Your Thanksgiving Dinner

[Trans Rights Are Human Rights]

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Reality has a known anti-PETA bias.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

> How was your Thanksgiving?
> Atlas: Here are the top 10 reasons why I hate you.

[Dr. Arch]

Pictured below:

Puerto Rican (PR) Style Turkey (Pavochón)
PR Yellow Rice with Pigeon Peas
PR Potato Salad
Homemade Southern Style Gravy
Homemade Pumpkin Pie
Deep Fried Ripe Plantains (Amarillos)
(Missing) Sparkling White Grape Cider

[KaiserDave]

Turkey (yum)
Rice
Greenbeans
Broccoli
Made from scratch soft pretzels!

[Continential]

My dinner was Turkey, Mashed Potatos, and Gravy, Pumpkin Pie for dessert.

[Brother Jonathan]

A pretty simple dinner; turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls, and cranberry sauce (and some cranberries as well, but I'm pretty much the only one who will eat them on their own).

[100% pro-life no matter what]

My family wasn't intending to go today. I'm waiting at home to get tested on Friday because I was around a person who I didn't know got infected with COVID. I am currently quarantining. I haven't showed any symptoms yet which means I haven't gotten infected or the symtoms have started appearing later (I was around the said-infected person on Friday) I'm glad I didn't go out. Makes me feel proud that I didn't unintentionally infect people. I'm proud of my family for staying home.

Also, F#ck you posters who went and gambled with other people's lives.

What a pathetic human being

What is your solution then, watch my relatives die?

I don't freaking care if you celebrate. Just stop trying to make everyone's life as sad as yours is just because you don't get to have fun.

Your bad priorities aside, don't you just want this pandemic to end?

I want kids back in schools, students back at colleges, intercontinental travel reopened, bars back in service, workers back in offices, concerts, in-person sports games, and the rest of it. America being shut down sucks, and that's exactly why I'm covid-cautious.

Personally, I'm not scared of the virus (or really much else), but I just want my life back. That's not going to happen until case counts go down, and case counts won't go down until we quit having big gatherings and being militant mask-wearers. If you get together with 10 people, there's a 1 in 4 chance somebody is infected. That's just probability. The fewer large gatherings we have, the faster America reopens.

That may or may not be true, but I've gone to probably 50-100 large gatherings of between 10 and 500 people since May, and I still don't have antibodies.  Just because someone there has covid does not mean it is remotely likely that you'll get it.  Stop being paranoid and live your life, unless you are high risk.  You can squeeze out a pretty normal life (at least in red states) if you are willing to.

[Ancestral Republican]

Pro-Death Single Issue Voter

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Pro-Death Single Issue Voter

No, I believe that people have the ability to assess their own risk and decide what they are willing to give up to avoid catching a disease with a microscopically low death rate.  And, the "you could spread it" argument is even more flimsy because those people are perfectly capable of rationally accepting the risk of a gathering too.  If you're (irrationally, in my opinion) scared, you can stay home.

My really hot take is that super spreader events with young people are good things because they bring us closer to herd immunity, but society doesn't want to hear that we got this totally backwards.  Instead of social distancing, we should have told all young people in March to increase their social contacts to the absolute maximum possible, even if they don't feel well.  Simultaneously, we should have encouraged old and vulnerable people to stay home.  We would have had herd immunity by May with only the people for whom the death rate is essentially 0%.  Total deaths would have been 80-90% lower than with the strategy we chose.

EDIT: This is getting off topic, so let's not continue this conversation here.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

My family wasn't intending to go today. I'm waiting at home to get tested on Friday because I was around a person who I didn't know got infected with COVID. I am currently quarantining. I haven't showed any symptoms yet which means I haven't gotten infected or the symtoms have started appearing later (I was around the said-infected person on Friday) I'm glad I didn't go out. Makes me feel proud that I didn't unintentionally infect people. I'm proud of my family for staying home.

Also, F#ck you posters who went and gambled with other people's lives.

What a pathetic human being

What is your solution then, watch my relatives die?

I don't freaking care if you celebrate. Just stop trying to make everyone's life as sad as yours is just because you don't get to have fun.

Your bad priorities aside, don't you just want this pandemic to end?

I want kids back in schools, students back at colleges, intercontinental travel reopened, bars back in service, workers back in offices, concerts, in-person sports games, and the rest of it. America being shut down sucks, and that's exactly why I'm covid-cautious.

Personally, I'm not scared of the virus (or really much else), but I just want my life back. That's not going to happen until case counts go down, and case counts won't go down until we quit having big gatherings and being militant mask-wearers. If you get together with 10 people, there's a 1 in 4 chance somebody is infected. That's just probability. The fewer large gatherings we have, the faster America reopens.

