U.S.—In honor of Thanksgiving week, the nation’s progressives have begun to give thanks that they have so much to be angry and offended about this year.
“Thank you, unspecified deity who may or may not exist, for giving us so much stuff to be outraged about,” said Staci Walder, 42, of Portland, as she prepared her vegan, kale-wrapped turkey. “I’m truly humbled that you’ve blessed me with the Trump presidency, the patriarchy, the laws of economics, and biological facts to rage against.”
“Every year, it’s important to pause and recognize how much we have to be angry about.”
“A lot of people struggle with gratitude, but I’m deeply thankful that the universe has given us a veritable cornucopia of things to be mad about,” agreed Mary Wallace, 27, of New York. “I know that I come from a place of privilege, and when I think about those poor people who have absolutely nothing to be mad about, I utter a prayer of thanks to goddess.”
Many progressives partake in an annual tradition of writing down all the things they’re thankful to be mad about:
- White people
- Pronouns
- Personal responsibility
- Satire that does not affirm their viewpoint
- Billionaires
- Old tweets
- 32-ounce sodas
- Plastic straws
- People who hold a steady job
- Appropriating other cultures
- Excluding other cultures
- Bush
- Obama
- Trump
- Babies
- Kanye West
- America
“If we’d all just remember to count our outrages, we’d have a much worse attitude all the time,” Wallace said as she looked over her own list of offensive things that dare to exist. “We should live our lives as though it’s Outrage Thanksgiving every day.”
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Brilliant.
I like reading the BB, but sometimes, I feel like it’s kind of a sado-masochistic kind of thing where it hurts, but I’m still smiling. Is something wrong with me?
Don’t forget:
The law of supply and demand
The reality that ONLY men and women together can procreate
That mental health problems are REAL…even if one chooses to pretend they are not
That there are actually limited resources on this earth…including wealth
That the sun does NOT shine at night, making solar power 50% effective at best
That the laws of economics CANNOT, under ANY circumstances, be overturned by good intentions, best wishes, or legislation.
“making solar power 50% effective at best”
Anyone not willing to invest even more by purchasing a tracking mechanism and regular cleaning of the panels will find that it drops down below 25%.
(As a user of solar panels at an off-grid site, I really like them for specialized applications — but for general widespread use supplying an urban setting? Ha! What a joke!)
Offset by a wind turbine solar works fine if you have realistic expectations about your battery bank size and how much goes out and comes in.
Solar thermal is the best investment we ever made. 100% of our heat and hot water for the cost of circulating pumps.
Not all energy needs are electrical.
Just got done with our big family Thanksgiving dinner and the liberals in the group surprisingly kept their mouths shut, at least concerning politics. Guess the impeachment proceedings had them pretty well satisfied.
Too many snowflakes out there. My daughter figured this out quick. She can’t say much to her coworkers or they almost cry. I guess i did a great job with her after all. The effeminate boys can’t even pick up anything. She almost got in trouble for telling them they were weak lazy slackers. Her boss agreed with her though. Finding people willing to work is a problem nowadays.