Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Post by kilroy123 » Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 11:20 AM UTC

yrral wrote: post #68

I've been a HN member for 11 years and 11 months to this exact day (I joined Christmas 2009). Since then, I've lived in 6 different cities, 5 different timezones and worked on countless side projects. But all this time, HN has always been my most visited month after month. I can always count on this place to keep me up to date with the latest tech trends and read discussions between reasonable people. Thank you all a…

Post by skissane » Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 11:32 AM UTC

senectus1 wrote: post #132

skissane wrote: post #129

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I think the equivalent for the majority of Australians really is Christmas. Americans tend to see extended family on Thanksgiving, whereas Christmas (for those who observe it) tends to be a smaller affair more likely to be spent with immediate family only. By contrast, Australians are much more likely to see extended family at Christmas. Also, our traditional equivalent to the Black Friday sales is the Boxing Day sal…

thats twice I've seen black friday mentioned along side of thanksgiving... I'll have to look up exactly what started black friday now :P

Post by aydwi » Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 11:51 AM UTC

unkulunkulu wrote: post #117

I’m from another culture and this is a FIRST thanksgiving for me :) This place has been not only enjoyable and absolutely blowing away for me because of all the great people who participated in key events for our industry and provided first hand perspective on something I only remotely heard of before. But the warm inclusive accepting and encouraging atmosphere here is totally something else on the internets nowadays…

Post by coddle-hark » Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 11:52 AM UTC

phist_mcgee wrote: post #124

underdeserver wrote: post #112

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SME = subject matter expert? Please spell out your abbreviations for those of us who are not familiar :)

They're talking about the most renowned execs at Sony Music Entertainment obviously..

Post by hiyer » Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 11:55 AM UTC

skissane wrote: post #79

pdonis wrote: post #4

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> 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 Christm…