That may or may not be true, but I've gone to probably 50-100 large gatherings of between 10 and 500 people since May, and I still don't have antibodies.  Just because someone there has covid does not mean it is remotely likely that you'll get it.  Stop being paranoid and live your life, unless you are high risk.  You can squeeze out a pretty normal life (at least in red states) if you are willing to.

I'm not paranoid, but I can also manage going a year without any large indoor gatherings. Happy to take one for the team and be cautious--not fearful--but cautious. So far as I'm concerned, it's about respecting other people in my community.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

My family wasn't intending to go today. I'm waiting at home to get tested on Friday because I was around a person who I didn't know got infected with COVID. I am currently quarantining. I haven't showed any symptoms yet which means I haven't gotten infected or the symtoms have started appearing later (I was around the said-infected person on Friday) I'm glad I didn't go out. Makes me feel proud that I didn't unintentionally infect people. I'm proud of my family for staying home.

Also, F#ck you posters who went and gambled with other people's lives.

What a pathetic human being

What is your solution then, watch my relatives die?

I don't freaking care if you celebrate. Just stop trying to make everyone's life as sad as yours is just because you don't get to have fun.

Your bad priorities aside, don't you just want this pandemic to end?

I want kids back in schools, students back at colleges, intercontinental travel reopened, bars back in service, workers back in offices, concerts, in-person sports games, and the rest of it. America being shut down sucks, and that's exactly why I'm covid-cautious.

Personally, I'm not scared of the virus (or really much else), but I just want my life back. That's not going to happen until case counts go down, and case counts won't go down until we quit having big gatherings and being militant mask-wearers. If you get together with 10 people, there's a 1 in 4 chance somebody is infected. That's just probability. The fewer large gatherings we have, the faster America reopens.

That may or may not be true, but I've gone to probably 50-100 large gatherings of between 10 and 500 people since May, and I still don't have antibodies.  Just because someone there has covid does not mean it is remotely likely that you'll get it.  Stop being paranoid and live your life, unless you are high risk.  You can squeeze out a pretty normal life (at least in red states) if you are willing to.

Just because it hasn't happened to you yet doesn't mean it's not possible. Sure, maybe you specifically didn't get infected, but plenty of the hundreds of people you've been with probably did, and just pretending the issue doesn't exist just because you haven't personally caught it yourself (yet) is a really stupid philosophy.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

My family wasn't intending to go today. I'm waiting at home to get tested on Friday because I was around a person who I didn't know got infected with COVID. I am currently quarantining. I haven't showed any symptoms yet which means I haven't gotten infected or the symtoms have started appearing later (I was around the said-infected person on Friday) I'm glad I didn't go out. Makes me feel proud that I didn't unintentionally infect people. I'm proud of my family for staying home.

Also, F#ck you posters who went and gambled with other people's lives.

What a pathetic human being

What is your solution then, watch my relatives die?

I don't freaking care if you celebrate. Just stop trying to make everyone's life as sad as yours is just because you don't get to have fun.

Your bad priorities aside, don't you just want this pandemic to end?

I want kids back in schools, students back at colleges, intercontinental travel reopened, bars back in service, workers back in offices, concerts, in-person sports games, and the rest of it. America being shut down sucks, and that's exactly why I'm covid-cautious.

Personally, I'm not scared of the virus (or really much else), but I just want my life back. That's not going to happen until case counts go down, and case counts won't go down until we quit having big gatherings and being militant mask-wearers. If you get together with 10 people, there's a 1 in 4 chance somebody is infected. That's just probability. The fewer large gatherings we have, the faster America reopens.

That may or may not be true, but I've gone to probably 50-100 large gatherings of between 10 and 500 people since May, and I still don't have antibodies.  Just because someone there has covid does not mean it is remotely likely that you'll get it.  Stop being paranoid and live your life, unless you are high risk.  You can squeeze out a pretty normal life (at least in red states) if you are willing to.

I'm not paranoid, but I can also manage going a year without any large indoor gatherings. Happy to take one for the team and be cautious--not fearful--but cautious. So far as I'm concerned, it's about respecting other people in my community.

I wasn't referring to you in particular, just to the general viewpoint of accepting a year without normal life.  I should have clarified that more, and I'm sorry for that.

[HisGrace]

Turkey leg, cranberry sauce, green beans and Brussels sprouts, Parker house rolls, and pumpkin pie for dessert. A good meal.

[Battista Minola 1616]

By the way, my dinner yesterday consisted in a pasta soup and breaded fish. Of course, we don't have Thanksgiving in Italy.

