Doctor Funny — We’re HATEFUL not Grateful. Join Us.

Summary

The undefined website content satirically critiques the American tradition of Thanksgiving, suggesting a shift from gratitude to hatefulness, while humorously encouraging participation in a month-long expression of discontent, culminating in a day of gratitude and overindulgence.

Abstract

The article titled "GRATEFUL … NO! HATEFUL … YES!" on the undefined website presents a humorous yet critical perspective on the American Thanksgiving holiday. It points out that Americans are traditionally grateful once a year, celebrated on Thanksgiving, where the focus is on excessive consumption of food and participation in consumer culture. The author sarcastically remarks on the irony of giving thanks for historical abuses against indigenous populations alongside the gluttony and materialism associated with the holiday. The piece challenges readers to submit expressions of hate rather than gratitude throughout November, except for Thanksgiving Day itself, when they should indulge and then be grateful. The article, while maintaining a comedic tone, subtly critiques the superficiality and selective memory surrounding the holiday.

Opinions

The author expresses a cynical view of Thanksgiving, highlighting the irony of being grateful for overindulgence and consumerism.
There is a clear satirical commentary on the historical amnesia regarding the mistreatment of indigenous peoples, which is often overlooked during Thanksgiving celebrations.
The piece mocks the tradition of giving thanks for an abundance of food, including items like cranberries, which are humorously singled out.
The author promotes a month of hatefulness as a form of comedic rebellion against the forced gratitude of Thanksgiving.
The article suggests that the act of consumption, both of food and goods, is a central and somewhat absurd aspect of the holiday.
By inviting readers to submit their own expressions of hatefulness, the author encourages a collective acknowledgment of the less savory aspects of the holiday and society at large.
The piece concludes with a paradoxical note, asking participants to ultimately succumb to the traditions they are critiquing by being grateful on Thanksgiving Day.

What are we grateful for?

Well, mountains of food of course … turkey and stuffing and pie and potatoes and gravy and cranberries (Fucking cranberries! How did that low calorie anti-oxidant get in here?) and all kinds of other mounds of stuff that we overeat.

Then there’s the postprandial nap to be grateful for, the football, the death-dealing trample of mad-dash sales of mountains of cheap shit we don’t really want but buy anyway because it’s cheap and we transiently feel good about ourselves when we do, the time off work, and so forth.

And, let’s not forget to celebrate, and be grateful for, the abuse of indigenous populations. Oh, and the death, disease, destruction and displacement and the rewriting of history these fine folks endured and continue to endure.

As I said, or maybe I didn’t, lots to be grateful for.

So, people all over the world, please join with us, and with all the turkeys at Doctor Funny, and show us all the persons, places and things you’re hateful — not grateful — for.

You’ve got all of November to do it. All, that is, except for one day. On that day you can join us and stuff yourself like the turkey that you are. And be grateful.

“The rules”

💕 Be hateful, not grateful

💕 Be funny

💕 Submit your fine work to Doctor Funny

We’ll definitely be forever grateful.

GRATEFUL … NO! HATEFUL … YES!

Doctor Funny — We’re HATEFUL not Grateful. Join Us.

Stanks a lot

What are we grateful for?