NationStates Jolt Archive

Thanksgiving is coming up, so in the spirit thereof, I would like to know some things that my fellow NSGers are thankful for. I'll start by listing some of mine:

A house to live in
Electricity
Running water (hot AND cold)
Transportation
A source of income to make sure I keep those four items above (i.e. a job)
Good health
Life
Being raised in a two-parent family
A computer
Internet access
My church family
Max Barry's (and that of the Mods and Admins who act here on his behalf) tolerance of "unpopular" or "minority" opinions
The Mods' and Admins' setting aside of their own personal biases/viewpoints when exercising their offices

What are some things YOU are thankful for?

I am thankful for the general obscurity of anyone who posts on a thread.
I am thankful that I am an artist.
I am thankful for the advent of atheism in this day and age.
I am thankful for my dad, who let me think for myself and loved me for it.
I am thankful for the hope that lies in the future, and no i am not talking about a game.
I am thankful for all the things given to me by the universe.
that about covers it.

Of course, I'm thankful of all the stuff like "Oh, a house over my head." But since we're ALL thankful of that, I'll skip to the other stuff.

Toilets.
Trees.
Ventilation shafts.
Couch covers.
Hats.
Chess.
Stuff.
Things.
Etc.

Color television
Sour cream
Onion
Freedom
Fresh fruit
Turkey (the food)
Lamb
Chicken
Other things. :p

I'm thankful I have enough time to waste reading junk on this forum :):sniper:

I'm thankful I have enough time to waste reading junk on this forum :):sniper:

I don't understand. Why do you consider this thread "junk"? Do you not believe in gratitude or something? :confused:

This is NOT "junk". In this modern day we live in, people have an unfortunate tendency to be selfish, inconsiderate, and ungrateful, so some genuine giving of thanks is most certainly in order. And not just on Thankgiving Day, but every day of the year.

i am thankful that my sister in law is NOT cooking thanksgiving dinner but is instead taking us all out to eat.

Thankful for family.
Thankful for friends.
Thankful for inteligence.
Thankful for being unique.
Thankful for health.
Thankful for parents.
Thankful for country.
Thankful to live in this amazing world.

my husband
my children
gluten free brownies
technology
health care
Starbucks
big pharma and their wonderful drugs
freedom (what little I have left)
my cats
my friends

Some more things I am thankful for:
A God who loved me enough to become a human being and die to pay for my sins so I would not have to pay for them eternally in hell
The existence of such a just, righteous, and loving God
The existence of heaven
A written revelation of that God (i.e. the Bible)
The promise of a mansion in the Father's house, given to me by Jesus in John 14:2,3: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

I am thankful for everything I have and everything that is in this Universe.
Except for the stuff I don't like.

I'm justthankful to wake up every morning...

I'm thankful for the monetary wealth my mommy and daddy will fork over to me when they die.

I'm thankful for the monetary wealth my mommy and daddy will fork over to me when they die.
Unless they spend it all on a lavish Around-the-World trip and your brother right before they kick the bucket. :fluffle:

Unless they spend it all on a lavish Around-the-World trip and your brother right before they kick the bucket. :fluffle:

Well then I'll just have to spend it all on college, and start embezzling.

I'm also thankful for Sofia Coppola.

Some more things I am thankful for:
A God who loved me enough to become a human being and die to pay for my sins so I would not have to pay for them eternally in hell
The existence of such a just, righteous, and loving God
The existence of heaven
A written revelation of that God (i.e. the Bible)
The promise of a mansion in the Father's house, given to me by Jesus in John 14:2,3: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
I'm thankful for an overactive imagination that for some bizarre reason has resonance in this wacky, mixed-up world. Especially this forum! :p

In seriousness, i am thankful for weasels.

Some more things I am thankful for:
Babies
Puppies
Kittens (and pictures of kittens, including Katganistan's avatar)

i'm thankful that thanksgiving no longer openly celibrates the genocide it was origeonally created to.

but not for this minor little detail being completely forgotten, misunderstood and misrepresented.

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i'm thankful that thanksgiving no longer openly celibrates the genocide it was origeonally created to.

but not for this minor little detail being completely forgotten, misunderstood and misrepresented.

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It's also my birthday, and the anniversary of Kennedy's death.

It's also my birthday, and the anniversary of Kennedy's death.

No coincidence I think.

*starts conspiracy theory*

The important stuff that I have now, the unbelievable stuff I hope to have in the future and the delightful stuff I've had in the past. For these I am thankful.

I'm thankful to be in a place where the air is clean (relatively).
I'm thankful that I can look out my bedroom window and see spectacular views.
I'm thankful that both my kids live close by.
I'm especially thankful that I own my own home - no mortgage payment.
I'm thankful that I have my health.

Thanksgiving was created by bourgeois Puritans to oppress the Proletariat. They feast that day to celebrate their wealth, knowing that they are nourished by slave labor. But one day, Thanksgiving will celebrate the liberation of the people from bourgeois oppressors, and freedom, justice, and true equality for all.

