[HN Gopher] Underrated reasons to be thankful ___________________________________________________________________ Underrated reasons to be thankful Author : maccaw Score : 107 points Date : 2022-11-24 19:08 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (dynomight.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (dynomight.substack.com) | maccaw wrote: | The author's last-years underrated reasons to be thankful was | also excellent: https://dynomight.net/thanks/ | kaushikc wrote: | Imagine how thankful a duck should feel to walk on land, swim | over and under water and also fly. If ducks got more time, they | would've ruled the planet. | zozbot234 wrote: | Something I'm very much _not_ thankful for: the plight of | indigenous peoples in what 's nowadays the U.S. I find it | outrageous that we're all expected to happily celebrate a holiday | that still glorifies--in myth and tradition, if not quite | officially--the centuries-old genocidal oppression of Native | peoples. | smegma2 wrote: | Bro has beef with a holiday | codazoda wrote: | 17. Ghosts don't exist | | I wish someone would tell the people I love about this. Nah, | never mind, they don't need to know. | | Oh, BTW, it's usually when I'm most confident that I'm wrong. | codecutter wrote: | I am thankful | | for politicians, lawyers and tv evangelists because it gives me | something to laugh at. | | for the significant other who hogs the covers every night, | because he/she is not out with someone else. | | for the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching tv, | because that means he/she is at home and not on the streets. | | for the taxes that I pay, because it means that I am employed. | | for the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have | been surrounded by friends. | | for the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I | have enough to eat. | | for my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in | the sunshine. | | for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and | gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home. | | for all the complaining I hear about (legal abortions, the loss | of the environment, the inefficient government, greedy | corporations, etc.) because it means that we have freedom of | speech. | | for the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, | because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been | blessed with transportation. | | for my huge heating or cooling bill, because it means I am | comfortable. | | for the ugly fat lady behind me in church that sings way off key, | because it means that I can hear and see. | | for the huge pile of dirty laundry, because it means I have | clothes to spare. | | for weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because | it means I have been capable of working hard. | | for the alarm that goes of in the early morning hours, because it | means that I am alive. | | and finally.......for too much spam and advertising, because it | means I have friends, family and spammers/advertisers who are | thinking of me. | jschveibinz wrote: | Very nicely said, and somewhat Taoist in philosophical tone. | [deleted] | n8cpdx wrote: | I think sometimes people take too much for granted and can | overthink thanksgiving. Just having the means to read this site | means you probably have hundreds of things to be grateful for, | like the ability to read and the leisure time to do so. But maybe | that perspective comes from practicing gratitude daily rather | than only once a year (not shading the holiday, it is great to | also dedicate a special day). | | More relevant to the article, several of these things seem | calibrated to cause division and strife at the thanksgiving | dinner table. Sometimes being the drama can be fun, and I think | the following would Do the trick: | | > That electric leaf blowers now exist and perhaps we can develop | a new understanding that it's chill to not spew intermittent | pitch-shifting mechanical shrieking sounds at deafening volumes | all the time everywhere? | | > That ghosts don't exist, which wasn't obvious a thousand years | ago. | ChuckNorris89 wrote: | _> the ability to read_ | | This. A lot of people take for granted how cool it is to have a | working pair of eyes. Or being able to hear everything. Or have | all four limbs. | | We only appreciate health once we lose it. | neilv wrote: | Good thoughts to keep in mind before dispensing any | roundhouse kicks. | lr4444lr wrote: | Here's one: that you don't have progressive lung disease. | | Enough of you I am sure have experienced briefly with COVID what | it's like to acutely lose the freedom of an unobstructed breath. | | (And I hope those of you with long COVID are seeing eventual | remission.) | Dylan16807 wrote: | Knowing the status of ghosts is cool and all, but why should I | prefer that ghosts not exist?? | svilen_dobrev wrote: | > 25 ... if we want to do something ambitious someday | | like, "dont try that at home" .. | swader999 wrote: | I'm thankful for God and all of you who contribute here. | tombert wrote: | As someone who has had an ulcer, I am super grateful that H. | Pylori is substantially less common. Of all the diseases that | I've had, it is easily the most unpleasant and I sincerely do not | wish it even upon my worst enemies. | aswanson wrote: | I suffered necrotic tooth pain. Wish it on no one. | chasd00 wrote: | Working dry erase markers. You don't realize until you need to | whiteboard something and all the markers are dried out and | useless. | monster_group wrote: | That's why I always carry my own - especially for whiteboard | interviews. | lisper wrote: | > That often there is a BIG PROBLEM that could have APOCALYPTIC | CONSEQUENCES and we worry and worry and then it gets solved or | goes away | | This is indeed something to be thankful for, but it is also | something to be very wary of. Over-extrapolating this leads to | complacency. Some problems, like climate change, are not just | going to go away. | a3w wrote: | #28 That shoes [exist]. Shoes are pushed into the marked by Big | Shoe. I stopped wearing them, and my health improved. Convince me | wrong. /s | User23 wrote: | Reading this submission makes me thankful that I'm not an | atheistic materialist. | d_graeme wrote: | archydeb wrote: | Are the musical ratios right here? 25/12 is not approximately | 4/3... I struggled to wrap my head around that one | | Otherwise, excellent! | lisper wrote: | Having traveled in many third-world countries I wake up every day | thankful that I have a house with a roof and walls and a floor, | and water that comes out of a tap that is safe to drink. Not only | that, but I have _hot_ water that I don 't have to fetch firewood | for. And lights that come on at night when I flip a switch. These | are unimaginable luxuries for millions of people around the | world. | | And don't even get me started about refrigerators and air | conditioning. | ulnarkressty wrote: | After reading this article [0] today, I am thankful I have enough | to feed my children. It is strange to feel relief and be | distraught at the same time. | | [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63733683 | autotune wrote: | How about we simplify it a bit: | | My dog | | Having a job | | Parents and relatives who don't get involved in scams. Except | that one aunt. | | Living in a first world country and not having to deal with | citizenship issues. | | No need to add all this additional complexity to something that | should be so simple. | buzzerbetrayed wrote: | Pretty sure the article is just for fun. But also you can be | grateful for both simple and complex things at the same time. | autotune wrote: | Totally agree! Just offering a counter point. All in good | fun. | mattpallissard wrote: | > Except that one aunt. | | There's one in every crowd. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-24 23:00 UTC)