This is mostly true for me, to be honest.

"Why is Thanksgiving?"

Lets sum this up! 1) Black Friday is a CRAZY day...the day after Thanksgiving, where people mob rush stores due to their "super sales" and "deep discounts" before Christmas. People are usually injured in the mad rushes to the door. It is literally crazy. I tend to stay inside...well, I stay inside most days. 2) Thanksgiving is a holiday to celebrate a "peaceable" meal/dealing with the Native Americans that happened when the land was freshly invaded, before the Native Americans were swiftly eradicated with disease infested clothing and blankets and pushed back into small reservations. Now it is basically a time to gather with your family, eat mass quantities of food, and prepare for the aforementioned bloodbath. 3) Wearing white after Labor Day is some fashion no-no. I am not quite sure why, but it is slowly being phased in favor of more high fashion ideals. 4) Our words do not have "u's" in them in places that yours might as they have been phased out to create a distinct (cont...)

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So true

This reminds me of that episode of Doctor Who, Voyage of the Damned I think. They thought every Thanksgiving the world attacked Turkey and ate the survivors or something like that.

Not just Britain, but practically everywhere except America. -from someone who doesn't live in America and uses the metric system

And Canadian are pretty fucking confused

But why is it called Black Friday???