The internet
hot water
running water
clean drinking water
electricity
a remote so I can change the channel when kids who don't have those appear on my screen.

Thanksgiving was created by bourgeois Puritans to oppress the Proletariat. They feast that day to celebrate their wealth, knowing that they are nourished by slave labor. But one day, Thanksgiving will celebrate the liberation of the people from bourgeois oppressors, and freedom, justice, and true equality for all.

this reminds I'm also thankful not to live in a commi state.

this reminds I'm also thankful not to live in a commi state.

So am I. I want to see the bourgeoisis sizzle and burn. Then, we can all live in peace, freedom, and have no need for a silly state.

Thanksgiving was created by bourgeois Puritans to oppress the Proletariat. They feast that day to celebrate their wealth, knowing that they are nourished by slave labor. But one day, Thanksgiving will celebrate the liberation of the people from bourgeois oppressors, and freedom, justice, and true equality for all.

Oooooooooohhh-KAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY. Like, what EVER.

I am thankful for my flying ability, my superhuman strength, and my eye lasers which I can use to keep my slaves here on planet Houston on their knees.

And that I destoyed the son of Jor-El, though you humans refer to him as "Superman".

Thanksgiving was created by bourgeois Puritans to oppress the Proletariat. They feast that day to celebrate their wealth, knowing that they are nourished by slave labor. But one day, Thanksgiving will celebrate the liberation of the people from bourgeois oppressors, and freedom, justice, and true equality for all.

WHO ARE these "bougeois Puritans"? Who, or what, is this Proletariat? Come to me, bourgeois Puritans and Proletariat, if you dare! I defy you! Come! Come and kneel before Zod!...ZOD!

WHO ARE these "bougeois Puritans"? Who, or what, is this Proletariat? Come to me, bourgeois Puritans and Proletariat, if you dare! I defy you! Come! Come and kneel before Zod!...ZOD!

You can have the bourgeois. Tell me, will you take them to a magic planet where they will worship you forever?

Thanksgiving was created by bourgeois Puritans to oppress the Proletariat. They feast that day to celebrate their wealth, knowing that they are nourished by slave labor. But one day, Thanksgiving will celebrate the liberation of the people from bourgeois oppressors, and freedom, justice, and true equality for all.

So ... you don't have anything for which you're thankful?

And, incidentally, you've reminded me of more things for which I'm truly thankful;

1. that I am a descendent of those Puritans who came to this continent.
2. that I haven't succumbed to Marxist rhetoric.

So ... you don't have anything for which you're thankful?

And, incidentally, you've reminded me of more things for which I'm truly thankful;

1. that I am a descendent of those Puritans who came to this continent.
2. that I haven't succumbed to Marxist rhetoric.

Well, I'm glad someone is thankful for something. Me? I'm thankful I get to die my way out of this dreadful planet. P0ower to the Proletariat!

1. that I am a descendent of those Puritans who came to this continent.

Hi cousin!
*Brewster*

No coincidence I think.

*starts conspiracy theory*

Ever see "Fallen" with Denzel?
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The internet


Aw fuck tha- i mean, yay?

Argh, i guess i'm committed now. Gotta go with
"I am thankful for porn."

You can have the bourgeois. Tell me, will you take them to a magic planet where they will worship you forever?

Not so much a "planet" as a "zone"

Hi cousin!
*Brewster*

Hi.
*Plymouth*

Hi.
*Plymouth*

We have a "Plymouth" name in our line? :confused:

butt lube cause Neocons have been screwing americans for the last 7 years

We have a "Plymouth" name in our line? :confused:

Sorry, I was thinking Brewster, Massachusetts. The family name is Joanes. But my Aunt Muriel was married to a Brewster.

Sorry, I was thinking Brewster, Massachusetts. The family name is Joanes. But my Aunt Muriel was married to a Brewster.

Right on!
Nice to meet you. *bows*
William Brewster's the great great great uncle (or whatever) on my ma's side. She gets the newsletter and one of my uncles keeps all the families in the loop.

...i hope i haven't lowered your estimation of our particular branch *too* much. :p

Right on!
Nice to meet you. *bows*
William Brewster's the great great great uncle (or whatever) on my ma's side. She gets the newsletter and one of my uncles keeps all the families in the loop.

...i hope i haven't lowered your estimation of our particular branch *too* much. :p

*Bows in return*

John Joanes is the multiple great grandfather on my mother's side - he came over in 1635 on the Defence (sorry, not the Mayflower). And I don't have a particularly low estimation of you or your branch.

And I don't have a particularly low estimation of you or your branch.
Probably because you don't know me too well yet :p

*replying to OP*

And yet you haven't mentioned Jolt anywhere. Tsk tsk.

;)

It's also my birthday, and the anniversary of Kennedy's death.

then we shall definately celibrate il raffino day at our house. my dear wifie, psycic that she must be, has actually already giftwrapped something to give to my mother and another something to give to ourselves and our house on this day.

one of the kennidys also died on this day? i had forgotten which day that actually was. i had thought it was sometime earlier in the month, though without actually thinking about, or looking up, it.

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