it is celebrated by pretty much everybody regardless of religious persuasion (or lack thereof).
Thanksgiving is a bit like Christmas Eve. It's the evening before Black Friday.
Now, let us pray to the one True God of the United States, Consumerism.
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#30I really do not understand why someone's comment about how Native Americans view thanksgiving, and my response to it, got flagged. Is it off topic? Is my concern for consumerism over Black Friday not relevant? I understand it's not a cheerful subject but there are many historical aspects of this holiday that are in fact not cheerful. I found it unsettling to see pure positivity when to me this feels like a day of mou…
Flags are typically by users, not staff.
I hesitated to leave my comment here because I'm part Native and aware that it's complicated. The kind of comment you left is not the best way to broach such subjects.
I would like to see more articles about Natives generally without focusing overly much on the victim narrative. I think I'm alive in part because of my Native heritage, for which I am also deeply grateful.
My other comment that I'm talking about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29338387