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Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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josh2600 wrote: post #22

Hackernews 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 quali…

It's definitely one of the only places on the internet where you can ask a question or insult something, and have either the creator or most renown SME pop out of nowhere to explain everything. Never seen anything quite like it in any other field of interest I have.

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Post by leemailll »

josh2600 wrote: post #22

Hackernews 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 quali…

HN is quite enjoyable to read, the only exception I observed is any topic political or someway a topic is diverted into that trench.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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Post by DoreenMichele »

SequoiaHope wrote: post #67
DoreenMichele wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 ot…

I appreciate your comment. I guess I am frustrated because I grew up with the colonizer mindset, that the Europeans who came here were nice people that did nice things and everyone had a big party together. I did a school play when I was a kid about making friends with the Natives. It wasn't until after school that I learned what was really going on, and now when I see celebration for this day I really do just think…

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Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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Post by SequoiaHope »

exdsq wrote: post #69
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #24

I 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…

People don't want to deal with an Ebenezer Scrooge saying "bah humbug" after a year of lockdowns and not seeing families. Interesting topic but maybe one for after the holidays. Cool robots in your bio :)

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Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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Post by tehlike »

We recently learned our friend's 9-month-old was diagnosed with leukemia. I have a two year old daughter, and cant even imagine the pain they are going through.

This year, I am thankful for being healthy as a family, and i am praying for the kid.

That's all.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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Post by skissane »

pdonis wrote: post #4
senectus1 wrote: post #3

hows 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.

> 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).

It is Christian in origin, albeit a minor local Christian tradition (developed in the US) rather than a major near-universal one. Like many Christian traditions, it has been secularised, just as Christmas has been. I think the big difference between Thanksgiving and Christmas, is the Christian origins of the later are much harder to forget. That’s why relatively few Jews (for example) are willing to celebrate Christmas even in a wholly secularised form, whereas the majority of American Jews have no problem with celebrating Thanksgiving-Christmas is still identified with its Christian origins in a way in which Thanksgiving is not.

That said, not all American Jews do view Thanksgiving as acceptable. Among ultra-Orthodox Jews, the belief is widespread that celebrating Thanksgiving violates Jewish religious law against observing non-Jewish festivals. Likewise, some conservative Muslims (Salafis in particular) view Thanksgiving as haram for parallel reasons. You might say these Jewish and Muslim objectors are paying more attention to the festival’s Christian origins than most Americans do.

Thanksgiving isn’t the only example of a minor American Christian tradition being secularised - the same is true of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Unlike Thanksgiving, which is rarely observed outside of North America, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day have spread to most of the rest of the English-speaking world, even if not always on the same date. Many cultures have indigenous traditions of festivals to celebrate motherhood and/or fatherhood, going back centuries or more; but in Anglophone countries, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are generally American in origin, and only date to the 20th century, not due to one of those older traditions.

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