[DC Al Fine]

Canadian Thanksgiving was a month ago, so we finished off the leftover chicken and sausage gumbo I made a couple days ago.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

My family wasn't intending to go today. I'm waiting at home to get tested on Friday because I was around a person who I didn't know got infected with COVID. I am currently quarantining. I haven't showed any symptoms yet which means I haven't gotten infected or the symtoms have started appearing later (I was around the said-infected person on Friday) I'm glad I didn't go out. Makes me feel proud that I didn't unintentionally infect people. I'm proud of my family for staying home.

Also, F#ck you posters who went and gambled with other people's lives.

What a pathetic human being

What is your solution then, watch my relatives die?

I don't freaking care if you celebrate. Just stop trying to make everyone's life as sad as yours is just because you don't get to have fun.

Your bad priorities aside, don't you just want this pandemic to end?

I want kids back in schools, students back at colleges, intercontinental travel reopened, bars back in service, workers back in offices, concerts, in-person sports games, and the rest of it. America being shut down sucks, and that's exactly why I'm covid-cautious.

Personally, I'm not scared of the virus (or really much else), but I just want my life back. That's not going to happen until case counts go down, and case counts won't go down until we quit having big gatherings and being militant mask-wearers. If you get together with 10 people, there's a 1 in 4 chance somebody is infected. That's just probability. The fewer large gatherings we have, the faster America reopens.

While I don't care about half the stuff you listed and wouldn't sacrifice Thanksgiving/Christmas for the other half, we tried this for three months until Independence Day. We didn't make any serious progress towards resuming those activities, and it is clear that they have zero chance of happening until mass vaccine administration. These gatherings have zero bearing on that end result.

OTOH, these senseless restrictions shouldn't exist in the first place. My travels away from my ananarchical authoritarian nightmare of a home allowed me to go indoor dining/bars over 20 times in the past month without an ounce of the terror and anxiety that warped me for all of Q2. Things can be normal for people who choose to let them be. The number of cases will never get to a place on it's own to give us that permission.

[Former President tack50]

By the way, my dinner yesterday consisted in a pasta soup and breaded fish. Of course, we don't have Thanksgiving in Italy.

Seems like a better dinner than what I got (Chicken "bocadillo", basically a sandwich done with a baguette)

At least here, the big "meet family" event is Christmas Eve (and/or Christmas Day for Lunch).

[Del Tachi]

We had a small family affair this year.  Started the morning with some orange cranberry scones and apple cider mimosas, then for the main event had:

Grilled spatchcock turkey
Oyster dressing
Hashbrown casserole
Green bean casserole
Homemade cranberry sauce
Deviled eggs
Yeast rolls
Pecan pie for dessert

Things can be normal for people who choose to let them be.

^100%.  I've been saying this since March.  Returning to "norma;" is a choice we'll all have to make, at some point or another.   

[Battista Minola 1616]

By the way, my dinner yesterday consisted in a pasta soup and breaded fish. Of course, we don't have Thanksgiving in Italy.

Seems like a better dinner than what I got (Chicken "bocadillo", basically a sandwich done with a baguette)

At least here, the big "meet family" event is Christmas Eve (and/or Christmas Day for Lunch).

The same here, although it contends with Easter.

[Former President tack50]

I've always been interested in the idea of a Thanksgiving dinner. I personally would like to fry a turkey someday.

Not quite the same obviously (especially since it lacks the "family reunion" aspect), but there are tons and tons of "roasted chicken" (pollo asado) places out there in Spain

Before Covid much of my family would meet and eat one entire chicken of those (alongside potatoes) roughly once every month. It is quite cheap as well, certainly not all that expensive; a meal for the entire family ran for about 10€ or so.

[Skye]

I've always been interested in the idea of a Thanksgiving dinner. I personally would like to fry a turkey someday.

Not quite the same obviously (especially since it lacks the "family reunion" aspect), but there are tons and tons of "roasted chicken" (pollo asado) places out there in Spain

Before Covid much of my family would meet and eat one entire chicken of those (alongside potatoes) roughly once every month. It is quite cheap as well, certainly not all that expensive; a meal for the entire family ran for about 10€ or so.

Well, save for the roast chicken section at the Mercadona, I haven't actually seen one place specializing in roast chicken around here. Maybe I haven't paid enough attention? I actually miss roast chicken, maybe I'll get one the next time I go to the Mercadona.

[S019]

My family wasn't intending to go today. I'm waiting at home to get tested on Friday because I was around a person who I didn't know got infected with COVID. I am currently quarantining. I haven't showed any symptoms yet which means I haven't gotten infected or the symtoms have started appearing later (I was around the said-infected person on Friday) I'm glad I didn't go out. Makes me feel proud that I didn't unintentionally infect people. I'm proud of my family for staying home.

Also, F#ck you posters who went and gambled with other people's lives.

What a pathetic human being

What is your solution then, watch my relatives die?

