Comments on: How to Hack Thanksgiving http://youareweare.com/essays/how-to-hack-thanksgiving Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:29:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mandar http://youareweare.com/essays/how-to-hack-thanksgiving/comment-page-1#comment-201 Mandar Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:58:27 +0000 http://youareweare.com/?p=1469#comment-201 Thanksgiving is always hands-down, the most awkward/worst holiday at my parents' house. It's like everyone in my family leaves their manners, social graces, and empathy at the door. The day invariable devolves into an emotional beat down free-for-all. I'm going to print out your THXGVNG guide and leave it in the bathroom so everyone has a chance to spend a couple minutes reading it. Maybe the alone time will give them pause to consider the steps they can take to stop fucking up what should be a lovely harvest feast. However, my action may be the pebble that starts the passive aggressive guilt avalanche. I give thanks for manufactured famil-iends! I give thanks for YOU. Thanksgiving is always hands-down, the most awkward/worst holiday at my parents’ house. It’s like everyone in my family leaves their manners, social graces, and empathy at the door. The day invariable devolves into an emotional beat down free-for-all. I’m going to print out your THXGVNG guide and leave it in the bathroom so everyone has a chance to spend a couple minutes reading it. Maybe the alone time will give them pause to consider the steps they can take to stop fucking up what should be a lovely harvest feast.
However, my action may be the pebble that starts the passive aggressive guilt avalanche.

I give thanks for manufactured famil-iends!
I give thanks for YOU.

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