My nephew just sent a text saying he'll only attend our Thanksgiving if we're se

[Texacon]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220832584


I’m only bringing over the OP, but this thread reads more like a CC thread than DU. 

PeaceWave

16 hrs ago

My nephew just sent a text saying he'll only attend our Thanksgiving if we're serving an "indigenously sourced turkey."

Last edited Wed Nov 26, 2025, 04:45 PM - Edit history (1)
He says his decision is based on "ethical and political" reasons. I don't know what he's going on about. Back during the pandemic, he was suddenly insisting that Thanksgiving be referred to as Indigenous People's Day. Maybe it's related to that. All I know is that we got our turkey from Safeway and it weighs damn close to 25 pounds, which was a son of an itch to carry since I'm currently suffering from tennis elbow in one arm and a pain unlike anything I've ever experienced. Will he even know the difference, one turkey from another?

Okay, I have an update per Google AI:

"Indigenously sourced turkey" can refer to turkeys with a direct cultural connection to Indigenous peoples or, more recently, turkeys raised on farms that prioritize sustainable and natural practices, often locally. To find such a turkey, search for local farms, especially those raising heritage breeds, and inquire about their sourcing and farming methods.

Modern "indigenously sourced" or "heritage" turkeys

Modern farms, particularly those that promote sustainable and natural practices, are sometimes described as offering "indigenously sourced" turkeys. Many farms raise "heritage breeds" which are a result of the original domestication process from Indigenous populations in North America. Look for farms that raise these birds with specific methods:

(1) Pasture-raised: Allow birds to roam and forage on pasture, often supplemented with organic feed.
(2) No antibiotics or hormones: Raised without the use of antibiotics, growth hormones, or other non-therapeutic chemicals.
(3) Sustainable practices: Some farms have breeding stock on-site and do not rely on commercial hatcheries, which can involve vaccination programs that are not considered "natural" by some standards.

KC

[Tucker]

we got our turkey from Safeway and it weighs damn close to 25 pounds,

 

[DUmpDiver]

The nephew waits until the day before Thanksgiving to make this demand?

[FlippyDoo]

I'd just tell him that the turkey identifies as an indigenously sourced turkey. For that matter, I'd just buy a chicken and tell him that IT identifies as an indigenously sourced turkey. Since in loony land, "identifying" magically makes it so, all will be fine.

edit to add...
I needed a laugh this morning so I put on the hazmat suit and went over to the sewer. It's amazing.

viva la (4,431 posts)
51. Also say that you would be so proud next year when he brings the appropriate turkey that HE PAID FOR.
Reply to mahina (Reply #2)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 07:08 PM

Pretty arrogant of him to expect you to pay for his "activism" or whatever he would call this.

Isn't that what all DemonRats expect? And that's on top of us who work for a living providing their EBT and such.

DenaliDemocrat (1,721 posts)
64. No its not
Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #5)
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 06:52 AM

And this kid is a dumb ass if it’s true. Nothing pisses me off like dumb kids screaming about native rights while drinking a Starbucks and living in suburbia. Yeah - you live on stolen land too to give your house to the local tribes first or keep quiet.

If you want an indigenous bird - go hunt a turkey. Although most people would probably be stunned to see how little flavor a wild bird has. They are actually less gamey than factory birds.

This is the DUmbAss that's never apparently read DU.

[SVPete]

PeaceWave

16 hrs ago

My nephew just sent a text saying he'll only attend our Thanksgiving if we're serving an "indigenously sourced turkey."

PeaceWave has lost the Proggier-Than-Thou penis-measuring contest!

PeaceWave could hand the nephew a bourbon and tell him(?), "Here's your Wild Turkey!" I doubt that either have a sense of humor, though.

[Texacon]

I'd just tell him that the turkey identifies as an indigenously sourced turkey. For that matter, I'd just buy a chicken and tell him that IT identifies as an indigenously sourced turkey. Since in loony land, "identifying" magically makes it so, all will be fine.

We’re thinking along the same lines but I’m thinking maybe a smoked brisket that’s identifying as a Thanksgiving Turkey! 

I am Texan, after all.

KC

[Texacon]

Here’s how bad this thread is.

PCIntern

66. I am so ****ing tired of these people who

49 min ago

Make all kinds of demands upon the rest of us. I will tell you that ever since I was a young man, and somebody placed certain conditions upon me for attendance or participation, my response was almost literally “go **** yourself“.

I once invited a friend of mine to attend a party, and he actually said to me “I don’t know… Who’s coming?“. My response was, “not you“. And left it at that. He quickly got the “joke“ and apologized, but I have absolutely no patience for this shit. Sorry, but that’s me… Or more correctly, that is I.

Yeah, even the janitor is sounding like a conservative.

KC

[FlippyDoo]

We’re thinking along the same lines but I’m thinking maybe a smoked brisket that’s identifying as a Thanksgiving Turkey! 

I am Texan, after all.

KC

I'd much prefer a smoked brisket over a turkey, but we're talking about DUmmies which means they're likely spending money that the government stole from us to give to them. I'd rather them spend it on something like chicken.

[DefiantSix]

The nephew waits until the day before Thanksgiving to make this demand?

If nephew isn't already on The DUmp, he should be forcibly commited there for a 72-hour hold, at minimum. Typical DUmp'Rat material.

They lack any sort of forward thinking ability. (Who am I kidding: most of them lack any ability to THINK, period. Forward, backward, sideways; doesn't matter.)
This is why unintended consequences always bite them square in the ass: they truly believed that their intentions would matter a damn to reality as it unfolded, despite a mountain of prior experience behind them saying they're wrong

[DLR Pyro]

PeaceWave

16 hrs ago

My nephew just sent a text saying he'll only attend our Thanksgiving if we're serving an "indigenously sourced turkey."

reply to his text and include a link to the McDonalds app and tell him that all McDonalds are open and serving their full menu on this holiday.


...oh and be sure to wish him a happy Thanksgiving.

[jukin]

I'd tell the "nephew" to go **** himself and that his invitation is revoked.

This is a self solving problem.

[ADsOutburst]

And this kid is a dumb ass if it’s true. Nothing pisses me off like dumb kids screaming about native rights while drinking a Starbucks and living in suburbia.

If you took the people who say one thing and do another, and removed them from the Democratic Party, what would you have left?