I don't freaking care if you celebrate. Just stop trying to make everyone's life as sad as yours is just because you don't get to have fun.

Your bad priorities aside, don't you just want this pandemic to end?

I want kids back in schools, students back at colleges, intercontinental travel reopened, bars back in service, workers back in offices, concerts, in-person sports games, and the rest of it. America being shut down sucks, and that's exactly why I'm covid-cautious.

Personally, I'm not scared of the virus (or really much else), but I just want my life back. That's not going to happen until case counts go down, and case counts won't go down until we quit having big gatherings and being militant mask-wearers. If you get together with 10 people, there's a 1 in 4 chance somebody is infected. That's just probability. The fewer large gatherings we have, the faster America reopens.

While I don't care about half the stuff you listed and wouldn't sacrifice Thanksgiving/Christmas for the other half, we tried this for three months until Independence Day. We didn't make any serious progress towards resuming those activities, and it is clear that they have zero chance of happening until mass vaccine administration. These gatherings have zero bearing on that end result.

OTOH, these senseless restrictions shouldn't exist in the first place. My travels away from my ananarchical authoritarian nightmare of a home allowed me to go indoor dining/bars over 20 times in the past month without an ounce of the terror and anxiety that warped me for all of Q2. Things can be normal for people who choose to let them be. The number of cases will never get to a place on it's own to give us that permission.

I'm sorry, but lockdowns hurting your feelings is not a good enough reason to put others at risk.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I'm sorry, but lockdowns hurting your feelings is not a good enough reason to put others at risk.

A) Nothing about what I said is related to my feelings. "Lockdowns" are not even in the  present Overton Window of American discourse for good reason and as such I haven't even discussed them. You've simply taken a common retort and said it in response to something that doesn't apply at all because you don't have the capacity to say anything original. I am putting no one at risk who isn't willing to take the exact same risks. Lock yourself inside if you refuse to. We will all celebrate with glee for an extra reason.

B) You claim to have me on ignore (the fact is mutual) yet you feel the need to reply to my post that has nothing to do with you. Please resist the urge to interact with me. It's bad enough that this forum lets you post here. I don't want to have to see it in my alerts regularly.

[S019]

I'm sorry, but lockdowns hurting your feelings is not a good enough reason to put others at risk.

A) Nothing about what I said is related to my feelings. "Lockdowns" are not even in the  present Overton Window of American discourse for good reason and as such I haven't even discussed them. You've simply taken a common retort and said it in response to something that doesn't apply at all because you don't have the capacity to say anything original. I am putting no one at risk who isn't willing to take the exact same risks. Lock yourself inside if you refuse to. We will all celebrate with glee for an extra reason.

B) You claim to have me on ignore (the fact is mutual) yet you feel the need to reply to my post that has nothing to do with you. Please resist the urge to interact with me. It's bad enough that this forum lets you post here. I don't want to have to see it in my alerts regularly.

Actually, the opposite is true, people who are going to go around being anti-lockdown should be banned from this forum until this pandemic is over, and it's not just you, it's a bunch of other people, and frankly it literally is just about your feelings, there is no way that this pandemic will end without lockdowns, just look at what is happening now in all of those Republican states that opened up early,

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I'm sorry, but lockdowns hurting your feelings is not a good enough reason to put others at risk.

A) Nothing about what I said is related to my feelings. "Lockdowns" are not even in the  present Overton Window of American discourse for good reason and as such I haven't even discussed them. You've simply taken a common retort and said it in response to something that doesn't apply at all because you don't have the capacity to say anything original. I am putting no one at risk who isn't willing to take the exact same risks. Lock yourself inside if you refuse to. We will all celebrate with glee for an extra reason.

B) You claim to have me on ignore (the fact is mutual) yet you feel the need to reply to my post that has nothing to do with you. Please resist the urge to interact with me. It's bad enough that this forum lets you post here. I don't want to have to see it in my alerts regularly.

Actually, the opposite is true, people who are going to go around being anti-lockdown should be banned from this forum until this pandemic is over, and it's not just you, it's a bunch of other people, and frankly it literally is just about your feelings, there is no way that this pandemic will end without lockdowns, just look at what is happening now in all of those Republican states that opened up early,

You mean literally just the Dakotas? Because every other Midwestern state including Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Montana as well as Iowa, Indiana, Wyoming, and Nebraska had the same death rate last week regardless of who is governor. It's called winter in the Plains states.  That's where the cold starts. The pattern has limited correlation with party and complete correlation with weather. Even the Dakotas are more easily explained by the location of their cities and weathers compares to other neighbors.

edit: And I was looking at this a bit more. The biggest indictment of all should be that New Mexico, one of the 3-5 strictest states which is not even in the current geographical region being impacted, is third in case rate over the last seven days. That is an embarrassing fact to have to own up to!